| Subject | English | Chinese Taiwan |
| comp., MS | color printer | 彩色印表機 (A computer printer that can print full-color output. Most color printers can also produce black-and-white output) |
| comp., MS | daisy-wheel printer | 菊輪式印表機 (A type of impact printer that uses a daisy-wheel type element) |
| comp., MS | default printer | 預設印表機 (The printer to which a computer sends documents if you select the Print command without first specifying which printer you want to use with a program. You can have only one default printer; it should be the printer you use most often) |
| comp., MS | dot-matrix printer | 點陣印表機 (A type of impact printer that produces characters made up of dots using a wire-pin print head) |
| comp., MS | inkjet printer | 噴墨印表機 (A nonimpact printer in which liquid ink is vibrated or heated into a mist and sprayed through tiny holes in the print head to form characters or graphics on the paper. Ink-jet printers are competitive with some laser printers in price and print quality if not in speed. However, the ink, which must be highly soluble to avoid clogging the nozzles in the print head, produces fuzzy-looking output on some papers and smears if touched or dampened shortly after printing) |
| comp., MS | laser printer | 雷射印表機 (An electrophotographic printer that is based on the technology used by photocopiers. A focused laser beam and a rotating mirror are used to draw an image of the desired page on a photosensitive drum. This image is converted on the drum into an electrostatic charge, which attracts and holds toner. A piece of electrostatically charged paper is rolled against the drum, which pulls the toner away from the drum and onto the paper. Heat is then applied to fuse the toner to the paper. Finally, the electrical charge is removed from the drum, and the excess toner is collected. By omitting the final step and repeating only the toner-application and paper-handling steps, the printer can make multiple copies) |
| comp., MS | Line Printer Daemon | 線上印表機服務精靈 (A service on a print server that receives print jobs from Line Printer Remote (LPR) tools that are running on client computers) |
| comp., MS | Line Printer Remote | 線上印表機遠端公用程式 (A connectivity utility that runs on client systems and is used to print files to a computer running an LPD server) |
| comp., MS | local printer | 本機印表機 (A printer that is directly connected to one of the ports on a computer) |
| comp., MS | logical printer | 邏輯印表機 (The software interface between the operating system and the printer in Windows. While a printer is the device that does the actual printing, a logical printer is its software interface on the print server. This software interface determines how a print job is processed and how it is routed to its destination (to a local or network port, to a file, or to a remote print share). When you print a document, it is spooled (or stored) on the logical printer before it is sent to the printer itself) |
| comp., MS | multi-function printer | 多功能事務機 (An office machine that is able to perform multiple functions such as print, copy, scan, and send faxes) |
| comp., MS | Network Printer Installation Wizard | 網路印表機安裝精靈 (A wizard that guides the user through installing a printer on their network) |
| comp., MS | nonimpact printer | 非撞擊式印表機 (Any printer that makes marks on the paper without striking it mechanically) |
| comp., MS | page printer | 頁面印表機 (Any printer, such as a laser printer, that prints an entire page at once. Because page printers must store the entire page in memory before printing, they require relatively large amounts of memory) |
| comp., MS | PostScript printer | PostScript 印表機 (A printer that uses the PostScript page-description language (PDL) to create text and graphics on the output medium, such as paper or overhead transparency. Examples of PostScript printers include the Apple LaserWriter, the NEC LC-890, and the QMS PS-810) |
| comp., MS | printer driver | 印表機驅動程式 (The device that communicates between your software program and your printer) |
| comp., MS | Printer Migration | 印表機移轉 (A tool that allows moving (copying) print queues, settings, drivers, forms and spooler settings from one machine to another machine that has the same or a newer version of Windows) |
| comp., MS | printer permissions | 印表機權限 (Permissions that specify the type of access that a user or group has to a printer. The printer permissions are Print, Manage Printers, and Manage Documents) |
| comp., MS | printer's marks | 印表機標記 (marks printed outside the printable area on each page of your publication to help you or your commercial printing service trim, align, and control color in your publication) |
| comp., MS | Printer window | 印表機視窗 (A window that shows information about any pending print jobs for the printer. For each printer you have installed or to which you are connected, you can view information such as how many documents are waiting to be printed, who owns them, and how large they are. Also called the queue view) |
| comp., MS | shared printer | 共用印表機 (A printer that receives input from more than one computer) |
| comp., MS | virtual printer memory | 虛擬印表機記憶體 (In a PostScript printer, a part of memory that stores font information. The memory in PostScript printers is divided into two areas: banded memory and virtual memory. The banded memory contains graphics and page-layout information needed to print your documents. The virtual memory contains any font information that is sent to your printer either when you print a document or when you download fonts) |