G-10 Glossary
Photo
The document setting you use for sending or copying documents with
intermediate tones, such as photographs.
Platen
The printer component that holds the paper in position during ink
transfer.
Portrait orientation
Refers to printing across the width of the page (letter style). This is the
opposite of landscape orientation, which is printing across the length of
the page.
Print head
The printing mechanism that contains print nozzles and ejects the ink
for printing.
Print head capping
An automatic protection function that prevents the BJ cartridge print
head unit and BJ cartridges from drying out or becoming clogged with
dust.
Printable area
The area of a sheet of paper on which a printer can reproduce text or
graphics (the printing area is smaller than the paper).
Printer driver
Software that sends printing instructions to a printer (in this case, the
MultiPASS C70). The printer driver keeps track of the attributes of a
printer and the codes the program must send to access those attributes.
Pulse
See Rotary pulse.