Lexmark Optra S 1620 User's Guide (7.1 MB) - Page 406

Reference Glossary portrait orientation Printed page orientation in which the height of the page is greater than the width. ppm See pages per minute. PQET See Print Quality Enhancement Technology. print cartridge The replaceable unit inside the printer that contains the photoconductor and toner supply. print material Any materials you print on, such as paper, envelopes, labels, card stock, and transparencies. Print Quality Enhancement Technology (PQET) A printer feature that improves the quality of text by smoothing the edges of characters and lines. printer driver A program that translates the language of a software application to the language of the printer so the two can communicate data. proportionally spaced font A font that varies with the width of the character to allow uniform spacing around characters. protocol A set of rules governing the communication and the transfer of data between two or more devices in a communication system. R RAM See random access memory. random access memory (RAM) Memory that allows rapid storing and retrieving of data. RAM contents are erased when electrical power is turned off. Ready State of the printer in which it can receive, process, and print data. resolution A measure of the sharpness of a printer image, expressed in the number of dots per inch (dpi). S scalable font A font whose characters are stored only as outlines so it is easy to change (or scale) the size of the characters (measured in points). 390 Glossary