Lexmark Optra C710 User's Guide - Page 263

operator panel display. See display. optional drawer unit. A unit you install under your printer that holds two 250-sheet paper trays. orientation. The perspective describing whether the printed text runs along the short (portrait) or long (landscape) edge of the paper. output bin. The paper exit area. The top output bin allows the paper to exit face down and collated. overlay. Background text or graphics intended to appear the same in each file where the overlay is applied. P pages per minute (ppm). The number of typical pages of text that can be printed in one minute. paper guides. Sliding parts in the paper trays that define proper placement of paper. Failing to properly adjust the paper guides may result in paper jams. paper type. A printer setting that defines the type of media (plain paper, letterhead, or transparency, for example) loaded in a specified tray. parallel interface. A bidirectional interface for exchanging data between the computer and the printer. pel. Picture element. The smallest addressable unit that can be effectively reproduced by the printer. photoconductor. An element of the print cartridge. As the photoconductor rotates, it uses positive and negative charges to attract the toner necessary to define the image produced by the LEDs. pitch. A unit of measure that designates the number of characters that can be printed in 1 horizontal inch. For example, a 10-pitch font prints 10 characters per inch (cpi). point. A unit of measure that designates the height of a printed character (1 point = 1/72 in.). Glossary 249