Xerox 701P28020 manual Glossary Term Definition

Glossary Term	Definition
NCR (no carbon	See carbonless paper.
required) paper
offset paper	Paper designed for offset printing that has a high moisture content, is coated or
	uncoated, with a vellum or smooth finish.
offsetting	Dry ink transferred to other sheets in the job from the photoreceptor belt or fuser roller,
	or from another sheet in an output stack.
opacity	The ability of a sheet to block light and to prevent a printed image from showing
	through on the opposite side of the sheet, or from a sheet below it.
paper dust	Small particles of fiber, filler, or coating found on the surface or edges of a sheet of
	paper.
paper handling	A paper’s ability to run on the press without jams, multifeeds, and misfeeds.
paper orientation	The way a sheet of paper is conceptually positioned (portrait or landscape), or the
	way paper is positioned in a paper tray (short edge as the lead edge, reinforced strip
	facing down etc.).
paper path	The route that a sheet of paper takes through a press, from the paper tray to the
	output tray.
paper plug	In drilled paper, a stack of small paper circles remaining in the ring binder holes, as a
	result of an imperfect drilling.
paper	A set of paper properties, such as size, weight, brightness, and opacity, that
specifications	distinguishes one type of paper from other types.
perforated paper	Paper that has been die or laser cut with lines of small, regularly spaced holes or slits
	to enable clean separation, such as for coupons or reply cards.
plasticizer	A material added to some papers to increase softness and flexibility.
point (pt.)	A North American measurement of paper thickness equal to one thousandth of an
	inch. A paper with a point size of 3, has a thickness (caliper) of .003 inch. Point sizes
	range from 3 to 13.
porosity	The property of paper that allows permeation of air. Porosity depends on the number
	of pores in a sheet as well as the size, shape and distribution of pores.
post-consumer	Paper and packaging that have been printed on, used at least once by consumers,
waste	and then submitted for recycling.
preprinted stock	Any previously printed paper that will be printed on again.
system interface	An integrated workstation, running Xerox software, for interfacing with and managing
	the Xerox Nuvera.
pressure roll	A jam caused by a sheet of paper becoming wrapped around the pressure roll in the
wrap jam	fuser.
printability	A complex property of paper that allows high quality printing. Printability is a
	combination of other properties, such as smoothness, opacity, and ink receptivity.
pulp	Fibers that are extracted from wood, straw, cotton, or grasses and used to make
	paper.

Glossary-4 Xerox Nuvera Paper Guide