TWAIN An industry standard for scanners and software. By using a TWAIN-compliant scanner with a TWAIN-
compliant program, a scan can be initiated from within the program.
URL Uniform resource locator, the global address of documents and resources on the Internet. The first part
of the address indicates what protocol to use, the second part specifies the IP address or the domain name
where the resource is located.
USB Universal serial bus (USB) is a standard that was developed by the USB Implementers Forum, Inc., to
connect computers and peripherals. USB is designed to concurrently connect a single computer USB port to
multiple peripherals.
watermarks A watermark adds background text to a document that is being printed. For example,
“Confidential” can be printed in the background text of a document to indicate that the document is confidential.
A selection can be made from a set of predefined watermarks, and the font, size, angle, and style can be
changed. The printer can place the watermark on the first page only or all pages.
WIA Windows Imaging Architecture (WIA) is an imaging architecture that is available in Windows Me and
Windows XP. A scan can be initiated from within these operating systems by using a WIA-compliant scanner.
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