Xerox NUVERA 288 User Manual

Xerox DocuPrint NPS/ IPS

Glossary

721P90030 Version 8.0 October 2002

Xerox Corporation 701 S. Aviation Boulevard El Segundo, CA 90245

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Publication number: 721P90030

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List of acronyms

Glossary

This glossary contains a list of acronyms and terms for use with the Xerox DocuColor NPS/IPS.

This section contains a list of acronyms you may need while working with the NPS/IPS.

AFP

ASCII

bpi

CCU

CIU

CLI

CMYK

CRD

CSI

CSR

DCE

DCIM

DFA

DOS

Advanced Function Presentation

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

bits per inch

customer changeable unit; used for highlight color printers

channel interface unit

command line interface

cyan, magenta, yellow, black

color rendering dictionary; used for PostScript jobs

command status interface

customer support representative

data center

data communications equipment

data control interface module

Document Feeding and Finishing Architecture

Disk Operating System

dpi

ENET

EPS

ftp

GUI

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dots per inch

Ethernet network

electronic publishing

Enterprise Printing System

file transfer protocol

graphical user interface

Glossary

HCF

HCU

hpos

ICC

IOT

IPDS

JCB

JID

JPM

LAN

LEF

lpi

LUN

NPS/IPS

high-capacity feeder

Host Channel Unit

horizontal positioning

International Color Consortium

image output terminal; printer engine

Intelligent Printer Data Stream

job control block

job identifier

Job Pool Manager

Local Area Network

long-edge feed

line feed character

lines per inch

logical unit number

Network Printing System/IPDS Printing System

OCR

PCL

PDF

PDL

ppm

PQA

PSF

PWBA

RAM

RGB

SEF

SNMP

spi

optical character recognition

Personal Computer

Printer Command Language

Portable Document Format

page description languag

pages per minute

print quality adjustment

Print Services Facility

point

printed wiring board assembly

random access memory

red, green, blue

short-edge feed

Simple Network Management Protocol

spots per inch

user interface

vpos

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virtual memory

vertical positioning

List of terms

Glossary

This section contains a list of terms you may need while working with the DocuPrint NPS/IPS, and a definition of each.

American

Standard Code for

Information

Interchange

(ASCII)

AppleTalk

application

software

abort

alignment

alphanumeric

Paper size measuring 297 by 420 mm.

Paper size measuring 210 by 297 mm.

Standard 7-bit code which represents alphanumeric information. Each alphanumeric character and several nonprinting characters are assigned a binary number, covering 128 possible characters. It is used for information interchange among data processing systems, data communication systems, and associated equipment.

Network communication protocol inherent to the Apple Macintosh operating system and supported by the DocuPrint NPS.

Software resident on the host or client workstation used to create print documents.

To terminate printing, program, or nonprinting execution before it completes.

The positioning of an image on a page for printing.

Set of characters including the letters A through Z, numerals 0 through 9, and all printable special symbols.

American

Standard Code for

Information

Interchange

(ASCII)

AppleTalk

application

software

argument

attribute

Standardized code that represents letters, numbers, and other characters established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to achieve compatibility between data processing and data communications equipment.

Network communication protocol suite inherent to the Apple Macintosh operating system and supported by the DocuPrint NPS/IPS.

Software resident on the client workstation used to create print documents.

Any word (string of characters separated by spaces or tabs) after the command in a command line.

Set of attributes available for controlling the processing of a print job. Print attributes include simplex or duplex printing, media selection, collating, stitching, and so on. Print attributes can be sent to the Printer Controller as part of the job, providing automatic job processing. They also may be associated with virtual printers, which may then assign the attribute to the job.

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Glossary

background job

batch

batch processing

baud

binary

bit

Paper size measuring 250 by 353 mm.

Low-priority job, usually batched, which is executed automatically as system resources become available.

Method by which bodies of data are accumulated and grouped by kind before processing.

Allows for repetitive operations to be performed sequentially on batched data without much involvement of the computer operator.

Measurement of data rate in bits per second. This term is used to describe information flow between two devices. Unit of data transmitting/receiving speed is roughly equal to a single bit per second. Common baud rates are 110, 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, and 9600.

Numbering system based on 2 rather than 10 and containing only the symbols 0 and 1. Binary is especially well suited for use in computers and related devices since information can be represented with electric pulses (0=off, 1=on). Most computer calculations are binary.

In the binary numbering system, either of the characters 0 or 1. The bit is the basic unit of information with which a computer works. It can take the form of a magnetized spot, an electric pulse, a positive or negative charge, etc. A number of bits strung together represents a character to a computer.

bitmap

Multipliers are:

1 byte = 8 bits

1 kilobyte (KB) or 1,024 bytes = 8,192 bits

1 megabyte (MB) or 1,048,576 bytes = 8,388,608 bits.

Computer space equivalents are:

1.5 KB = about 1 single-spaced typed page

30 KB = about 20 typed pages

150 KB = about 100 typed pages

Electronic definition of an image, comprised of a matrix of picture elements (pixels or dots), where a bit value of one means that the picture element is imaged, and a bit value of zero means that the picture element is not imaged. The number of picture elements in a square area is a function of the display device resolution.

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Glossary

bitmapped

bits per second

(bps)

blocking

block length

boot

break page

buffer

Display image generated bit by bit for each point or dot. A software-driven scanner is used to create characters and/or graphics.

In serial communication, the instantaneous bit speed with which a device or channel transmits a character.

Process of combining two or more records into a single block of data which can then be moved, operated upon, stored, etc., as a single unit by the computer.

Number of characters or bytes contained in a block of data (the block is treated as a unit within the computer). Block length is usually invariable within a system and may be specified in units such as records, words, computer words, or characters.

To load a program’s initial instructions of a program into the computer’s memory. These instructions then direct the loading of the rest of the program. Booting may require entry of a few commands at the keyboard or the flip of a switch to begin the process.

header page.

See

Compartment of memory in which data is stored during transfer from one device to another. Useful for (1) accumulating data into blocks before storage or processing, and (2) for adjusting differences of speed between devices, or between a device and a communicating facility.

bypass transport

byte

CCU

CCU changeout

cart

carriage return

case–sensitive

channel

Optional module that moves paper from the printer to a finishing device.

Fixed number of bits (in data processing, usually 8) operated upon as a unit. A byte may represent a character, a machine instruction, or some other logical unit of information.

Customer changeable unit. In the 4850, 4890, and 92C, the unit removed to change the color of the dry ink installed in the printer. Consists of the color developer housing and the dry ink bottle.

Cart used to remove and install the customer changeable unit for changing the color dry ink installed in the printer.

Control character that (unless set to be interpreted as a line end) causes the printing system to start printing at the left margin of the current line.

Treating lowercase and uppercase characters differently.

1. In data communications, a path or line that enables two or more devices to communicate (sometimes called a circuit, facility, or link).

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