Xerox DocuPrint 4850, Installation Planning Manual

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Glossary
Glossary-12 Installation Planning Guide
2. Choice of printing portrait (vertically) or landscape
(horizontally).
page orientation Direction in which data is printed on a report. Refer to landscape
page orientation and portrait page orientation.
parsing To read or interpret a command; build up a parameter list from
information within a command.
PC Personal computer. Family of computers that most commonly
run a version of DOS.
PCI kit Consists of a PCI board and a control unit. Handles all IPDS
communications and handshaking with PSF on the host when
the NPS/IPS is receiving data over a channel. (Not used when
the NPS/IPS is printing data using TCP/IP).
Page Description
Language (PDL)
Page description language used to describe the printing of jobs
to a laser printing system. PDL describes the input (type, format,
characteristics), performs the processing functions (logical
processing), and describes the output (type, format, font
selection, accounting options) of a print job.
peripheral Device used with a computer or workstation, usually for input or
output. Printers, modems, and the IPS/NPS cartridge tape drives
are examples of peripherals.
platform Combination of hardware and operating system software.
portrait page
orientation
Orientation of print lines or the top of an illustration parallel to the
short edge of the paper.
PostScript Page description language developed by Adobe Systems,
Incorporated. PostScript describes the input (type, format,
characteristics), performs the processing functions (logical
processing), and describes the output (type, format, font
selection, accounting options) of a print job.
ppm Pages per minute.
print attribute Set of attributes available for controlling the processing of a print
job. Print attributes include simplex or duplex printing, media
selection, collating, stitching, and so on. Print attributes can be
sent to the Printer Controller as part of the job, providing
automatic job processing.
printer Component of the DocuPrint Printing System that accepts data
from the Printer Controller and prints the document according to
the print attributes specified by the user. The printer also
provides paper stacking, collating, and optional finishing.
“DocuPrint printer” or “printer” refers to the base printer engine
(IOT) only, without the Printer Controller and interface.