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Glossary
Folder
A container in which documents, program files, and other folders are stored on your disks. 
Formerly referred to as a directory.
Font
A complete set of characters of the same size and style, for example, 
12-point Courier bold.
Form
A custom paper size, with width and height defined by the user. 
G
Greyscale image
A bitmap image that stores data for each dot as a shade of grey, rather than as black or white.
H
Halftones
The process of converting a greyscale image to black dots and...

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J
Jam
A situation created when paper becomes caught along the paper path. You must remove 
jammed paper before you can continue printing.
K
Kilobyte (KB)
A unit of measurement, representing the binary number 1024, used to describe printer or 
computer memory size in thousand-byte units.
L
Landscape
The printing of text and graphics along the length of the page.
Local printer
A printer that is directly connected to your computer, using a parallel or USB cable.
M
Megabyte (MB)
A unit of...

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Overlay
Refers to printing in which data that is common to all the pages, such as a logo, titles or table 
structure, is overlaid with the print data from the application.
P
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...

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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.
Portrait
The printing of text along the width (short edge) of the page.
Print job
A document that a Windows application has processed and sent to the Spooler to be added to 
the print queue or directly to the printer.
Print Monitor
The network adapter print monitor is software that...

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R
Random Access Memory (RAM)
The working memory of the computer in which programs and data are temporarily stored 
while you use them. Resetting or shutting off the computer clears all information from RAM. 
Printing very complicated documents might require closing other running programs or adding 
more RAM to the computer. See Physical RAM, Virtual Memory.
Resolution
The density of dots for any given output device, expressed in terms of dots per inch (dpi). Low 
resolution causes font...

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Start menu
The menu that presents commands that are a starting point for all work you do on your 
computer, such as starting a program, opening a document, finding a file, and getting help. 
You open the Start menu by clicking the Start button displayed on the Desktop.
Status options
Settings which determine when the Printer Status Window opens and whether sounds play 
with messages.
Status Window
A window that Canon Advanced Printing Technology uses to display messages about the 
current...

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U
USB interface
Universal Serial Bus. A new serial interface standard which automatically recognizes 
connections (Plug and Play) to allow plugging and unplugging connectors with the power still 
turned on to the PC or peripheral equipment.
V
Virtual Memory
Space on the hard disk that Windows uses for temporary data storage as if it were actually 
random access memory (RAM). Windows does this by means of a swap file. This provides 
Windows with more usable memory, but reduces speed of...

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Index
Index
Numerics
600 dpi A-1
A
Abnormal condition icon 4-13
AC G-1
Add Printer WizardWindows 2000/XP/Server 2003 2-22–2-27
Windows 95/98/Me 2-8–2-12
Windows NT 4.0 2-18–2-21
Adobe Type Manager fonts, cannot use 5-4
Attention required icon 4-13
B
Bidirectional communications G-1 parallel cable 2-43
Brightness 3-14, 3-29, G-1
C
Cancel button 4-8
Cancel printing 4-4
Cancel, print job 4-8
Canon Advanced Printing Technology (CAPT) G-1 CAPT Problems 5-4–5-5
installing 2-2–2-41
messages 5-6–5-7
not...

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Index
L
Landscape G-4
Local printer 2-2–2-27
M
Megabyte G-4
Memory, Insufficient 5-6
Menu bar
Status Window 4-3
using 4-4–4-6
Messages 5-6–5-7
Minimizing, Status Window 4-13
Multi-purpose tray A-1
Multi-purpose Tray is Out of Paper 5-6
N
NetPilot G-4
Network Adapter G-4
Network printer 2-32–2-41
No power supplied 5-2
O
Options menu, using 4-5–4-6
Orientation G-4
Out of paper 5-6
Overlay 3-9, 3-24, G-5
P
Page setup tab
custom paper size 3-7
Windows 95/98/Me 3-6
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003...

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Scaling G-7
Scheduling tab, Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 
2003 3-18
Security tab, Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003
3-19
Selecting
custom paper size 3-8
Server G-7
Server settings
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003 2-38
Settings menu, using 4-5–4-6
Settings, printer sharing 2-41
Sharing tab
Windows 95/98/Me 3-5
Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003 3-18
Shielded G-7
Specifications, printer A-1
Speed, printing A-1
Spooling G-7
Status bar, status window 4-3
Status Window G-8
icon 4-13
menu bar...
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