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Glossary Term | Definition |
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continuous tone | An image with a virtually unlimited range of colors or shades from black to white, the |
| transition from one hue / shade to the next appears to be seamless. |
contone | See continuous tone. |
cover stock | A heavyweight paper designed to be used for book covers, folders, greeting cards, |
| business cards, brochures, and the like. |
curl | The natural curve of a sheet that may become accentuated if the paper takes on |
| excess moisture or is mishandled. Excessive curl may cause feeding problems in |
| xerographic presses. |
deletion | An area of an image where dry ink is missing. |
The process by which a paper or board is cut or stamped out to a specific size or | |
| shape with a steel die. |
dimensional | The degree to which a sheet is able to maintain its size through exposure to changes |
stability | in humidity, tensile stresses, and the heat of the fusing process. |
drilled paper | Paper with regularly spaced holes along one edge that can be secured in a ring |
| binder. |
dry ink | Fine, colored polymer particles that are |
dry ink coverage | The amount of dry ink applied to a given area. An image created with 50% cyan, 50% |
| magenta, 0% yellow, and 0% black has 100% dry ink coverage. |
drying powder | A powder that is sprayed onto printed sheets to speed drying and set the ink. |
duplex printing | Printing on both sides of a sheet in a digital printing process. |
edge weld | Edges of cut sheets stick together as a result of being cut with a dull blade. |
filler | Finely ground substances, such as clay, calcium carbonate and titanium, that are |
| used to fill paper pores and improve paper properties such as smoothness, opacity, |
| brightness, and ink receptivity. |
finish | The texture of a paper’s surface. |
flaking | The separating of the dry ink from the sheet in the form of flakes. |
folio sheet | A cut sheet in its full size, usually 17.5” x 22.5” or larger. |
formation | The evenness of the distribution of fibers within a sheet. A sheet with good formation |
| appears even throughout when held up to a light. |
fuser wrap | Paper remains wrapped around a roller in the fusing area of the press. |
fusing | The process of bonding dry ink to paper by applying heat and pressure. |
gloss | The reflectivity of a paper’s surface, whether coated or uncoated. |
glossy | Highly reflective; shiny. |
grade | The classification of a paper that distinguishes it from other papers based on use, |
| appearance, quality, raw materials, manufacturing method, or a combination of these |
| factors. |
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Xerox Nuvera Paper Guide |