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media Materials upon which data is printed, such as envelopes, plain
paper, special paper, and transparency film.
MicroWeave Printing technology that produces images in fine increments to
reduce the possibility of banding. See also banding.
parallel interface See interface.
print queue Print jobs that are sent to the printer while it is busy are stored
in a waiting line, or print queue, until they can be printed.
printable area The area of a page on which the printer can print. It is smaller
than the physical size of the page because of margins.
printer driver See driver.
proportional printing Printing in which the width of the character varies from
character to character. For example, a capital W receives much
more space than a lowercase i.
reset To return a printer to its defaults either by sending a command,
an INIT signal, or by turning the printer off and then back on.
resolution The number of dots per inch used to represent an image. The
higher the resolution or print quality, the more detailed and
realistic the image.
scalable fonts Fonts that can be enlarged or reduced. Non-scalable fonts
(bitmap fonts) can’t change in size.
screen pattern This feature prints shaded areas as they appear on screen,
instead of printing them as halftones.
serial interface See interface.
spool manager A software program that converts print data into codes that
your printer understands.
status monitor A software program that allows you to check the printer’s status,
such as the amount of ink remaining before printing.
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