Technical information

SIO
Simultaneous Interface Operation. The capability of printing to all three of
the printer's concurrently active ports rather than being restricted to one.
See also
concurrent interfaces
.
Soft Fonts
Fonts created or stored on disk. They can be transferred to the printer's
memory and remain available for use until the printer is turned off. See also
download
.
Spool
Simultaneous Print Operations On Line. Spooling is temporary storage to
hold print jobs until the printer is available to process them.
Start-up Page
A page generated automatically when you turn on the printer (unless you
have disabled it). It gives limited information on the printer, including name,
pages printed, current interface settings, and amount of RAM available.
Status Page Key
The control panel key that prints one or several pages of printer status and
configuration information, including available paper sizes and installed
fonts.
Storage
A device in or on which information can be kept. There are three main types
of storage, ROM, RAM, and hard disks. ROM stores read-only data, RAM
represents temporary storage, and hard disks hold information on a more
permanent basis. See also
hard disk
,
RAM
,
ROM
,
spool
.
System Administrator
The person in charge of managing a network; also called a network
administrator.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, a software protocol devel-
oped by the Department of Defense for communication between comput-
ers.