Platen, Printhead, Printing area – PC Concepts 500PS User Manual
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Printer
platen
The exterior part of the printer on which the paper rests before going into the
printer.
printhead
The printhead is installed into the carriage assembly. It is the part which
prints the ink onto the paper.
printing area
Page size minus margins.
PostScript
Adobe PostScript is a computer language that describes the appearance of a
page, including elements such as text, graphics, and scanned images, to a
printer or other output device.
queueing
Placing each print received by the device into memory for processing with
other prints.
raster
A method for defining an image, in terms of dots rather than lines. Raster
data typically needs more memory than vector data.
Rendering
Intent
Rendering intent is a concept defined by
pec ICC.1:1998-09, “File
Format for Color Profiles”.
From the specification: “Rendering intent specifies the style of reproduction
to be used during the evaluation of this profile in a sequence of profiles. It
applies specifically to that profile in the sequence and not to the entire
sequence. Typically, the user or application will set the rendering intent
dynamically at runtime or embedding time.”
RGB
Red, green and blue. A standard color model.
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