Glossary
Although we haven’t used all of the printing terminology below in this
Printer Buying Guide, we have included the list of terms that may be beneficial for you
while looking for a laser or inkjet printer.
Bluetooth: A technology that enables wireless communication between
Bluetooth-compatible devices. It is used for short-range connections between
desktop and laptop computers, pocket pc’s, digital cameras, scanners, cell
phones and laser or inkjet printers.
CMYK: It represents the 4 major process colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
and Black that create the color range of an image.
DPI: Abbreviation for dots per inch. It is a measurement of print
resolution that indicates the maximum number of dots that the inkjet or
laser printer can print in a square inch.
Duplexing: Printing on both sides of a page.
Duty Cycle: Number of pages a printer is able to handle in a month.
Edge enhancement: A feature that allows a laser or inkjet printer to
fill in the space between dots on the edges of lines and of filled-in areas
in graphics, creating straighter edges and making text, lines, and edges in
graphics appear to have a higher resolution.
Gamut or color gamut: The range of colors an inkjet or laser
printer can produce. A gamut is defined by the ink colors a printer uses.
Gradient: An area in a graphic that changes gradually from one color
or shade to another.
Infrared: A connection technology that allows wireless data
transmition from a device such as digital camera directly to another device
such as a computer or an inkjet or laser printer.
USB: An input/output bus capable of transferring data at 12 megabits
used for connecting peripherals to a microprocessor. It can connect up to
127 peripherals through a single port.
Input Capacity: maximum number of pages the laser or inkjet printer
can hold.
Media Size: The size range of the paper the inkjet or laser
printer can handle (letter, legal, etc.).
MFD: Multifunction Device
Output capacity: Maximum number of pages the laser or inkjet printer
can handle for one job.
Paper Trays: Number of different paper holders (one for letter, one
for envelope, etc.).
Pixel: Each single dot in a digital photograph is called pixel.
PPM (pages per minute): number of pages a laser or inkjet printer can
produce in one minute.
Super-tabloid-size paper: Any paper slightly larger than tabloid size
(11 by 17 inches).
Yield: Number of pages that can be printed with one particular toner
or inkjet cartridge.
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