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HP DesignJet CP Series Printers
# Number of units.
_C Degree(s) Celsius.
_F Degree(s) Fahrenheit.
A 1. Amp(s).
2. A pressure of one atmosphere, commonly used
as a reference level in asessing sound pressure.
AC Alternating current.
Accuracy Calibration X-axis calibration.
ADC Analogue to Digital Converters.
Addressable DPI A resolution higher than the
nominal value of the cartridges, giving a finer
grid on which the plotter can selectively position
dots and improve print quality.
Ambient Temperature The surrounding tem-
perature.
ASIC Application-Specific Integrated Circuit.
Banding A type of printing fault when you see
repetative hozizontal bands within the printed
image (these may appear as light or dark bands).
Baud Rate For the RS-232-C interface, the data
transmission rate between the computer and the
plotter (bits per second).
Bidirectional Print Mode A print mode in
which plotting is performed while the carriage is
moving in either direction.
Binding Obstruction to movement.
Bi-Tronics A parallel interface standard.
_C Degree(s) Celsius.
CAD Computer-Aided Design.
Calib. Calibration.
CAM Computer-Aided Manufacturing.
Carriage Axis The axis along which the car-
riage moves. (Y-axis.)
Carriage LED Line sensor.
Cartridge Print cartridge (pen).
Centronics A parallel interface standard.
Checkout Of nozzles: testing of nozzles by fir-
ing them one by one.
Checksum A programming method used to
minimize data errors when data are transferred. ...
(Part of a definition from The Harper Collins
Dictionary of Computer Terms, E Ian R. Sinclair
1991.)
CM Centimeter(s).
Customer Engineers HP field support engi-
neers.
D/A1-Size Plotters Models C3190A and
C4694A.
Data Display Service monitor.
dB Decibel(s).
DC Direct current.
Depletion The selective reduction of the num-
ber of drops placed on the media, in order to
prevent an excess of ink on the media.
Display Data Service monitor.
Display List An internal logical map, in swath
format, containing data representing graphical
objects.
DOS (MS-DOS.) MicroSoft Disk-Operating
System.
dpi Dot(s) per inch, the plotter’s resolution of
raster images on the media.
DRAM Dynamic Random-Access Memory.