Glossary6-8Appendix6Paper pathThe route that paper travels through the machine.Paper sourceSource of paper feed. The machine has a cassette and a multi-purpose feeder.Paper typeAll kinds of paper (plain paper, heavy paper, transparencies, and envelopes) aregrouped under several paper types.PDFStands for Portable Document Format. A widely used format for transmitting andviewing documents on computers. PDF documents can be read or printed out withAdobe's Acrobat Reader program.Physical RAMRandom Access Memory (RAM) that is physically present in the computer in the formof memory chips, as opposed to virtual memory. See also Virtual Memory.PlatenThe document scanning unit.Point sizeCharacter height is defined in points: one point is 1/72 of an inch.PortraitA vertical print orientation. Text and graphics are printed across the shorter axis of thepage.PreviewProvisional scanning and display of the document you are about to scan before youactually scan it. If the preview scan looks different from what you want, you canchange the settings, display the preview again and confirm before scanning.Print jobA document that a Windows application has processed and sent to the Spooler to beadded to the print queue or directly to the machine.Print queueA list of files that are either waiting to be printed or are currently printing. Once a filehas been printed, it is removed from the print queue.Printer driverA program that controls how the computer and printer interact. The printer driversupplies Windows with information such as descriptions of fonts and features of theinstalled printer.
