FARGO electronics HDP600 User Manual page 357

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Glossary of Terms (continued)
Term
Printhead
PVC
Queue
Proximity (Prox) Card
Prox Card Encoder
RAM (Random
Access Memory)
Rasterize
Reboot
Registration
Resident Font
Resin
HDP600 High Definition Card Printer/Encoder User Guide (Rev. 2.3)
Definition
The device on a Printer that produces the image on the media.
Abbreviation for polyvinyl chloride, often called vinyl. PVC is the
component of the 0.002 thick clear, dye receptive film on the
surface of the identification card and is the primary component of
the identification card cores.
A sequence of files or sets of data, awaiting transmission or
processing.
Proximity cards allow access and tracking utilizing contactless
technology, usually by communicating through a built-in antenna.
The FARGO prox card Encoder uses an HID ProxPoint® Plus
reader mounted on the e-card docking Station inside the
Printer/Encoder. The ProxPoint is a read only device producing a
Wiegand signal that is converted to RS-232 using a Cypress
Computer Systems CVT-2232. Application programs can read
information from HID prox cards via a RS-232 signal through a
dedicated DB-9 port on the outside of the Printer labeled Prox.
A storage device for digital information to be held temporarily, to
facilitate processing.
The process of converting the elements of a graphic into a bitmap
to be printed.
Cycling the power to the Printer so that it resets and reinitializes.
The quality of the alignment of the separate primary-color images:
YMCK.
A set of characters loaded into the Printer memory that can be
programmed to print those characters on the card without
rasterizing the image.
A semi-solid material.
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