User guide

Glossary-4 C4705-90000
LAN Local Area Network.
lb Pound(s).
LED Light-Emitting Diode.
line sensor Carriage LED.
m Meter(s)
margin Part of the media on which the plotter
is incapable of printing.
Mbyte Megabyte.
media (Used instead of medium.) The material
on which the graphics are plotted: paper,
translucent material, vellum, film, or special
paper.
media axis The axis along which the media
moves. (X-axis; paper axis.)
media jam A situation in which media becomes
blocked in the plotter mechanisms.
media-jam lever Pinch-arm lever.
media-length calibration Media-sensor
calibration.
media-sensor calibration Media-length
calibration.
mil 1/1000 of an inch.
minimum pass time The time necessary for ink
to dry sufficiently before the plotter can place
more ink adjacent to it.
MIO Modular Input/Output.
mm Millimeter(s).
monitor mode Service monitor.
MS-DOS MicroSoft Disk-Operating System
no negative motion An RTL command that
indicates to the plotter that it will receive all data
already in the order in which it should be plotted.
off-axis ink system A system whereby ink is
pumped to the cartridges from a reservoir that
does not move with the carriage.
PAL Programmable Array Logic.
palette A set of pens for which width and %
shading are defined using the setup sheet or the
graphics software.
paper axis Media axis (X-axis).
parity An error-checking method for
information transfer between a computer and a
peripheral device. Parity is used to check the
accuracy of binary data.
pass A movement of the carriage from left to
right, or from right to left, as it plots the graphic.
pass advance The distance that the media
advances between carriage passes.
PC Personal Computer.
PCA Printed Circuit Assembly.
pen 1. Even though the inkjet plotter has no
physical pens, the lines it draws match the
attributes for pens numbered 1 through 8 in the
application software. (See also “palette.”)
2. Sometimes used instead of “print cartridge.”
pinch-arm lever Pinch-wheel lever, media-jam
lever.