Lexmark M410 User's Guide - Page 291

paper type. A printer setting that defines the type of print material (plain paper, card stock, transparency, label, bond, letterhead, preprinted, colored paper, envelope, or custom) loaded in a specified input source. parallel interface. A bidirectional interface for exchanging data between the computer and the printer. parallel/USB interface option card. An optional card that connects your printer to a parallel interface and a Universal Serial Bus (USB). pel. Picture element. The smallest addressable unit that can be effectively reproduced by the printer. photoconductor. An element of the print unit that works like film in a camera. As the photoconductor drum rotates, it uses positive and negative charges to alternately attract the toner necessary to define the image produced by the laser and transfer the image to the page. Fingerprints or scratches on the photoconductor prevent proper toner transfer and may result in reduced print quality. pitch. A unit of measure that determines the number of characters that can be printed in 1 horizontal inch. For example, a 10-pitch font prints 10 characters per inch (cpi). point. A unit of measure that determines the height of a printed character (1 point = 1/72 in.). point size. The height of the characters in a font. portrait orientation. Printed page orientation in which the height of the page is greater than the width. power saver. A printer setting that reduces power usage when the printer is idle. When the Power Saver message displays, the printer is ready to receive print jobs. ppm. See pages per minute. PQET. See Print Quality Enhancement Technology. Glossary 279