From 0b8ca6637be94f7814cafa7d01ad4699672ff336 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darrell Anderson Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:06:48 -0600 Subject: Beautify docbook files --- .../tdebase/glossary/tdeprintingglossary.docbook | 960 +++++---------------- 1 file changed, 221 insertions(+), 739 deletions(-) (limited to 'tde-i18n-sl/docs/tdebase/glossary') diff --git a/tde-i18n-sl/docs/tdebase/glossary/tdeprintingglossary.docbook b/tde-i18n-sl/docs/tdebase/glossary/tdeprintingglossary.docbook index fe8cf155a5e..39e1bad97e8 100644 --- a/tde-i18n-sl/docs/tdebase/glossary/tdeprintingglossary.docbook +++ b/tde-i18n-sl/docs/tdebase/glossary/tdeprintingglossary.docbook @@ -11,25 +11,13 @@ --> - Tiskanje + Tiskanje - ACLs - Abbreviation for Access - Control Lists; + ACLs + Abbreviation for Access + Control Lists; ACLs are used to check for the access by a given (authenticated) user. A first rough support for ACLs for printing is available from ∪︀; this will be refined @@ -39,11 +27,8 @@ - AppSocket Protocol - AppSocket is a protocol for the transfer of + AppSocket Protocol + AppSocket is a protocol for the transfer of print data, also frequently called "Direct TCP/IP Printing". &Hewlett-Packard; have used AppSocket to add a few minor extensions around it and were very successfull to re-name @@ -54,11 +39,8 @@ - APSfilter - APSfilter is used mainly in the context of "classical" + APSfilter + APSfilter is used mainly in the context of "classical" &UNIX; printing (BSD-style LPD). It is a sophisticated shell script, disguising as an "all-in-one" filtering program. In reality, APSfilter calls "real filters" to do the jobs needed. It sends @@ -78,9 +60,7 @@ --> - ∪︀ has no need for APSfilter, + ∪︀ has no need for APSfilter, as it runs its own file type recognition (based on &MIME; types) and applies its own filtering logic. Ghostscript @@ -91,11 +71,8 @@ - Authentication - Proofing the identity of a certain person (maybe via username/password + Authentication + Proofing the identity of a certain person (maybe via username/password or by means of a certificate) is often called authentication. Once you are authenticated, you may or may not get access to a requested ressource, possibly based on ACLs. @@ -104,37 +81,26 @@ - Bi-directional communication - In the context of printing, a server or a host may receive additional + Bi-directional communication + In the context of printing, a server or a host may receive additional information sent back from the printer (status messages &etc;), either upon a query or unrequested. AppSocket ( = &HP; JetDirect), ∪︀ and IPP do support bi-directional communication, LPR/LPD and BSD-style printing do not... - AppSocket Protocol + AppSocket Protocol ∪︀ - Direct TCP/IP Printing - &HP; JetDirect + Direct TCP/IP Printing + &HP; JetDirect IPP LPR/LPD - BSD-style Printing - Generic term for different variants of the traditional &UNIX; + BSD-style Printing + Generic term for different variants of the traditional &UNIX; printing method. Its first version appeared in the early 70s on - BSD &UNIX; and was formally described in RFC 1179 only as late + BSD &UNIX; and was formally described in RFC 1179 only as late as 1990. - Together with the companion cupsomatic Perl-Script, + Together with the companion cupsomatic Perl-Script, that needs to be installed as an additional ∪︀ backend, - it re-directs output from the native pstops filter into + it re-directs output from the native pstops filter into a chain of suitable Ghostscript filters. Upon finishing, it gives the resulting data back to a ∪︀ "backend" for sending them onward to the printer. @@ -278,20 +217,13 @@ - cupsomatic - The Perlscript cupsomatic (plus a working Perl installation + cupsomatic + The Perlscript cupsomatic (plus a working Perl installation on your system) is needed to make any ∪︀-O-Matic (or PPD-O-Matic) generated PPD work with ∪︀. It was written by Grant Taylor, Author of the Linux Printing HOWTO and Maintainer of the printer - database at the Linuxprinting.org website. + url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi">printer + database at the Linuxprinting.org website. ∪︀-O-Matic Foomatic cupsomatic @@ -299,25 +231,10 @@ - Daemon - Abbreviation for Disk - and execution - monitor; Daemons are present + Daemon + Abbreviation for Disk + and execution + monitor; Daemons are present on all &UNIX; systems to perform tasks independent of user intervention. Readers more familiar with &Microsoft; &Windows; might want to compare daemons and the