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high-gloss photo A glossy, opaque photographic
paper.
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.
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.
JIS size A Japanese standard paper size.
LAN Local area network.
long-axis printing Printing a page whose X-axis
(the axis vertical to the printer as you look at it from
the front) is longer than a standard page size.
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.
media The material, usually paper, onto which the
printer prints.
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.
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.
parallel interface A type of interface between
computer and device. Generally faster than a serial
interface.
PANTONE The PANTONE MATCHING
SYSTEM is an international standard for color
communication in the graphics art industry.
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.
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