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HP2-B101 · Question #102

Prescribe is a common language of which vendor?

The correct answer is D. Kyocera. Prescribe is a proprietary printer command language developed by Kyocera, used to control printing functions on Kyocera laser printers and multifunction devices - making D the correct answer. The distractors represent other major players in the printer/page description language…

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Question

Prescribe is a common language of which vendor?

Options

  • AIBM
  • BHP
  • CAdobe
  • DKyocera

How the community answered

(61 responses)
  • A
    3% (2)
  • B
    8% (5)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    87% (53)

Explanation

Prescribe is a proprietary printer command language developed by Kyocera, used to control printing functions on Kyocera laser printers and multifunction devices - making D the correct answer.

The distractors represent other major players in the printer/page description language space, which makes them plausible but wrong: HP (B) developed PCL (Printer Command Language), the most widely used printer language; Adobe (C) created PostScript (and PDF), the industry-standard page description language; IBM (A) has its own printing technologies (like IPDS/AFP) but did not create Prescribe.

Memory tip: Think "Kyocera Prescribes" - both start with letters that can remind you of the pairing, and Kyocera prescribes the commands its own hardware follows, keeping the language proprietary to their ecosystem.

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#Prescribe#printer language#Kyocera#PDL vendor

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