HP 2000CP 2500CP User Manual
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Glossary-5
HP DesignJet CP Series Printers
Platen Roller
Drive roller.
Plot Quality
Print quality.
PML
Printer Management Language.
P/N
Part Number.
Power Cycle
The switching of the plotter off
and then on again.
Preventive Maintenance Counter
This is a
count of the swaths the printer has performed.
From this count the maintenance requirments can
be calculated.
Primary Colors
cyan, magenta, yellow, black.
Printhead
Part of the ink delivery system. The
printhead has a 600 dpi thermal inkjet head for
firing ink droplets onto the media and a reservoir
which holds enough ink for a large number of
prints. The actual number of prints depends on
the size and type of image being printed
Printhead Cleaner
The printer uses the prin-
thead cleaner to clean and to maintain the
printhead. It also seals the printhead to prevent it
from drying out.
Print Quality
Quality of the Image.
Product Line 30
Hewlett-Packard’s product
line of large-format, pen and thermal-inkjet plot-
ters.
PWM
Pulse-Width Modulation.
RAM
Random-Access Memory.
Raster
1. A matrix of dots, or pixels, where
each pixel is defined by a bit. A bit that is “on”
will print a dot on the paper. A bit that is “off”
will leave the area blank.
2. A method for defining a plot directly in terms
of the pixels rather than as vectors.
Raster Image Processor
Software that con-
verts graphics data to pixel format.
Refill Interconnect PCA
The PCA located on
the left hand side chassis. It connects the Refill
Assembly, the Elevator Assembly, Bail Motor and
the Y-axis Assembly all on to one PCA, this is
then connected to the main PCA via the Refill
Interconnect Cable.
Refill Interconnect Cable
This connects the
Refill Interconnect PCA to the Main PCA.
Relative Humidity
The ratio of the amount of
water vapor actually present in the air to the
greatest amount possible at the same temperature,
(from Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary,
E Merriam-Webster 1991).
Resolution
A measure of image sharpness ex-
pressed as a number of lines per unit length.
When referring to plotters, addressable resolution
means the smallest move the plotter can make
programmatically.
RIP
Raster Image Processor.
RMS
Root mean square.
ROM
Read-Only Memory.
Roman
A character set based on the Latin al-
phabet.
RS-232-C interface
A serial interface standard-
ized by the Electronic Industries Association
Standard RS-232-C.
RTL
see “HP-RTL.”
SAD
Swath Axis Direction
Sec
Second(s).
Secondary Colors
Red, blue, green.
Service Monitor
Data display; display data;
monitor mode.
SIMM
Single In-line Memory Module.
Skew
Misalignment.
Special Paper
A paper specifically developed
by HP, for HP inkjet plotters.