Xerox 721P85530 Printer User Manual


 
GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY-16 XEROX DOCUPRINT 180 LPS PDL REFERENCE
overprint lines Print lines whose carriage control specifies printing with no line
spacing after the last printed line.
overprint ratio Maximum number of variable data and form characters that may be
intersected by a single scan line.
override To take precedence or priority over, to overrule.
overstrike To print characters over each other.
page 1. In computer programming, a block of instruction, data, or both that
can be located in main or auxiliary storage. 2. In word processing, a
defined section of a document.
page orientation Direction in which data is printed on a report. See also landscape
page orientation; portrait page orientation.
parameter Part of a command, other than the keyword. See also keyword;
operator command.
pass-through job On systems with XPAF, a job that is sent directly from a host to a
Xerox printer using XPAF, without undergoing XPAF processing.
password Unique word or set of characters that an operator or user must supply
to log on to a system.
patch In programming, to modify a portion of the program at the machine
language level, as opposed to modifying at the source program level.
PC UI PC user interface. The PC hardware and Xerox-supplied software
which allows the operator to control the LPS by means of a mouse,
windows, and icons. See also object mode; TEM.
PDL print description language. Language used to describe printing jobs
to an LPS. PDL describes the input (type, format, characteristics),
performs the processing functions (logical processing), and
describes the output (type, format, font selection, accounting
options).
physical page Sheet of paper on which printing is done. See also edgemarking.
pitch 1. Horizontal character spacing; 10-pitch (10 characters per inch)
spacing is called pica, and 12-pitch (12 characters per inch) spacing
is called elite. 2. The number of page images placed on the
xerographic belt during one revolution. The DocuPrint 180 LPS
supports two pitch modes: 7 pitch when paper 9 inches/229 mm long
or less is used to print a job, and 3 pitch when paper 9 to 17 inches/
229 to 432 mm long is used to print a job.
pixel Acronym for picture element. Smallest addressable point of a bit-
mapped screen that can be independently assigned color and