Concise definitions on frequent terms
Duty cycle is the page quantity which does not affect printer performance for a month. Generally the printer has the lifespan limitation such as pages per year. The lifespan means the average capacity of print-outs, usually within the warranty period.…
Network protocol used for automatic configuration of IP computers/devices. A DHCP server provides configuration parameters specific to the DHCP client host requesting, generally, information required by the client host to participate on an IP network.…
Frame-based computer networking technology used in local area networks (LANs). Ethernet defines wiring and signaling for the physical layer, and frame formats and protocols for the media access control (MAC)/data link layer of the OSI model. Ethernet is…
A suite of protocols developed by Apple for computer networking. It was included in the original Macintosh (1984) and is now deprecated by Apple in favor of TCP/IP networking.
XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language. It is a way of organizing text and/or contents with tags. Tags look like this: some content Of course, although possible, this is not designed to be read by humans. It is designed…...
FTP is a protocol for transferring files over TCP/IP networks such as the Internet. To transfer files, you need to connect to an FTP server with some FTP client software. FTP can be used to transfer very large files, especially files that are too…...
FileZilla is a well known FTP client for Microsoft Windows. It is known for its reliability. Download here.
The part of a laser printer that melts the toner onto the print media. It consists of a hot roller and a back-up roller. After toner is transferred onto the paper, the fuser unit applies heat and pressure to ensure that the toner stays on the paper…
Shades of gray that represent light and dark portions of an image. When color images are converted to grayscale; colors are represented by various shades of gray depending on their brightness.
An image type that simulates grayscale by varying the density of dots in a given area. Highly colored areas consist of a large density of dots, while lighter areas consist of a lower density of dots.