NEC 1760 - SilentWriter B/W Laser Printer User Manual page 150

Characters per inch. A unit for measuring type
cpi
based on the number of characters in one inch. Also
known as pitch.
Central processing unit. The part of the computer
CPU
that interprets, processes, and executes instructions. It is
also known as the microprocessor.
A setting that is automatically used by the
default
printer unless you change it.
An informational page the printer issues
demo page
that displays text and graphic samples for verifying
print quality. See also: start page, test page.
density See Toner Density.
The ability to produce publication-
desktop publishing
quality documents using a personal computer system.
A user interface displayed on the monitor
dialog box
screen that contains a message or requests information
from you and allows you to enter the response.
see MS-DOS.
DOS
double-click To press and release the mouse button
twice rapidly at the location you want an action to take
place.
To transfer information from one device to
download
another. In this manual it means to load a font from
your computer into printer memory.
Dots per inch. This is a measure of the resolution at
dpi
which your printer can output text and images. The
higher the number, the finer the resolution. The
Silentwriter 1760/1765 can output text at either 300 dpi
or 600 dpi, and graphic images at either 150, 300, or 600
dpi.
driver See printer driver.
G–2 User's Guide
An optional device you can purchase for
duplex unit
the Silentwriter 1760/1765 that enables double-sided
printing.
electrophotographic (EP) drum
inside the toner cartridge that receives an image of a
page to be printed and transfers it as toner to paper
using an electrostatic process.
emulation The imitation of all or part of one system by
another. In this manual, the term is used to describe the
emulation of PCL 5e, PostScript Level 2, and
HP-GL/2 printer languages by the Silentwriter 1760/
1765 printer. See also: AES.
envelope feeder An optional device you can purchase
for the Silentwriter 1760/1765 that enables it to
automatically feed up to 75 envelopes.
A non-printable code used in combination
escape code
with other character sequences to form a command that
controls a printer feature, such as bold and underlined
text or margin settings.
escape sequence The string of characters that follows
an escape code to form a printer command.
A physical cabling system
Ethernet 10Base2 connector
(thin wire coaxial) used to link computers and
peripheral devices in an Ethernet network system.
Ethernet 10BaseT connector
(unshielded twisted pair) used to link computers and
peripheral devices in an Ethernet network system.
A physical cabling system used to link
EtherTalk
computers and peripheral devices in an AppleTalk
network system.
The mechanism that feeds paper and other
feeder
media into the printer. See also: cassette feeder,
envelope feeder, multipurpose feeder.
A rotating surface
A physical cabling system