GLOSSARY
XEROX 4890 HIGHLIGHT COLOR LPS PRODUCT REFERENCE
GLOSSARY-15
overprint ratio
Maximum number of variable data and form characters that can
be intersected by a single scan line.
page end
Command character (form feed) to terminate the current page.
page orientation
Direction that data is printed on a report. Refer to landscape
page orientation and portrait page orientation.
pagination
Process of separating text into pages.
palette
Predefined set of colors or inks. Different versions are provided
with the printer and with some application software packages.
parameter
Part of a command, other than the keyword. See keyword.
pass-through job
On systems with XPAF, a job that is sent directly from a host to a
Xerox printer through XPAF without undergoing XPAF processing.
parse
To read or interpret a command; to build up a parameter list
from information within a command.
PCC
Printer carriage control.
PDE
Page description entry.
PDL
Print description language. Language used to describe printing
jobs to a laser printing system. PDL describes the input (type,
format, characteristics), performs the processing functions
(logical processing), and describes the output (type, format, font
selection, accounting options).
PE
Phase encoded.
physical page
Actual page size your printer uses to print a form.
pica
1. Unit of measurement equal to twelve points or approximately
1/6 inch. 2. A 10-pitch typeface having ten characters per inch
and 12 points in height. See also point.
pitch
Width of a fixed-pitch font expressed in characters per horizontal
inch.
pixel
Acronym for picture element. Smallest addressable point of a
bitmapped screen that can be independently assigned color and
intensity.
point
In Xerox laser printing systems, a unit of measurement equal to
0.0139 inch. Points are always used to express type, size, and
leading. There are 12 points to a pica and about 72 points to an
inch. See also pica.
