Philips 5900 User Manual

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AXIS 5900 User’s Manual

An operating system for local area networks.

Printer Control Language — a set of command codes used when printing. 

A PCL driver is a small program that works between the operating system 

and the printer.

When selecting Peer-to-peer printing, all print jobs are sent directly to the 

print server, rather than through a file server (client/server).

Privacy Enhanced Mail. 

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol. A TCP/IP protocol used for 

downloading IP addresses in UNIX/Linux networks. It requires a RARP 

daemon on your system, and only operates within a single network 

segment. A request made to an active RARP daemon initiates a search of 

the Ethernet Address Table for an entry matching the print server's 

Ethernet address. If a matching entry is found, the daemon downloads the 

IP address to the print server.

Reduced Instruction Set Computing. A processor designed to increase 

performance, using a limited set of of assembly language instructions. 

Service Advertising Protocol. A NetWare network name advertising 

service that e.g. file servers can use for advertising their existence to 

network clients.

Simple Network Management Protocol. Standard management protocol 

for network attached devices.

Secure Sockets Layer, a protocol designed to provide secure 

communications on the Internet. 

Sequenced Packet Exchange, a NetWare communications protocol used to 

transmit messages reliably over a network. 

Transmission Control Protocol. The connection-oriented, transport-level 

protocol used in the TCP/IP suite of protocols.

A terminal emulation program for networks, often used to remotely 

control Web servers.