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their

own

environment

and

are

often

used

as

electronic

forms.

(2)

A

collection

of

predefined

static

data,

such

as

lines,

shading,

text,

boxes,

or

logos

that

can

merge

with

variable

data

on

a

sheet

while

printing.

P

page.

(1)

In

AFP,

a

data

stream

object

delimited

by

a

Begin

Page

structured

field

and

an

End

Page

structured

field.

A

page

can

contain

presentation

data

such

as

text,

image,

graphics,

and

bar

code

data.

(2)

A

collection

of

data

that

can

print

on

a

physical

sheet

of

paper.

Synonymous

with

logical

page.

page

definition.

(1)

An

AFP

resource

that

defines

the

rules

for

transforming

line

data

and

XML

data

into

MO:DCA-P

data

and

text

controls.

(2)

An

AFP

resource

that

contains

a

set

of

formatting

controls

for

printing

logical

pages

of

data.

It

includes

controls

for

the

number

of

lines

per

sheet,

font

selection,

print

direction,

and

mappings

for

individual

data

fields

to

positions

on

the

printed

sheet.

page

printer.

Any

of

a

class

of

printers

that

accepts

composed

pages,

constructed

of

composed

text

and

images,

among

other

things,

and

that

prints

any

sequence

of

pels

in

any

order

on

the

page.

Contrast

with

line

printer.

page

segment.

(1)

An

AFP

resource

object

that

contains

text,

image,

graphics,

or

bar

code

data

that

can

be

positioned

on

any

addressable

point

on

a

page

or

an

electronic

overlay.

(2)

An

AFP

resource

prepared

before

formatting

and

included

during

printing.

Synonymous

with

segment.

Compare

with

electronic

overlay.

path.

The

route

used

to

locate

files;

the

storage

location

of

a

file.

A

fully

qualified

path

lists

the

drive

identifier,

if

any,

the

directory

name,

the

subdirectory

name,

if

any,

and

the

file

name

with

its

associated

extension,

if

any.

pattern.

Synonymous

with

raster

pattern.

PDF.

Portable

Document

Format.

pel.

Short

for

picture

element.

The

smallest

area

that

the

printer

can

tone

individually.

Synonymous

with

addressable

point

or

dot

in

Xerox

terminology.

physical

page.

Synonymous

with

form.

Contrast

with

logical

page.

physical

printer.

In

InfoPrint

Manager,

a

type

of

actual

destination

that

represents

a

printer

device.

See

also

printer

device.

picture

element.

See

pel.

point.

(1)

A

unit

of

measurement

whose

main

purpose

is

to

describe

type

sizes.

Each

pica

contains

12

points,

with

approximately

72

points

to

an

inch.

(2)

In

the

Didot

point

system,

a

point

is

0.0148

of

an

inch.

Each

cicero

contains

twelve

Didot

points.

Portable

Document

Format.

A

standard

specified

by

Adobe

Systems,

Incorporated,

for

the

electronic

distribution

of

documents.

PDF

files

are

compact;

can

be

distributed

globally

via

e-mail,

the

Web,

intranets,

or

CD-ROM;

and

can

be

viewed

with

the

Acrobat

Reader.

portrait

orientation.

(1)

In

printers,

text

and

images

that

are

printed

parallel

to

the

shorter

side

of

the

form.

(2)

The

position

of

a

printed

page

on

a

sheet

of

paper,

so

that

the

shorter

edges

of

the

paper

are

the

top

and

bottom

of

the

page,

and

the

longer

edges

are

the

sides

of

the

page.

Contrast

with

landscape.

print

fidelity.

A

function

of

InfoPrint

XT

that

measures

the

length

of

a

Xerox

print

line

and

makes

sure

that

the

corresponding

AFP

line

it

generates

is

the

same

length.

print

job.

The

data

to

print,

with

specific

conversion

parameters

and

print

options

that

you

submit

to

InfoPrint

Manager

for

processing.

A

print

job

is

similar

to

a

report,

which

is

the

Xerox

term

used

for

the

job.

Print

Services

Facility

(PSF).

(1)

An

IBM

licensed

program

that

produces

printer

commands

from

the

data

sent

to

it.

(2)

A

program

that

manages

and

controls

the

input

data

stream

and

output

data

stream

required

by

supported

printers.

printer

device.

The

actual

printer

hardware,

such

as

an

InfoPrint

4100.

See

also

physical

printer.

proportionally-spaced

font.

A

font

in

which

the

characters

are

contained

in

character

cells

that

vary

with

the

size

of

each

character.

Fonts

of

this

type

provide

for

even

spacing

between

printed

characters,

and

eliminate

excess

white

space

around

narrow

characters,

such

as

the

letter

“i”.

Contrast

with

monospaced

font.

PSF.

Print

Services

Facility.

R

raster

pattern.

A

series

of

pels

arranged

in

scan

lines

to

form

an

image.

The

toned

or

untoned

status

of

each

pel

creates

an

image.

A

digitized

raster

pattern

is

an

array

of

bits.

The

on

or

off

status

of

each

bit

determines

the

toned

or

untoned

status

of

each

pel.

resource.

In

the

AFP

architecture,

a

collection

of

printing

instructions

and

sometimes

data

that

consists

entirely

of

AFP

structured

fields.

You

store

a

resource

as

a

member

of

a

library,

and

InfoPrint

Manager

can

call

the

resource

when

it

needs

it.

Coded

fonts,

font

character

sets,

code

pages,

page

segments,

overlays,

form

definitions,

and

page

definitions

are

all

AFP

resources.

Glossary

of

selected

InfoPrint

Solutions

Company

terms

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