Ricoh SAVIN A741 User Manual

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A741

OSD

Original Size Detection. A set of sensors in the copier which automatically detects the original
size.

Ozone

Harmful gas that is formed by the electrostatic process used in copiers and printers

Parallel port

Slot in the PC that is usually connected to the printer. Since it is capable of carrying 8 bits at a
time it is faster than the serial port

Page printer

Printers that print a page at a time instead of character by character

PCL

Printer Command Language developed by Hewlett Packard

PDL

Printer Description Language. Printer language that is able to accurately describe layouts of
pages. Ideally suited for professional printing processes. Example is Adobe’s Postscript.

Penset

Description of a set of pens (width, color, pattern) used in HP-GL plotting.

Pixel

Short for Picture Element. Describes a single element of an image.

PPM

Pages Per Minute, a measurement how many pages a printer can product in one minute.

Print Server

Printer with embedded network connection serving a group of users. Also a network connected
PC which controls a printer shared by multiple users.

Printer driver

Software that enables the computer to send commands to the printer

Protocol

Clearly defined set of instructions to exchange information between computers.

RAM

Random Access Memory. Method of temporarily storing data in a computer. This data is lost
once the computer is turned off

Raster graphics

A graphic image which is made of pixels or dots to form a raster (or bitmap) image.

Rasterising

Conversion of a vector based image into a raster graphic

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