HP 750c HP DesignJet 755CM Printer User's Guide - C3198-60051 - Page 207

Glossary high-gloss photo A glossy, opaque photographic media The material, usually paper, onto which the paper. printer 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. media bin The catcher situated below the printer. MIO Modular input/output. Refers to the printer's network interface. nesting Placing two or more pages side-by-side on the media to avoid waste. I/O Input/output. The transmission of data between a computer and a device. inked area The smallest rectangle that contains all the content of the drawing, while maintaining its relative dimensions. ISO size An international standard paper size; e.g. A1, A2, etc. opaque bond A matte paper media. 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. PML Printer management language. JIS size A Japanese standard paper size. LAN Local area network. parallel interface A type of interface between computer and device. Generally faster than a serial interface. long-axis printing Printing a page whose X-axis PANTONE The PANTONE MATCHING (the axis vertical to the printer as you look at it from SYSTEMR is an international standard for color the front) is longer than a standard page size. communication in the graphics art industry. margin The space around the page added by the printer 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. 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 printer on which the media rests before going into the media-entry slot. printing area Page size minus margins. 12-3 GLOSSARY 12