TROY Group 100S manual Pcl, Pconsole, Pdl, Pjl, POP3

Appendix D Glossary

PCL

A page description language originally developed by Hewlett-Packard for its LaserJet printers.

PCONSOLE

A NetWare utility program for configuring and managing printers.

PDL

An abbreviation for Page Description Language.

Peer-to-Peer

(1)A LAN in which nodes communicate with each other without the need for a file server. (2) A new protocol for peer-to-peer communications that is included with Windows 95 (also known as Direct Mode IPX).

Physical Layer

Layer 1 of the OSI Reference Model; defines the physical and electrical connection to the network.

PJL

Page Job Language, a Hewlett-Packard printer control language that is independent of the page description language.

Ping

A TCP/IP command that determines whether a device is alive on the network.

POP3

Post Office Protocol, the protocol used to retrieve E-mail from the server.

Port

(1) A physical connector, such as the parallel port. (2) A logical connection to a device.

Portrait mode

Printing a document with the short edge of the paper at the top (the normal method of printing).

PostScript

A page description language originally developed by Adobe that is widely used in graphics arts applications.

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