HP Designjet Z3200 PostScript Photo Printer series User Manual

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Jetdirect HP's brand name for its series of print servers that allow a printer to be connected directly to a local
area network.

LED Light-Emitting Diode: a semiconductor device that emits light when electrically stimulated.

MAC address Media Access Control address: a unique identifier used to identify a particular device on a network.
It is a lower-level identifier than the IP address. Thus, a device has both a MAC address and an IP address.

Nozzle One of many tiny holes in a printhead through which ink is deposited onto the paper.

Paper A thin, flat material made to be written or printed on; most commonly made from fibers of some kind which
are pulped, dried and pressed.

Paper preset A specification of the characteristics and requirements of a particular paper type.

Platen The flat surface within the printer over which the paper passes while it is being printed on.

Printer driver Software that converts a print job in a generalized format into data suitable for a particular printer.

Printhead A removable printer component that takes ink of one or more colors from the corresponding ink
cartridge(s) and deposits it on the paper, through a cluster of nozzles. In the HP Designjet Z3200ps printer, each
printhead prints two different colors.

Rendezvous Apple Computer's original name for its networking software later known as Bonjour.

Spindle A rod that supports a roll of paper while it is being used for printing.

TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol: the communications protocols on which the Internet is
based.

USB Universal Serial Bus: a standard serial bus designed to connect devices to computers.

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