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Glossary of selected InfoPrint Solutions Company terms
This glossary provides definitions of specialized
terms that are used with InfoPrint XT for
Windows (InfoPrint XT) and InfoPrint XT for
Windows (InfoPrint Manager). This glossary does
not include terms that non-technical dictionaries
define, or that have no special meaning in
information processing and printing.
A
Access Control List (ACL). In computer security, a
collection of all access rights for one object.
ACL. Access Control List.
actual destination. In InfoPrint Manager, an object
that represents the output device that does the printing
or transmission function. See also physical printer,
printer device; contrast with logical destination.
addressable point. (1) In computer graphics, any
point of a device that can be addressed. (2) Synonym
for pel, or, in Xerox terminology, dot.
administrator. (1) A person responsible for
administrative tasks, such as access authorization and
content management. Administrators can also grant
levels of authority to users. (2) In InfoPrint Manager,
the person who creates and manages one or more
components of a printing system, such as servers and
actual destinations. (3) In InfoPrint XT, the person who
creates the configurable transform object.
Advanced Function Presentation (AFP). The InfoPrint
Solutions Company printing and presentation
architecture.
Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) data stream.
(1) A presentation data stream that is processed in AFP
environments. MO:DCA-P is the AFP interchange data
stream. IPDS is the AFP printer data stream. (2) A data
stream that includes composed text, page segments,
electronic overlays, form definitions, and fonts.
AFP. Advanced Function Presentation.
AFP resource directory. In InfoPrint XT, the directory
in which it stores the AFP versions of Xerox printable
resources. The AFP resource directory is one of these:
v %PDXTWORKDIR%\resources\common
v %PDXTWORKDIR%\resources\resgrp
v C:\OtherDirectory
AFP
resource path. One or more AFP resource
directories.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI). (1) A
private, nonprofit organization whose membership
includes private companies, U.S. government agencies,
and professional, technical, trade, labor, and consumer
organizations. ANSI coordinates the development of
voluntary consensus standards in the U.S. (2) An
organization consisting of producers, consumers, and
general interest groups that establishes the procedures
by which accredited organizations create and maintain
voluntary industry standards in the United States.
ANSI. American National Standards Institute.
attribute. (1) A property, quality, or characteristic
whose value contributes to the specification of an
element or program function. (2) In InfoPrint Manager,
a defined characteristic of an object, such as the
number of copies required of a job, or the document
formats accepted by an actual destination.
C
CLI. Command line interface.
character set. (1) A defined set of characters with no
coded representation assumed that can be recognized
by a configured hardware or software system. A
character set might be defined by alphabet, language,
script, or any combination of these items. (2) An AFP
font file that contains the raster patterns, identifiers,
and descriptions of characters.
code page. (1) A unique bit pattern that represents a
character in a code page. (2) An AFP font file that
associates code points and graphic character identifiers.
coded font. An AFP font file that associates a code
page and a font character set. For double-byte fonts, a
coded font associates more than one pair of code pages
and font character sets.
command line interface (CLI). (1) A type of computer
interface in which the input command is a string of text
characters. (2) An interface that lets users enter
commands on a command line, such as the command
line of a Windows Command Prompt window.
Contrast with Graphical User Interface.
common resource. In InfoPrint XT, resource files that
are in the %PDXTWORKDIR%\resources\common
directory and the %PDXTWORKDIR%\resources\
common\metrics
directory. These resources are the
AFP resource files and metrics files that correspond to
Xerox resources that you have loaded on the system.
Contrast with resource group.
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