Brother HL-1050 Technical Reference Manual page 9

Pen
Perforation skip
Permanent font
Permanent macro
Physical page
Picture frame
Pitch
Plot
Plotter units
Point
Point factor scaling
Point size
Polygon
Polygon buffer
Portrait
Posture
Primary font
Print model
Printable area
Print position
Although this printer is a laser printer the HP-GL/2 and HP-GL graphics languages
retains the notion of a pen and allows you to select between two pens, white and
black. You must select a pen before you can draw anything. The HP-GL and HP-
GL/2 language were originally developed for use with plotters and the terminology
remains.
A feature whereby the printer automatically compensates for a page break and
resumes printing from the top of the text area on the next page.
A downloaded font that is retained when a printer reset is performed.
A macro stored in the printer that will not be erased if the printer is reset.
The paper or envelope on which the printer prints.
The area of the physical page in which HP-GL and HP-GL/2 graphic images can
be printed.
The number of characters in one inch of text. Only applicable to monospaced
(fixed pitch fonts.)
A drawing produced using the HP-GL and HP-GL/2 graphics language. So called
because the language was originally invented for use with plotters.
See graphics units.
The standard unit of measurement for character height. Equal to 1/72".
A form of image scaling using the SC command in HP-GL or HP-GL/2 mode in
which the user units and the location of the scaling point P1 are specified in terms
of graphics units.
See height.
A shape consisting of one or more closed groups of connected lines.
An area of printer memory in which you can store one or more polygons and sub-
polygons defined using HP-GL and HP-GL/2 commands. Some HP-GL and HP-
GL/2 commands use the polygon buffer automatically.
The orientation in which the side edges of the page are longer than the top edge.
A component of a font's style - whether it is upright or italic.
In LaserJet mode the printer maintains two current font settings. The primary font
is the first of these.
A way of describing the interaction between different graphic elements ( source
image, pattern and destination image ).
The area of the page on which the printer can print.
The position from which printing of the next character or graphic object will
begin, providing that no operations that change the print position are performed in
the interim.
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