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MICR. Magnetic ink character recognition.
Mixed Object Document Content Architecture
(MO:DCA-P). A strategic, architected,
device-independent data stream for interchanging
documents.
mixed-pitch font. A font that simulates a
proportionally spaced font. The characters are in a
limited set of pitches (for example, 10 pitch, 12 pitch,
and 15 pitch).
monospaced font. A font in which the graphic
characters have a uniform character increment.
Synonymous with uniformly spaced font. Contrast with
proportionally spaced font.
multiple-up printing. The printing of more than one
page on a single surface of a sheet of paper.
N
nonimpact printer. A device in which printing is not
the result of mechanical impacts; for example,
heat—sensitive printers, electrostatic printers,
photographic printers. Contrast with impact printer.
O
object format. The format of AFP resources required
for use by PSF. Contrast with source format.
offset stacking. A function that allows the printed
output pages to be offset for easy separation of the
print jobs.
Operating System/2 (OS/2). An IBM licensed program
that can be used as the operating system for the PS/2
processor series.
Operating System/400 (OS/400). An IBM licensed
program that can be used as the operating system for
the iSeries processor series.
orientation. (1) The angle between the top or bottom
edge of the page and the baselines within a column
that is measured in a clockwise direction. (2) The
rotation of an element relative to a fixed reference.
outline font. A font whose graphic character shapes
are defined mathematically rather than by raster
patterns.
output device. A machine used to print, display, or
store the result of data processing.
overlay. A resource that can contain text, image,
graphics, and bar code data. An overlay is
electronically created in the host processor, stored in a
library, and can be merged electronically with variable
data on a sheet during printing. See also preprinted
form and forms flash.
Overlay Generation Language/370 (OGL/370). An
IBM licensed program used to create overlays.
P
page. A collection of data that can be printed on a
physical sheet of paper.
page definition. A resource that contains a set of
formatting controls for printing logical pages of data.
Includes controls for number of lines per printed sheet,
font selection, print direction, and mapping individual
fields in the data to positions on the printed sheets.
page format. (1) A subset of a page definition that
contains controls governing the arrangement of text on
a page. (2) In APU, the object that contains all of the
instructions for formatting a print job. A print
definition can name one or more page formats.
page mode. The mode of operation in which the
printer can accept a page of data at a time from a host
processor to be printed on an all-points addressable
output device. Data may consist of pages that
arecomposed of text, images, overlays, or page
segments.
page printer. Any of a class of printers that accepts
MO:DCA-P pages, constructed of composed text and
images, among other things. Contrast with line printer.
Page Printer Formatting Aid. An IBM licensed
program that you can use to create and store form
definitions and page definitions.
page segment. A resource that contains composed text
and images, prepared before formatting and included
during printing.
pel. The smallest area that can be individually toned
on a printing medium or on a display surface.
pel density. The number of pels per unit of linear
measurement.
physical page. The side of a sheet of paper that is to
be printed on.
pica. A unit of about 1/6 inch used in measuring
typographical material.
picture element. An element of a raster pattern about
which a toned area on the photoconductor might
appear. See also raster pattern. Synonym for pel.
pitch. A unit of measurement for the width of a
printed character, reflecting the number of times a
graphic character can be set in 1 linear inch; for
example, 10-pitch has 10 graphic characters per inch.
Uniformly spaced fonts are measured in pitch. Contrast
with point.
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