notched stock Media, typically tag stock, with holes or notches in the material that is used to signal the top of form. The printer must be set to ‘gap’ to use this media type.
preprinted media Label stock that contains borders, text, or graphics, floodcoating, etc.
perforation Small cuts extending through the backing and/or label material to facilitate their separation. Also referred to as “perf”.
print speed The speed at which the media moves under the printhead during the printing process.
reflective media Media imprinted with
registration Repeatable top to bottom alignment of printed labels.
reverse speed The backward rate of media motion into the printer during
ribbon An extruded polyester tape with several layers of material, one of which is
ribbon wrinkle An undesirable overlapping of the ribbon during the printing process that leads to voids on the printed label, typically caused by an improper ribbon width adjustment.
roll media A form of media that is wound upon a cardboard core.
start of print The position on the label where the printing actually begins.
tag stock A heavy paper or synthetic printing material, typically featuring a notch or black mark for TOF and no adhesive backing.
thermal transfer The printing method that creates an image by transferring ink from a ribbon onto the media using the heat from the thermal printhead.
TOF (top of form) The start of a new label as indicated by a label gap, notch, mark or programming.
void An undesirable blank space in a printed image.
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