Epson Stylus PHOTO 950 User Manual page 363

ColorSync
Macintosh software that is designed to help you get WYSIWYG (what you see is
what you get) color output. This software prints colors as you see them on your
screen.
cpi
See characters per inch (cpi).
default
A value or setting that takes effect when the equipment is turned on, reset, or
initialized.
dithering
A halftoning method in which dots are arranged in an orderly pattern. Dithering
works best when printing images with solid colors, such as charts and graphs.
DMA
Direct Memory Access. A data transfer feature that bypasses a computer's CPU
and allows direct communication between a computer and peripheral devices
(like printers), and between one peripheral device and another.
dpi
Dots per inch. The dpi measures the resolution. See also resolution.
drive
A memory device, such as a CD-ROM, hard disk, or floppy disk drive. In
Windows, a letter is assigned to each drive for easy management.
driver
Software that sends instructions to a computer peripheral to tell it what to do.
For example, your printer driver accepts print data from your word processor
application and sends instructions to the printer on how to print this data.
Together, the printer driver and printer utilities are referred to as "printer
software". See also printer software.
economy printing
Printing in which images are printed with fewer dots to save ink.
Edge Smoothing
Improves the print quality of lower-resolution images by smoothing jagged
edges and lines. This setting will not affect high-resolution images or text.
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