Canon MF3110 MF3110 Software Guide - Page 158

Paper type All kinds of paper (plain paper, heavy paper, transparencies, and envelopes) are grouped under several paper types. PDF Stands for Portable Document Format. A widely used format for transmitting and viewing documents on computers. PDF documents can be read or printed out with Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. Physical RAM Random Access Memory (RAM) that is physically present in the computer in the form of memory chips, as opposed to virtual memory. See also Virtual Memory. Platen The document scanning unit. Point size 5 Character height is defined in points: one point is 1/72 of an inch. Portrait A vertical print orientation. Text and graphics are printed across the shorter axis of the page. Appendix Preview Provisional scanning and display of the document you are about to scan before you actually scan it. If the preview scan looks different from what you want, you can change the settings, display the preview again and confirm before scanning. Print job A document that a Windows application has processed and sent to the Spooler to be added to the print queue or directly to the machine. Print queue A list of files that are either waiting to be printed or are currently printing. Once a file has been printed, it is removed from the print queue. Printer driver A program that controls how the computer and printer interact. The printer driver supplies Windows with information such as descriptions of fonts and features of the installed printer. Printers and Faxes folder (Printers folder) The container in which your printer and fax information is stored. Properties dialog box The dialog box that contains information about a particular device, such as a printer. 5-8 Glossary