Canon BJC-4400 - Manual (Page 95)

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Automatic feed
Refers to one way in which paper can be fed into the printer when the
sheet feeder is used.
BJ cartridge
The printing mechanism that contains the print head unit and BJ tanks.
BJ tank
The special type of ink container housed by the BJ cartridge. The
BC-21e Color BJ Cartridge contains two BJ tanks: one color (which
includes cyan, yellow, magenta) and one black.
Bubble Jet printer
An ink-jet type printer that heats the ink to a boiling point in a nozzle to
form a bubble. When the bubble expands, there is no room left in the
nozzle for the ink and the ink is projected onto paper.
CMYK
Acronym for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black; the four colors used in
the standard color model of the printing industry. Refers to a method of
specifying color using CMYK color values. (K is used for black because
B is used to represent blue in RGB.)
Composite black
The black color formed by mixing cyan, magenta, and yellow ink so that
they appear almost black on a printout.
cpi
Characters per inch. A unit of measurement relevant to a fixed-space
font. Because all characters have the same width, you can calculate the
number of characters printed per inch.
cpl
Characters per line. A unit of measurement that indicates the number of
characters printed per line.
cps
Characters per second. A unit of measurement that indicates the
printer’s speed.
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