HP 510 User Manual
nesting
Placing two or more pages side-by-side on roll paper to avoid waste.
nozzles
Located underneath the printhead. The nozzles direct the ink onto the page.
palette
A set of logical pens defined by color and width.
PJL
Printer Job Language. A programming language that controls jobs going to a
printer.
printer.
parallel
interface
interface
A type of interface between computer and device. Generally faster than a
serial interface.
serial interface.
PANTONE
The PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® is an international standard for color
communication in the graphics art industry.
communication in the graphics art industry.
pen
Even though the printer has no physical pens, the lines it draws match the
attributes of a pen.
attributes of a pen.
platen
The exterior part of the printer on which the paper rests before going into the
printer.
printer.
printhead
The printhead is installed into the carriage assembly. It is the part that prints
the ink onto the paper.
the ink onto the paper.
printing area
Page size minus margins.
PostScript
Adobe PostScript is a computer language that describes the appearance of a
page, including elements such as text, graphics, and scanned images, to a
printer or other output device.
page, including elements such as text, graphics, and scanned images, to a
printer or other output device.
queueing
Placing each print received by the device into memory for processing with
other prints.
other prints.
raster
A method for defining an image, in terms of dots rather than lines. Raster
data typically needs more memory than vector data.
data typically needs more memory than vector data.
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