April 2010
6-25
Phaser 3635MFP/WorkCentre 3550
GP 14
General Procedures/Information
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group file interchange format
kg kilogram
kHz kilohertz
Kill All Routine to return all NVM, including protected NVM, to a virgin state. 
Factory use only
KO  Key Operator
LAA Local Area Addressing
LAN  Local Area Network
LCD  Liquid Crystal Display
LCDM Liquid Crystal Display Module
LCS  Line Conditioning Signal
LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (allows sharing of corporate 
phone book information)
LE  Lead edge
LED  Light Emitting Diode
LEF Long Edge Feed
LEISUS Low End Interface Unsolicited Status-B
LG Legal
LOA Load Object Attributes
lpi Lines per inch
LSI  Large Scale Integration
LT Letter
LVPS  Low Voltage Power Supply
Lwr Lower
LUI Local user Interface
m metre
MAC Address Media Access Code. This is the basic, unique identifier of a networked 
device. An incoming message is analysed and an address in another 
form, such as an IP address, is resolved by a lookup table to a MAC 
address. The message is then directed to, and accepted by the equip
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ment thus identified. It is the burnt-in, hardware address of a NIC.
MB Megabyte (one MB = 1,048,576 bytes = 1024 kilobytes). Mail Box
Mb Mega bit (one million bits)
MCB Main Control Board
MCF  Message Confirmation
MF Multifunction
MFLEN Mid - Frequency (random) Lines - Edge Noise
MH  Modified Huffman
MIB Machine Information Block. SNMP database element
MJ  Modular Jack
mm millimetre
MMC Microsoft Management Console
Table 1 Glossary
Term Description
MMR  Modified Modified Read compression
MN Multi - National
Modem  MOdulator/DEModulator. Hardware unit that converts the ‘one’ and ‘zero’ 
binary values from the computer to two frequencies for transmission over 
the public telephone network (modulation). It also converts the two fre
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quencies received from the telephone network to the binary values for 
the computer (demodulation).
Moire Image quality defect caused by interference between patterned originals 
and the digital imaging process. Moire patterns are repetitive and visible 
as bands, plaids or other texture.
MPS  Multi-Page Signal
MR  Modified Read compression
MRD  Machine Resident Diskette
MRC Modified Read Compression
MSG Management Steering Group
ms millisecond
MSI Multi-Sheet Inserter
MSO Mixed Size Originals
MSOK Master System Option Key
MMSOK  Manufacturing Master System Option Key
MX Modi Xerox
N Newton
NASG-N North American Solutions Group (equivalent to XCI)
NASG-S North American Solutions Group (equivalent to USCO)
nC nanoCoulomb
NC Network Controller (equivalent to ESS).
NC Normal Contrast. Copy contrast setting
NCR No Copying Required
NCU  Network Control Unit
NDS  NetWare Domain Services or Novell Directory Services
NDS Context NetWare Domain Services Context
NDS Tree NetWare Domain Services Tree
NetBEUI NetBIOS Extended User Interface. A network device driver or transport 
protocol that is the transport driver supplied with LAN Manager. It can 
bind with as many as eight media access control drivers.
NetBIOS Network Basic Input / Output System. Software developed by IBM that 
provides the interface between the PC operating system, the I?O bus, 
and the network. Since its design, NetBIOS has become a de facto stan
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dard.
NGI Next Generation Infrastructure (new files and mail servers)
NIC Network Interface Card. Converts the data to a form suitable for trans-
mission and reception. Uses ARP and RARP.
Nm Newton metre
Table 1 Glossary
Term Description