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Drivers - A file containing information needed by an application program or
system to operate a
Duplexing - Printing on both sides of a sheet of paper.
by having the user pass the paper through the
ECP - Enhanced Capability
communication between the computer and the controller.
EEPROM - Electrically Erasable
programmed in-circuit. See
EPP - See ECP.
EPROM - Electrically Programmable
In a controller, the EPROM contains the latest versions of the firmware, and the
PostScript and PCL5e
EPS - Encapsulated PostScript
the PostScript page description language.
EPS Files - A file containing an image saved in the EPS format.
Ethernet - The common name given the
802.3. The Xerox Company originally developed Ethernet.
EtherTalk - The name given by Apple Computer to the process of using the
protocol on an Ethernet LAN.
External drive - A hard
with its own case, cables and power supply, external to the computer. It is usually
connected to the computer through a
Firmware - This is the
stored in ROM.
Firmware Version - This number communicates which revision of
in the controller or computer.
Flash Memory - A type of
upgraded) though software rather than having to remove/replace it.
Flash ROM - See Flash
Floppy drive – The mechanism that writes and reads data to and from 3.5" floppy disks.
Font - An arrangement of
numbers, letters, or symbols.
Font Caching - Storing
Font Matching - The process the controller uses to select a
instructions it receives from the printer driver. For example, when a document
containing TrueType fonts
the controller performs
equivalent, resident
containing PostScript
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peripheral such as a monitor or printer.
Port - An improved
PROM – a form of EPROM that may be erased and re-
Flash ROM.
ROM – a
interpreters.
– a method of storing a high-resolution graphic image in
LAN
drive, ZIP drive, JAZ drive, CDROM drive,
SCSI
operating system (BIOS) software of the computer or controller
ROM that may be electrically reprogrammed (updated or
Memory.
screen or printing dots forming a certain style of character
fonts in RAM or a hard drive
is sent to the controller using a
font matching to match each
PostScript font. The same process is done if a document
fonts is sent to the controller using the
Digital duplicators
digital duplicator a second time.
parallel port supporting two-way
ROM chip that can be re-programmed.
technology standard described by
or parallel port.
firmware
speed up printing.
font for printing based on the
PostScript
TrueType font
PCL
operating
print duplex
IEEE
AppleTalk
floppy drive, etc.
is resident
printer driver,
with an
printer driver. The