Print System User's Guide QMS 4525

Pitch
G-13Glossary
Pitch
The number of characters printed per horizontal inch. For example, 12 pitch
means that 12 characters are printed per horizontal inch. Pitch is applied
only to fonts with fixed spacing.
Pixel
Short for picture element. A pixel is the smallest element of a display surface
that can be independently assigned color or intensity. Also known as a dot .
Point Size
The height of a character or symbol in a font. There are 72 points per inch.
This text is printed using an 11 point font.
Portrait Orientation
See orientation .
PostScript
A page description language which describes text, graphics, and page
images to the printer.
Previous Key
The printer key that scrolls backward through the entries within a menu. It
wraps when you reach the beginning or end of a menu. When you are
entering data, this key also cycles to the next ordinal character.
Print Engine
The non-intelligent portion of the printer/controller including the paper
feeding mechanism.
Print Media
Any material (such as paper and transparencies) used in the printer for
printed output.
Print Quality
A general measure of the appearance and readability of a printed page.
Criteria of print quality include the darkness, clearness, and sharpness of
the printed page.
Print Queue
See queue .