Xerox 96MX - Manual (Page 477)

GLOSSARY
XEROX DOCUPRINT 96/DOCUPRINT 96MX LPS PDL REFERENCE GLOSSARY-23
virtual page Page area selected by a forms designer for printing.
warning message System-issued message indicating that an error has been
encountered even though the program has not failed.
weight Characteristic of type determined by how light or dark it appears.
wildcard Part of a command (* symbol, / symbol, ? symbol) that represents a
category for which the possible options are requested.
wildcarding In a command, calling out a general category rather than a specific
item within that category. The purpose of wildcarding is to generate
the options within the given category.
write To record data in memory or an external storage medium.
write protection Data protection feature implemented on magnetic media (for
example floppy disk, 9-track tape) to prevent stored data from being
modified, written over, or erased.
x axis Horizontal axis on a forms grid.
xdot Unit of measurement representing a fraction of an inch. It may also
be referred to as a picture element (pixel) or spot, for example, 1/600
spots per inch (spi).
xerographic engine Component of a printer that develops an image, transfers it to paper,
and fuses it for output as hardcopy.
x height Height of lowercase letters without their ascenders or descenders
(height of letter “x”). See also ascender; descender.
y axis Vertical axis on a forms grid
ACT Advanced Customer Training
AFP Advanced Function Printing
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BCD binary coded decimal
BOF bottom of form
BOT beginning of tape