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NetBIOS Abbreviation for Network Basic Input Output System. A communication in-
terface developed by IBM.
NetBEUI Abbreviation for NetBIOS Extended User Interface. A network protocol de-
veloped by IBM. By simply specifying the computer name, you can build a
small-scale network.
OS Abbreviation for Operating System. Basic software for controlling the sys-
tem of a computer.
Outline font A font using lines and curves to display an outline of a character. Large-size
characters can be displayed on a screen or printed with no jagged edges.
PDF Abbreviation for Portable Document Format. An electronically formatted
document which uses the .pdf extension. Based on the PostScript format,
you can use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view documents.
PDL Abbreviation for Page Description Language. The language for specifying
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.
Preview A function that allows you to view an image before processing a print or
scan job.
Printer buffer Memory domain temporarily used for data processing of a print 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 devices.
Profile Color attribute file
The dedicated file that contains the summarized correlation of the input and
output of each primary color used so that the color input and output devices
can reproduce the color.
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 computers or pe-
ripheral devices
Proxy server A server that is installed to act as an intermediary connection between each
client and different servers to effectively ensure security over the entire sys-
tem for Internet connections.
Queue name • Name specified to each device that allows printing when network print-
ing.
• Required logical printer name for LPD/LPR printing
Resolution Displays the ability to reproduce the details of images and print matter cor-
rectly.
RIP Abbreviation for Raster Image Processor. Process that develops picture im-
ages from described text data using the PostScript page description lan-
guage. The processor is usually integrated in the printer.
Samba UNIX server software that uses SMB (Server Message Block) so that UNIX
system resources can be used from a Windows environment.
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