Glossary
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Flip Horizontal
This printer software setting automatically flips your printout, left to right.
font
A style of type designated by a family name.
grayscale
A scale of shades of gray from black to white. Grayscale is used to represent colors
when printing with black ink only.
halftones
Patterns of black or colored dots used to reproduce an image.
high speed printing
Printing in which the print head prints images in both directions as it moves back
and forth. This provides faster printing.
ICM (Image Color Matching)
The color matching method used by Windows 98, 95, and 2000 to match the colors
in your printout with the colors displayed on your screen.
initialization
Returns the printer to its defaults (fixed set of conditions). This happens every
time you turn on the printer or reset the printer.
ink cartridge
Contains the ink that your printer uses to print.
ink jet
A method of printing in which each letter or symbol is formed by precisely
spraying ink onto paper.
interface
The connection between the computer and the printer. A parallel interface
transmits data one character or code at a time. A serial interface transmits data
one bit at a time.
interface cable
The cable that connects the computer to the printer.
local printer
The printer connected to the computer’s port directly by an interface cable.
media
Materials upon which data is printed, such as envelopes, plain paper, special
paper, and transparency film.
memory
The part of the printer’s electronic system that is used to store information (data).
Some information is fixed and is used to control how the printer operates.
Information that is sent to the printer from the computer is stored in memory
temporarily. See also RAM and ROM.