HP 5500dn HP Designjet 5500 series - User Guide - Page 373

glossary inked area The smallest rectangle that contains an entire printed image. ISO size An international standard paper size; for example, A1 or A2. JIS size A Japanese standard paper size. LAN Local Area Network. long-axis printing Printing a page when the length is longer than a standard page size. margin The space around the page added by the printer to separate one page from another and to avoid printing right to the edge of the printing material. media The plural form of the noun "medium" (one medium, two media). Sometimes used in a printing context to mean "printing materials". nesting Placing two or more pages side-by-side on a roll of printing material to avoid waste. nozzles Located underneath the printhead. The nozzles direct the ink onto the page. palette A set of logical pens defined by color and width for use in HP-GL/2 drawings. paper axis The vertical axis in which the paper feed moves, as you look at the printer from the front. parallel interface A type of interface between computer and device. pen Even though the printer has no physical pens, the lines it draws match the attributes of a pen. file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/p0257.htm (3 of 5) [8/5/2002 5:01:03 PM]