Xerox Phaser EX7750 Prospecto

 

The term “PostScript” can also be used to refer to PDF data jobs. PDF is a 
structured form of PostScript that provides the ability to preview, scale, and reorder 
pages. Where applicable, the term “PDF” is specifically used to refer to PDF data 
or jobs.

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—A computer language designed as a page 

description language. The EX7750 uses this language to image the page, and 
communicate with applications and the printer.

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A file consisting of PostScript or PCL commands and comments that describe 

the graphics, sampled images, and text that should appear on each page of a 
document, and the printer options that should be used in printing, such as media or 
finishing options.

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—Write to a disk. Used in this manual to refer to a PostScript or PCL print job 

saved to the EX7750 hard disk drive in preparation for processing and printing.

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—Acronym for raster image processing, which changes PostScript or PCL 

commands into descriptions of each mark on a page. In common use as a noun, a 
“raster image processor” (RIP) is the computer processor that performs this function.

The EX7750 RIP changes text and graphics commands in PostScript or PCL into 
specifications for each dot of toner deposited on a page by the printer.

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—The term “process” is used interchangeably with the term “RIP” in this 

manual to refer to raster image processing.

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—The task of rendering, or imaging, a page or job on a print device.

These concepts explain how the EX7750 and the printer work together as a powerful 
printing system.