Glossary - Canon Color Bubble Jet BJC-5000 Series User Manual

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Automatic feed
Refers to one way in which paper can be fed into the printer when the
sheet feeder is used.
BJ cartridge
The printing mechanism that contains the print head unit and BJ tanks.
Bubble Jet printing
An ink jet type of printing that heats the ink to a boiling point in a
nozzle to form a bubble. When the bubble expands, there is no room left
in the nozzle for the ink and the ink is projected onto paper.
CMYK
Acronym for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black; the four colors used in
the standard color model of the printing industry. Refers to a method of
specifying color using CMYK color values. (K is used for black because B
is used to represent blue in RGB.)
dB(A)
Stands for decibel level (a decibel being a unit of measurement for the
intensity of the sound coming from the printer), adjusted for
background noise.
dpi
Dots per inch. A unit of measurement for indicating a printer's
resolution. Your printer can produce a resolution up to 1440 dpi
(vertical) depending on the printer driver settings and the
application you are using.
Font
A complete set of characters of the same size and style; a particular
implementation of a typeface. For example, 12-point, Courier bold.
Form feed
A printer function that automatically ejects the current page and
advances the printer to the top of the next page.
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