Epson Stylus COLOR 850N User Manual - Page 171

Glossary dithering dpi driver Error Diffusion ESC/P ESC/P 2 Ethernet EtherTalk file server font gateway grayscale A halftoning method in which dots are arranged in an orderly pattern. Dithering works best for printing images with solid colors, such as charts and graphs. See also halftoning. Dots per inch. The dpi measures the resolution (print quality). See also resolution. A software program that sends instructions to a computer peripheral to tell it what to do. For example, your printer driver accepts print data from your word processing application and sends instructions to the printer on how to print this data. This halftoning setting smooths out edges by randomly placing dots of varying colors. Abbreviation for Epson Standard Code for Printers. This system of commands gives you control of your printer from your computer. It is standard for all EPSON printers and supported by most application programs for personal computers. The enhanced version of the ESC/P printer command language. Commands in this language produce laser-like features, such as scalable fonts and enhanced graphics printing. Local area network technology that allows multiple transmissions to occur simultaneously. Macintosh protocol for connecting to an Ethernet network. A computer that holds files that other clients can access. A style of print designated by a name. A system connected to more than one network that receives and delivers information from one network to the other(s). Shades of gray ranging from black to white. Grayscale is used to represent colors when you print with black ink only. G-2