Glossary - Canon LBP-1760 User Manual

Glossary of Selected Terms
A
automatic continue
A function that automatically cancels errors 10 seconds after they occur to allow
printing to continue. Only certain errors can be automatically skipped.
automatic image refinement
Automatically refines your printed text and illustrations by smoothing the jagged
edges on curves and diagonal lines.
automatic personality switching
If you install the A5 module for Adobe PostScript 3, your printer can switch
automatically between PCL or PostScript depending on the data it receives.
B
banding
The process of creating a whole page of data in strips. The banding method uses less
memory because the data is in a compressed format before strip composition.
bit
An acronym for binary digit written as either a 0 or 1.
bitmap
A graphic image made up of a matrix of dots called pixels (picture elements). The
printer can print bitmapped fonts and graphics.
bitmapped fonts
Fonts created with bitmap images made up of a matrix of dots. Vector fonts
however, are generated with mathematical formulas.
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