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| ability of a parallel printer to conduct two-way communication between the printer and the computer, such as to provide out-of-paper information; also supports Plug and Play and enables an operating system to query a printer about its capabilities |
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| way in which informatin is formatted in a print file |
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| a data type for printing that offers a distinct because they are very portable from computer to computer. |
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| graphics device interface (GDI) |
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| an interface on a windows network print client that works with a local software application and a local printer driver to format a file to be sent to a local printer or a network print device |
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| internet printing protocol (IPP) |
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| a protocol that is encapsulated in HTTP and that is used to print files over the internet |
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| a printer that is physically attached to a port on the local computer |
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| a printing device connected to a print server through a network |
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| a printer that has special firmware or cartridges to print using a page description language (PDL) |
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| client computer or application that generates a print job |
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| a document or items to be printed |
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| a stack or lineup or print jobs, and all jobs waiting to be sent from the spooler to the printer |
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| network computer or server device that connects printers to the network for sharing and that receives and processes print requests from print clients |
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| contains the device-specific information that Windows requires to control a particular print device; implementing customized printer control codes, font, and style information so that documents are converted into a printer-specific language |
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| linking two or more identicle printers with one printer setup or printer share |
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| a data type often used for printing MS-DOS, windows 3.x, and UNIX and Linux print files |
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| a print file written to disk until it can be transmitted to a printer |
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| in the windows environment, a group of DLLs, information files, and pgorams that process print jobs for printing |
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| a data type used for printing text files formatted using the ANSI standard that employs values between 0 and 255 to represent characters, numbers and symbols |
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| XML paper specification (XPS) |
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| an advanced way of printing documents for multiple purposes, including viewing electronic pages and printing pages in a polished format |
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