382 Glossary
ColorSync
Macintosh software that is designed to help you achieve the color matching. See
also color matching.
Contrast
A setting that maximizes or minimizes the difference between the bright and dark
parts of an image.
default
A value or setting that takes effect when the equipment is turned on, reset, or
initialized.
DMA
Direct Memory Access. A data transfer feature that bypasses a computer’s CPU
and allows direct communication between a computer and peripheral devices
(like printers), and between one peripheral device and another.
Double-Sided Printing
A printing mode that allows you to print on both sides of the paper.
dpi
Dots per inch. The dpi measures the resolution. See also resolution.
drive
A memory device, such as a hard disk, CD-ROM, or floppy disk drive. In
Windows, a letter is assigned to each drive for easy management.
driver
Software that sends instructions to a computer peripheral to tell it what to do.
For example, your printer driver accepts print data from your word processor
application and sends instructions to the printer on how to print this data.
Together, the printer driver and printer utilities are referred to as “printer
software”. See also printer software.
economy printing
Printing in which images are printed with fewer dots to save ink.
Edge Smoothing
Improves the print quality of low-resolution images by smoothing jagged edges
and lines. This setting has no effect on high-resolution images or on text.
EPSON MonitorIV
A utility for Macintosh that allows you to manage print jobs that are in a print
queue. This utility also shows the status of the job currently being printed. (See
print queue)
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