| Terms Defined |
Node | A device on a network that has an address and can send and/ |
| or receive data to and from other devices on the network. |
PCL | An abbreviation of Printer Control Language, which is used by |
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| how to print a document. |
PCL5e | A |
| first version of PCL to support |
| between printer and computer. |
PCL6 | A |
| interpreted language, similar to but more intelligent than |
| PostScript. This version offers significant changes in the |
| backward compatibility issue for |
PCONSOLE | A NetWare utility that can be used to create, configure, |
| monitor, and manage queues in a NetWare server, and to |
| attach print servers to the queues. |
An abbreviation of Portable Document Format. It is a file | |
| format developed by Adobe Systems. A PDF file can describe |
| documents containing text and images, retaining all the |
| formatting and fonts of the original copy. The document can |
| then be displayed or printed, using application software, |
| hardware, or operating system, which may differ from that |
| used to create the original document. |
PDL | An abbreviation of |
| a programming language, such as PostScript, that is used to |
| describe output to a printer or a display device, which then |
| uses the instructions from the PDL to construct text and |
| graphics and create the required page image. |
A network environment in which the nodes communicate | |
| directly with other nodes. Windows for Workgroups, NetWare |
| Lite, and Macintosh System 7 are examples of |
| networking products. |
PostScript | PostScript is a page description language (PDL) developed by |
| Adobe Systems. It is an |
| that it treats images, including fonts, as collections of |
| geometrical objects rather than as bit maps. Postscript is the |
| standard for desktop publishing because it is widely supported |
| by both hardware and software vendors. |
Print driver | See Driver. |
Protocol | The rules that control the transmitting and receiving of data. |
Queue | A place where jobs are stored temporarily, while they are |
| waiting to be processed. A print queue will hold several print |
| jobs. |
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