Canon BJC-8500 - Manual (Page 153)

Glossary
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AC
Alternating current. The type of electrical current
commonly available from a wall outlet.
automatic feed
Method of feeding paper using the built-in sheet
feeder.
BJ Cartridge
A collective term for the cartridges used in
Canon Bubble Jet printers. Use the BJ Cartridge
designed for use with your printer. The Black BJ
Cartridge BC-80 consists of a print head and two
replaceable ink tanks, and the Color BC-81 and
Color BC-82 Photo each contain three ink tanks.
BJ Cartridge Container SB-80
A specially designed box for storing BJ cartridges
to prevent them from drying out when they are
not being used. The Black BJ Cartridge is inserted
in the left slot and the Colour BJ Cartridges
photo in the right slot.
Bubble Jet printer
A printer that applies ink to paper by heating the
ink to boiling point until it forms a bubble. The
bubble expands until there is no room left in the
nozzle, then it is projected onto the paper.
buffer
A temporary storage area in a computer or print-
er memory where data is held until it can be
processed. Data in buffers is usually lost when
the unit is turned off.
byte
A unit of eight bits. A byte is approximately
equal to one character.
Centronics
An industry standard for parallel data transmis-
sion between computers and other devices.
commercial envelopes
No. 10 envelopes, also referred to as COM10, a
common envelope size that measures 9 1/2 x 4
1/8 in. used in the U.S.A.
DL
A common envelope size that measures 220 x 110
mm commonly used in Europe and other areas.
dpi
Dots per inch. A unit used to measure printer
resolution. Your printer can produce a resolution
up to 1200 x 1200 dpi (default is 600 x 600 dpi).
host computer
The computer connected to a printer and used to
drive the printer.
ink tank
The replaceable portion of the BJ Cartridges that
contains the ink supply for the BJ Cartridge.
ink jet printer
A non-impact printer that ejects ink onto paper
to form characters. Your Bubble Jet Printer is a
type of ink jet printer.
interface
The connection between two devices, like a com-
puter and a printer, that makes it possible for
them to communicate. Your printer has two
printer interfaces, a parallel interface for an IBM
compatible PC and a serial interface for a
Macintosh computer.
interface connector
The connector on the back of the printer where
you connect the interface cable. The other end of
the interface cable is connected to the computer.
kB
An abbreviation for kilobyte.
kilobyte
A unit of measure equal to 1024 bytes. Used to
describe the size of memory or disk space.