Xerox 701P21091 manual

Glossary

portrait page Orientation of print lines or the top of an illustration parallel to the

orientation short edge of the paper if the sheet is within the standard size range. Sheets larger than standard have the reverse print orientation.

ppm pages per minute PQA print quality adjustment

PROM programmable read-only memory

proportional font Font containing characters that vary in width. See also fixed font.

proportional Text in which each alphanumeric character is given a weighted spacing amount of space. Such output has print-like appearance.

Proportional spacing allows more space for wide characters and less space for narrow characters

protocol Formal set of conventions governing the format of data and the control of information exchange between two communication devices.

purge To delete data from a system. PWBA printed wiring board assembly

QIC quarter-inch cartridge

queue List of documents waiting to be processed.

RAM random access memory. Storage that allows data, such as documents, to be stored and retrieved directly by address location without reading through any other data.

raster data Binary data, usually consisting of dots arranged in scan lines, according to the print order.

rasterization Creation of a page's bit map image for printing. record Collection of data or words treated as a unit.

recovery Act of overcoming a problem or error during processing. Typically, a specialized software recovery routine gains control and attempts to resolve the error without crashing the system.

remote access Access to a central computer by terminals or devices geographically separated from that computer.

report In setting a separation boundary through the Bin Full Criteria task, report refers to a subset of a job (a job may consist of one or more reports).

resolution Number of dots per unit. The LPS imaging system converts a character from digitized data into a printed image composed of these tiny dots. The greater the number of dots per inch, that is, the resolution, the clearer the image that is produced.

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