Printer Users Guide

Appendix
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C250P 10-18
PDF Abbreviation for Portable Document Format. An electronically for-
matted document which uses the .pdf extension. Based on the Post-
Script format, you can use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software
to view documents.
PDL Abbreviation for Page Description Language. The language for spec-
ifying the print image per page to a printer when printing using a
page printer.
Peer-to-peer A network format that allows connected devices to communicate
without using a dedicated server
Plug-and-play Ability to automatically find and use the appropriate driver when a
peripheral device is connected to a computer
PostScript A typical page-descriptive language developed by Adobe and is
commonly used for high quality printing
PPD Abbreviation for PostScript Printer Description. A file used to de-
scribe the resolution, usable paper size, and the PostScript printer
model special information.
Preview A function that allows you to view an image before processing a print
or scan job
Print Job Print request transmitted from a computer to a printing device
Print Queue A software system which queues the generated print job in the de-
vices
Printer Buffer Memory domain temporarily used for data processing of a print job
Profile Color attribute file
The dedicated file that contains the summarized correlation of the in-
put and output of each primary color used so that the color input and
output devices can reproduce the color.
Proof Print Press this key to print a single sample print and stop the machine so
that it can be checked before printing a large number of copies. This
prevents print errors from occurring in a large number of copies.
Property Attribute information
When using a printer driver, various functions can be specified in the
file properties.
In the file properties, you can check the attribute information of the
file.
Protocol The rules that allow computers to communicate with other comput-
ers or peripheral devices
Proxy Server A server that is installed to act as an intermediary connection be-
tween each client and different servers to effectively ensure security
over the entire system for Internet connections
Pserver Print server module under a NetWare environment that monitors,
changes, pauses, restarts, or cancels a print job
Queue Name Name specified to each device that allows printing when network
printing
RIP Abbreviation for Raster Image Processor. Process that develops pic-
ture images from described text data using the PostScript page de-
scription language. The processor is usually integrated in the printer.
Term Definition