HP Designjet 700 User Manual page 215

high-gloss photo A glossy, opaque photographic
paper.
HP-GL One of Hewlett-Packard's standard
graphics languages for plotters and printers.
Produces vector data. Forerunner to HP-GL/2.
HP-GL/2 One of Hewlett-Packard's standard
graphics languages for plotters and printers.
Produces vector data. Newer than HP-GL.
I/O Input/output. The transmission of data
between a computer and a device.
inked area The smallest rectangle that contains
all the content of the drawing, while maintaining the
drawings relative dimensions.
ISO size An international standard paper size; e.g.
A1, A2, etc.
JIS size A Japanese standard paper size.
LAN Local area network.
long-axis plotting Plotting a page whose X-axis
(the axis vertical to the plotter as you look at it from
the front) is longer than a standard page size.
margin The space around the page added by the
plotter to separate one page from another and to
avoid printing right to the edge of the media.
matte Not glossy.
matte film Opaque, polyester media type (not
glossy).
media The material, usually paper, onto which the
plotter prints.
media bin The media catcher situated below the
plotter.
MIO Modular input/output. Refers to the
plotter's network interface.
nesting Placing two or more plots side-by-side on
the media to avoid waste.
opaque bond A matte paper media.
palette A set of logical pens defined by color and
width.
PJL Printer job language. A programming
language that controls jobs going to a printer or
plotter.
PML Printer management language.
parallel interface A type of interface between
computer and device. Generally faster than a serial
interface.
pen Even though the plotter has no physical pens,
the lines it draws match the attributes of a pen.
platen The exterior part of the plotter on which
the media rests before going into the media-entry
slot.
plotting area Page size minus margins.
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