Brother International HL-1070 Technical Reference - Page 9

Pen Perforation skip Permanent font Permanent macro Physical page Picture frame Pitch Plot Plotter units Point Point factor scaling Point size Polygon Polygon buffer Portrait Posture Primary font Print model Printable area Although this printer is a laser printer the HP-GL/2 and HP-GL graphics languages retains the notion of a pen and allows you to select between two pens, white and black. You must select a pen before you can draw anything. The HP-GL and HPGL/2 language were originally developed for use with plotters and the terminology remains. A feature whereby the printer automatically compensates for a page break and resumes printing from the top of the text area on the next page. A downloaded font that is retained when a printer reset is performed. A macro stored in the printer that will not be erased if the printer is reset. The paper or envelope on which the printer prints. The area of the physical page in which HP-GL and HP-GL/2 graphic images can be printed. The number of characters in one inch of text. Only applicable to monospaced (fixed pitch fonts.) A drawing produced using the HP-GL and HP-GL/2 graphics language. So called because the language was originally invented for use with plotters. See graphics units. The standard unit of measurement for character height. Equal to 1/72". A form of image scaling using the SC command in HP-GL or HP-GL/2 mode in which the user units and the location of the scaling point P1 are specified in terms of graphics units. See height. A shape consisting of one or more closed groups of connected lines. An area of printer memory in which you can store one or more polygons and subpolygons defined using HP-GL and HP-GL/2 commands. Some HP-GL and HPGL/2 commands use the polygon buffer automatically. The orientation in which the side edges of the page are longer than the top edge. A component of a font's style - whether it is upright or italic. In LaserJet mode the printer maintains two current font settings. The primary font is the first of these. A way of describing the interaction between different graphic elements ( source image, pattern and destination image ). The area of the page on which the printer can print. vii