HP 750c HP DesignJet 700 user guide - Page 215

Glossary high-gloss photo A glossy, opaque photographic media The material, usually paper, onto which the paper. plotter prints. HP-GL One of Hewlett-Packard's standard graphics languages for plotters and printers. Produces vector data. Forerunner to HP-GL/2. HP-GL/2 One of Hewlett-Packard's standard graphics languages for plotters and printers. Produces vector data. Newer than HP-GL. I/O Input/output. The transmission of data between a computer and a device. media bin The media catcher situated below the plotter. MIO Modular input/output. Refers to the plotter's network interface. nesting Placing two or more plots side-by-side on the media to avoid waste. opaque bond A matte paper media. inked area The smallest rectangle that contains all the content of the drawing, while maintaining the drawings relative dimensions. ISO size An international standard paper size; e.g. A1, A2, etc. palette A set of logical pens defined by color and width. PJL Printer job language. A programming language that controls jobs going to a printer or plotter. JIS size A Japanese standard paper size. PML Printer management language. LAN Local area network. long-axis plotting Plotting a page whose X-axis (the axis vertical to the plotter as you look at it from the front) is longer than a standard page size. margin The space around the page added by the plotter to separate one page from another and to avoid printing right to the edge of the media. matte Not glossy. matte film Opaque, polyester media type (not glossy). parallel interface A type of interface between computer and device. Generally faster than a serial interface. pen Even though the plotter has no physical pens, the lines it draws match the attributes of a pen. platen The exterior part of the plotter on which the media rests before going into the media-entry slot. plotting area Page size minus margins. 12-3 GLOSSARY 12