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Appendix 15
Plug-and-play Ability to automatically find and use the appropriate driver when a peripheral device is con-
nected to a computer.
PostScript A typical page-descriptive language developed by Adobe and is commonly used for high
quality printing.
PPD Abbreviation for PostScript Printer Description. A file used to describe the resolution, us-
able paper size, and the PostScript printer model special information.
Preview A function that allows you to view an image before processing a print or scan job.
Print Job Print request transmitted from a computer to a printing device.
Print queue A software system which queues the generated print job in the devices.
Printer buffer Memory domain temporarily used for data processing of a print job
Printer driver Software that works as a bridge between a computer and a printer.
Profile Color attribute file
The dedicated file that contains the summarized correlation of the input and output of each
primary color used so that the color input and output devices can reproduce the color.
Property Attribute information
When using a printer driver, various functions can be specified in the file properties.
In the file properties, you can check the attribute information of the file.
Protocol The rules that allow computers to communicate with other computers or peripheral devic-
es
Proxy server A server that is installed to act as an intermediary connection between each client and dif-
ferent servers to effectively ensure security over the entire system for Internet connections
PServer A print server module under a NetWare environment.
Monitors, changes, pauses, restarts, or cancels a print job.
Queue name Name specified to each device that allows printing when network printing.
Resolution Displays the ability to reproduce the details of images and print matter correctly.
RIP Abbreviation for Raster Image Processor. Process that develops picture images from de-
scribed text data using the PostScript page description language. The processor is usually
integrated in the printer.
RGB Abbreviation for Red, Green, and Blue.
Represents all colors by changing the brightness ratio of the RGB 3 colors using the pri-
mary colors used by the color representation in a monitor.
Samba UNIX server software that uses SMB (Server Message Block) so that UNIX system resourc-
es can be used from a Windows environment.
Screen font A font for displaying text and symbols on a CRT monitor.
Shared printer A printer setup that allows the printer to be used by multiple computers connected to a
server over a network.
SLP Abbreviation for Service Location Protocol. A protocol capable of finding services over a
TCP/IP network and automatically specifying a client.
SMB Abbreviation for Server Message Block. A protocol that shares files and printers over a net-
work and which is mainly used by Microsoft Windows.
SMTP Abbreviation for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A protocol for sending and forwarding e-
mail.
SNMP Abbreviation for Simple Network Management Protocol. A management protocol in a net-
work environment using TCP/IP.
Spool Abbreviation for Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-Line.
For printer output, data is not sent directly to the printer, it is temporarily stored in another
location, then sent to the printer collectively.
Subnet mask The unit used to divide a TCP/IP network into small networks (subnetworks).
It is used to identify the bits in a network address that are higher than the IP address.
TCP/IP Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
This is virtually the standard Internet protocol.
IP addresses are used to identify respective network devices.
Touch & Print Function that allows you to print the job that was sent from the printer driver when perform-
ing user authentication by only positioning the finger or an IC card on the authentication
unit that is connected to this machine.
To use the Touch & Print function, an authentication unit must be installed on this machine,
and the finger vein pattern for each user must be registered.
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