Toshiba FIERY GA-1121 Management Manual page 14

xiv Introduction
• Chapter 6 provides instructions on using advanced aspects of DocBuilder Pro to
create custom layouts and take full advantage of Imposition features.
• Chapter 7 describes Fiery Spooler, which you can use to view and manage GA-1121
job activity.
• Appendix A provides an overview of the terms and concepts of imposition,
including various folding, binding, and cutting methods.
• Appendix B describes the built-in templates available from the Imposition feature of
DocBuilder Pro.
• Appendix C provides basic troubleshooting information.
Terminology
Specific terms are explained as they are introduced. However, the following general
terms are used throughout:
• —A computer language designed as a page description language. The
PostScript (PS)
GA-1121 uses this language to image the page and communicate with applications
and the copier/printer.
The term "PostScript" can also be used to refer to PDF data jobs. PDF is a
structured form of PostScript that provides the ability to preview, scale, and reorder
pages. Where applicable, the term "PDF" is specifically used to refer to PDF data or
jobs.
•
Printer Control Language (PCL)
description language. The GA-1121 uses this language to image the page, and
communicate with applications and the copier/printer.
• —A file consisting of PostScript or PCL commands and comments that describe
Job
the graphics, sampled images, and text that should appear on each page of a
document, and the printer options that should be used in printing, such as media
or finishing options.
• —Write to a disk. Used in this manual to refer to a PostScript or PCL print job
Spool
saved to the GA-1121 hard disk drive in preparation for processing and printing.
• —Acronym for raster image processing, which changes PostScript or PCL
RIP
commands into descriptions of each mark on a page. In common use as a noun, a
"raster image processor" (RIP) is the computer processor that performs this function.
—A computer language designed as a page