HP Designjet 2500.3500cp Printer series - Manual (Page 324)

Glossary
G-2
HP-GL/2
One of Hewlett-Packard’s standard graphics
languages for plotters and printers. Produces vector
data. Newer than HP-GL.
I/O Input/output
The transmission of data between a computer and a
device.
inked area
The smallest rectangle that contains all the content of
the drawing, while maintaining its relative
dimensions.
ISO size
An international standard media size; e.g. A1, A2,
etc.
JIS size
A Japanese standard media size.
LAN
Local area network.
long-axis printing
Printing a page whose X-axis (the axis vertical to the
printer as you look at it from the front) is longer than
a standard page size.
margin
The space around the page added by the printer to
separate one page from another and to avoid printing
right to the edge of the media.
matte
Not glossy.
media
The material, usually paper, onto which the printer
prints.
media weight
The media weight is designed to give the media path
a loop shape just before it is wound onto the Take Up
Core.
MIO Modular input/output
Refers to the printer’s network interface.
nesting
Placing two or more pages side-by-side on roll media
to avoid waste.
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.
PML
Printer Management Language.
parallel interface
A type of interface between computer and device.
Generally faster than a serial interface.
PANTONE
The PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® is an
international standard for color communication in
the graphics art industry.
pen
Even though the plotter has no physical pens, the
lines it draws match the attributes of a pen.
platen
The exterior part of the printer on which the media
rests before going into the media-entry slot.
printing area
Page size minus margins.