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AFP - Advanced Function Printing - a data-stream format from IBM®.

bitmap fonts Each character in a bitmap font is defined by a mosaic of black and white pixels. It cannot be scaled (unlike outline fonts), so contains the characters for one particular size and resolution only.

DICOM is the registered trademark of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association for its standards publications relating to digital communications of medical information.

ESC/P, ESC/P 2 - "Escape P" - the Epson Standard Code for Printers; a printer control language used by older printers. Epson files have various extensions but the generic ".PRN" is the most commonly used.

file specified The file specification can be a full file path or just a name, in which case it is assumed to be in the same folder as the input file. It can also be wildcarded, for example ???xyz.ee or xyz*.ee

LPD, LPR - Line Printer Remote - is the UNIX® Internet protocol for sending pre-formatted files to remote systems for printing e.g. spoolers using LPD - Line Printer Demon - receivers. The data is processed before LPR connection is made, so there may be a delay before a large file is transmitted. See also To use LPR output.

LSH - LIST Hewlett-Packard - the RedTitan default extension for PCL data files.

OpenType font A quadratic spline outline font supported by Windows (see also TrueType). It consists of a wrapper packaging an Adobe 'Type1' PostScript font within it.

outline fonts such as TrueType, OpenType and Type 1 contain a glyph for each character in the font. The glyphs are drawn as outlines defined by equations (splines) and filled in, rather than an arrangement of dots like bitmaps. The advantage of this is that they can be scaled to produce a range of sizes. The disadvantage is that the shape of the glyph may become indistinct at small sizes. Good outline fonts include rules (hints) for each character to improve their appearance at small sizes.

PCL - 'Printer Command Language' from Hewlett-Packard - the default extension for EscapeE's output.

PCL source file "Source" files for printing on a "PCL" printer contain not only the document's text and image data, but instructions to the printer on how the data is to be placed, the fonts to use etc..

PJL - 'Printer Job Language' - is used to set up jobs on Hewlett-Packard printers.

PLT The extension used by EscapeE for input files in HP-GL intended for plotters (rather than the HP-PCL used for general printing).

PRN The default extension usually used for files output by a 'Print' dialog.

PS - 'PostScript®' language from Adobe.

RFF - "Redtitan Font Format" files - contain bitmap images of text, barcode or logo fonts used in a job and stored in the Resident font library.

RS/2 - 'RedTitan Script Two' - provides dynamic document features and extended field processing for RedTitan EscapeE Software Development Kit. See evaluate plugin.

TrueType font An outline font supported by Windows: each character is described by quadratic splines. These glyphs can be scaled to generate fonts at a range of sizes. A good TrueType font will include 'delta' hinting to improve their appearance at very small sizes.

Type 1 font A cubic spline outline font. It is the Adobe font format based on PostScript® language and is used in PDF documents. Type 1 fonts can be scaled; 'hinting' may be included do improve their appearance at small sizes.

XPS - XML Paper Specification - is a new open-architecture format, and the default output format for Windows Vista™.  The output is paginated and may contain JPEG, TIFF, PNG and text elements with good colour support.  Documents may be digitally signed.  The format is well suited to printing, viewing and archiving, making it a good standard to choose for general use. For more information on XPS, see www.pclviewer.com/XPS

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