Canon Color imageCLASS MF8170c Software Manual page 248

Paper path
The route that paper travels through the machine.
Paper source
Source of paper feed. The machine has a cassette and a multi-purpose tray.
Paper type
All kinds of paper (plain paper, heavy paper, transparencies, and envelopes) are
grouped under several paper types.
PDF
Stands for 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.
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 also Virtual Memory.
Platen
The document scanning unit.
Point size
Character height is defined in points: one point is 1/72 of an inch.
Portrait
A vertical print orientation. Text and graphics are printed across the shorter axis of the
page.
Preview
Provisional scanning and display of the document you are about to scan before you
actually scan it. If the preview scan looks different from what you want, you can
change the settings, display the preview again and confirm before scanning.
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 machine.
Print queue
A list of files that are either waiting to be printed or are currently printing. Once a file
has been printed, it is removed from the print queue.
Printer driver
A program that controls how the computer and printer interact. The printer driver
supplies Windows with information such as descriptions of fonts and features of the
installed printer.
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