Portrait
PostScript font
Print gap
Print head
Print head shield
Print pitch Printable area
Printer driver
Portrait mode is when a docu- ment is printed on paper with the longest sides of the paper at the sides.
Type of scalable font similar to TrueType fonts. PostScript fonts can be printed if you have installed the Adobe ~pe Manager program on your computer.
The distance between the print head and the platen. This dis- tance can be adjusted to suit dif- ferent thicknesses of paper.
Printer part that transfers the image to the paper.
A thin metal plate between the print head and the platen.
See pitch.
The part of the page on which the printer can print.
Computer file which enables sys- tem or application software to print to a particular printer.
Proportionally spaced Font in which different charac-
fontters can be of different widths.
ProtocolMethod of regulating information transfer between the computer and the printer. Sometimes called “handshaking”.
Push tractor unit Optional accessory that allows you to print on fanfold paper.
