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Paper feed
The act of guiding a sheet of paper into the printer’s paper path.
Paper jam
A situation created when paper becomes caught along the paper path. You must remove
jammed paper before you can continue printing.
Paper path
The route that paper travels through the printer.
Paper Source
Source of paper feed. The machine has a paper drawer and a stack bypass.
Paper Type
All kinds of paper (plain paper, colored paper, recycled paper, transparencies, tracing paper,
thick paper, labels, envelopes, postcards etc.) are grouped under several Paper Types. You can
access this setting from the Paper Type field on the Paper Source tab of the Printer
Properties dialog box.
Parallel interface
An interface that transmits multiple bits simultaneously (usually in one-byte segments). Your
printer has a built-in, Centronics-type parallel interface. See Centronics interface.
Parallel interface cable
A bidirectional cable, usually less than six feet long, that transfers multiple bits of information
to the printer simultaneously, speeding the transfer. Parallel interface cables are also referred
to as Centronics interface cables.
PDF
Portable Document Format. A widely used format for transmitting and viewing documents on
computers. PDF documents can be read or printed out with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader program.
Peer-to-peer connection
A network connection between a computer and a printer (or other device) that does not go
through a server. See Server, Client.
Physical RAM
Random access memory (RAM) that is physically present in the computer in the form of
memory chips, as opposed to virtual memory. See Virtual Memory.
Platen
The document scanning unit. Slide it aside to access internal parts of the machine for
maintenance or removing paper jams.
Point size
Character height is defined in points: one point is 1/72 of an inch.