tasks they are responsible @@ -335,11 +252,8 @@ - Database, Linuxprinting.org - Already years ago, when Linux printing was still really difficult + Database, Linuxprinting.org + Already years ago, when Linux printing was still really difficult (only commandline printing was known to most Linux users, no device specific print options were available for doing the jobs), Grant Taylor, Author of the "Linux Printing HOWTO", collected most or the available @@ -374,11 +288,8 @@ - Direct TCP/IP Printing - This is a method that often uses TCP/IP port 9100 to connect + Direct TCP/IP Printing + This is a method that often uses TCP/IP port 9100 to connect to the printer. It works with many modern network printers and has a few advantages over LPR/LPD, as it is faster and provides some "backchannel feedback data" from the printer to the host sending @@ -390,11 +301,8 @@ - Drivers, Printer Drivers - The term "printer drivers", used in the same sense + Drivers, Printer Drivers + The term "printer drivers", used in the same sense as on the &Microsoft; &Windows; platform, is not entirely applicable for a Linux or &UNIX; platform. A "driver" functionality is supplied on &UNIX; by different modular components working @@ -409,35 +317,23 @@ - Easy Software Products - Mike Sweet's company, which has contributed a few substantial + Easy Software Products + Mike Sweet's company, which has contributed a few substantial software products towards the Free Software community; amongst them the initial version of Gimp-Print,, the EPM software packaging tool - and HTMLDOC + url="http://gimp-print.sf.net/">Gimp-Print,, the EPM software packaging tool + and HTMLDOC (used by the "Linux Documentation Project" to build the PDF versions of the HOWTOs) -- but most importantly: ∪︀ (the 'Common &UNIX; Printing + url="http://www.cups.org/">∪︀ (the 'Common &UNIX; Printing System'). ESP finance themselves by selling a commercial version - of ∪︀, called ESP PrintPro, + of ∪︀, called ESP PrintPro, that includes some professional enhancements. ∪︀ @@ -448,11 +344,8 @@ - Encryption - Encryption of confidential data is an all-important issue if + Encryption + Encryption of confidential data is an all-important issue if you transfer it over the internet or even inside intra-nets. @@ -757,17 +588,8 @@ now. - &HP; - Abbreviation for Hewlett-Packard; + &HP; + Abbreviation for Hewlett-Packard; none of the first companys to distribute their own Linux printer drivers [...to be completed...] @@ -776,19 +598,9 @@ now. - &HP;/GL - Abbreviation for &HP; - Grafical Language; + &HP;/GL + Abbreviation for &HP; + Grafical Language; a &HP; printer language mainly used for plotters; many CAD (Computer Aided software programs output &HP;/GL files for printing. @@ -799,11 +611,8 @@ now. - &HP; JetDirect Protocol - A term branded by &HP; to describe their implementation + &HP; JetDirect Protocol + A term branded by &HP; to describe their implementation of print data transfer to the printer via an otherwise "AppSocket" or "Direct TCP/IP Prining" named protocol. AppSocket Protocol @@ -812,23 +621,10 @@ now. - IETF - Abbreviation for Internet - Engineering Task - Force; an assembly of internet, software + IETF + Abbreviation for Internet + Engineering Task + Force; an assembly of internet, software and hardware experts that discuss new networking technologies and very often arrive at conclusions that are regarded by many as standards. "TCP/IP" @@ -850,20 +646,9 @@ now. - IPP - Abbreviation for Internet - Printing Protocol; + IPP + Abbreviation for Internet + Printing Protocol; defined in a series of RFCs accepted by the IETF with status "proposed standard"; was designed by the PWG. -- IPP is a completely new design for network printing, @@ -900,14 +685,11 @@ now. Most important for day-to-day usage is "kprinter", the new - &GUI; print command. -- Note: TDEPrint does not implement its own + &GUI; print command. -- Note: TDEPrint does not implement its own spooling mechanism or its own &PostScript; processing; for this it - relies on the selected print subsystem + relies on the selected print subsystem -- however it does add some functionality of its own on top of this foundation... @@ -958,17 +732,11 @@ now. - TDEPrint Handbook... - ...is the name of the reference document that describes TDEPrint + TDEPrint Handbook... + ...is the name of the reference document that describes TDEPrint functions to users and administrators. You can load it into Konqueror by typing "help:/tdeprint" into the address field. The TDEPrint website + url="http://printing.kde.org/">TDEPrint website is the ressource for updates to this documentation as well as PDF versions fit for printing it. It is authored and maintained by Kurt Pfeifle. @@ -978,38 +746,25 @@ now. - kprinter - kprinter is the new powerfull + kprinter + kprinter is the new powerfull print utility that is natively used by all &kde; applications. Contrary to some common misconceptions, - kprinter is not a ∪︀-only tool, + kprinter is not a ∪︀-only tool, but supports different print subsystems. You can even switch to a different printsubsystem "on the fly", in between two jobs, without re-configuration. Of course, due to the powerful - features of ∪︀, kprinter is in + features of ∪︀, kprinter is in best shape when used as a ∪︀ frontend. - kprinter is the successor + kprinter is the successor to "qtcups", which is no longer being actively maintained. kprinter has inherited all the best features of qtcups and added several new ones. - AND MOST IMPORTANT: you can use kprinter + AND MOST IMPORTANT: you can use kprinter with all its features in all non-&kde; applications that allow a customized print command, like gv, AcrobatReader, Netscape, Mozilla, Galeon, StarOffice, OpenOffice and all GNOME programs. @@ -1026,9 +780,7 @@ now. --> - kprinter can act as a "standalone" + kprinter can act as a "standalone" utility, started from an X-Terminal or a "Mini-CLI" to print many different files, from different directories, with different formats, in one job and at once, without the need to first open the @@ -1041,24 +793,16 @@ now. - Lexmark - was one of the first companys to distribute their own Linux printer + Lexmark + was one of the first companys to distribute their own Linux printer drivers for some of their models. [...to be completed...] - Linuxprinting.org - Linuxprinting.org = not only for Linux; all &UNIX;-like OS-es + Linuxprinting.org + Linuxprinting.org = not only for Linux; all &UNIX;-like OS-es like *BSD and also commercial Unices may find useful printing information on that site; Foomatic -- Printer Data Base -- Driver Data Base.... @@ -1068,13 +812,8 @@ now. - Linuxprinting.org Database - ....Data Base containing printers and drivers suitable + Linuxprinting.org Database + ....Data Base containing printers and drivers suitable for them... ...a lot of information and documentation to be found... ...it is now also providing some tools and utilities for easing the integration of those drivers into a given system... ...the "Foomatic" family @@ -1086,38 +825,18 @@ now. - LPR/LPD printing - LPR == some people translate Line - Printing Request, others: - Line Printer - Remote. + LPR/LPD printing + LPR == some people translate Line + Printing Request, others: + Line Printer + Remote. BSD-style printing - Magicfilter - Similarly to the APSfilter program, Magicfilter + Magicfilter + Similarly to the APSfilter program, Magicfilter provides automatic file type recognition functions, and base on that, automatic file conversion to a printable format, depending on the target printer. @@ -1126,21 +845,10 @@ now. - &MIME;-Types - Abbreviation for Multipurpose (or - Multimedia) Internet Mail - Extensions; &MIME;-Types were first used to allow + &MIME;-Types + Abbreviation for Multipurpose (or + Multimedia) Internet Mail + Extensions; &MIME;-Types were first used to allow the transport of binary data (like mail attachments containing grafics) over mail connections that were normally only transmitting ASCII characters: the data had to be encoded into an ASCII representation. @@ -1160,22 +868,16 @@ now. --> &MIME; typed filed carry a recognition string with them, describing - their file format base on main_category/sub_category. + their file format base on main_category/sub_category. Inside IPP, printfiled are also described using the &MIME; type scheme. &MIME; types are registered with the IANA (Internet Assigning Numbers - Association) to keep them unambigious. + Association) to keep them unambigious. ∪︀ has some &MIME; types of its own registered, like - application/vnd.cups-raster (for the ∪︀-internal + application/vnd.cups-raster (for the ∪︀-internal raster image format). @@ -1187,20 +889,9 @@ now. - PCL - Abbreviation for Printer - Control Language; + PCL + Abbreviation for Printer + Control Language; developed by &HP;. PCL started off in version 1 as a simple command set for ASCII printing; now, in its versions PCL6 and PCL-X it is capable of printing grafics @@ -1214,20 +905,9 @@ now. - PDL - Abbreviation for Page - Description Language; + PDL + Abbreviation for Page + Description Language; PDLs describe in an abstract way the grafical representation of a page. - Before it is actually transferred into toner or ink layed down onto paper, a PDL needs to be @@ -1242,16 +922,9 @@ now. - Pixel - Abbreviation for Picture - Element; this term describes the smallest + Pixel + Abbreviation for Picture + Element; this term describes the smallest part of a raster picture (either as printed on paper or as put on a monitor by cathode rays or LCD elements). As any grafical or image representation on those kind of output @@ -1266,20 +939,9 @@ now. - PJL - Abbreviation for Print - Job Language; + PJL + Abbreviation for Print + Job Language; developed by &HP; to control and influence default and per-job settings of a printer. May not only be used for &HP;'s own (PCL-)printers; also many &PostScript; @@ -1290,11 +952,8 @@ now. - &PostScript; - &PostScript; (often shortened "PS") is the de-facto + &PostScript; + &PostScript; (often shortened "PS") is the de-facto standard in the &UNIX; world for printing files. It was developed by Adobe and licensed to printer manufacturers and software companies. @@ -1316,20 +975,9 @@ now. - PPD - Abbreviation for PostScript - Printer Description; + PPD + Abbreviation for PostScript + Printer Description; PPDs are ASCII files storing all information about the special capabilities of a printer, plus definitions of the (PostScript- or PJL-)commands to call on a certain capability (like printing @@ -1357,9 +1005,7 @@ now. --> - PPDs for non-PostScript printers need a + PPDs for non-PostScript printers need a companion "filter" to process the &PostScript; print files towards a format digestable for the non-PostScript target device. Those PPD/filter combos are not (yet) available from the vendors. After @@ -1379,11 +1025,8 @@ now. - PPD-O-Matic - PPD-O-Matic is a set of Perl-Scripts that run on the Linuxprinting.org + PPD-O-Matic + PPD-O-Matic is a set of Perl-Scripts that run on the Linuxprinting.org webserver and can be used online to generate PPDs for any printer that is known to print with ghostscript. To generate a PPD, go to the printer - database, select your printer model, follow + url="http://www.linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi">printer + database, select your printer model, follow the link to show the available ghostscript filters for that printer, select one, click "generate" and finally safe the file to your local system. Make sure to read the instructions. Make sure your local system @@ -1419,11 +1060,8 @@ now. - printcap - The "printcap" file holds in BSD-style print systems + printcap + The "printcap" file holds in BSD-style print systems the configuration information; the printing daemon reads this file to know which printers are available, what filters are to user for each, where the spooling directory is located, @@ -1436,23 +1074,10 @@ now. - Printer-MIB - Abbreviation for - Printer-Management - Information Base; the + Printer-MIB + Abbreviation for + Printer-Management + Information Base; the Printer-MIB defines a set of parameters that are to be stored inside the printer for access through the network. This is useful if many (in some cases, literally @@ -1464,21 +1089,10 @@ now. - PWG - Abbreviation for - Printer Working - Group; the PWG is a loose grouping of + PWG + Abbreviation for + Printer Working + Group; the PWG is a loose grouping of representatives of the printer industry that has in the past years developed different standards in relation to nework printing, which were later accepted by the @@ -1492,11 +1106,8 @@ now. - print:/ TDEIO Slave - You can use a syntax of "print:/..." to get quick access + print:/ TDEIO Slave + You can use a syntax of "print:/..." to get quick access to TDEPrint ressources. Typing "print:/manager" as a Konqueror URL address gives administrative access to TDEPrint. Konqueror uses &kde;'s famous "KParts" technology to achieve that. @@ -1507,23 +1118,15 @@ now. - Printer Data Base - . + Printer Data Base + . Linuxprinting Data Base - Qt∪︀ - co-developer of Qt∪︀ and KUPS, the predecessors of TDEPrint, + Qt∪︀ + co-developer of Qt∪︀ and KUPS, the predecessors of TDEPrint, sole developer of TDEPrint -- a very nice and productive guy and quick bug fixer... ;-) kprinter @@ -1531,11 +1134,8 @@ now. - Raster Image - In the last resort, every picture on a physical medium + Raster Image + In the last resort, every picture on a physical medium is composed of a pattern of discrete dots in different colors and (maybe) sizes. This is called a "raster image".