| All in One |
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| An 'All in One' device is a multifunctional device (MFD) which can perform multiple functions - namely copying, printing, faxing and scanning |
| Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) |
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| Enables you to produce photocopies - including double sided photocopies without lifting the platen lid. An ADF allows you to place more than one document within it. The photocopier will then produce copies of the documents contained within the document feeder. |
| Booklet Printing |
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| Most copiers nowadays allow a user to create a booklet from a set of single pages. The printer driver or copier then arranges and reduces/enlarges the pages into a booklet automatically. With the use of a saddle-stitch finisher, the copier can even staple the spine and fold the booklet for you. |
| Bypass |
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| The bypass tray is an additional/alternative paper source that is normally situated on the side of the photocopier. One of the main benefits of a bypass tray is that is offers a straight paper path, thus the paper weight limit of a bypass tray is higher than that of the cassette paper sources. |
| Cassette |
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| In the world of photocopiers a paper drawer is referred to as a cassette. A cassette is where normal supplies of paper wil lbe stored such as A4 and A3 paper. |
| Consumables |
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| A consumable item is an item that requires regular replacement such as toner, ink, paper, oil or any internal parts such as fuser rollers or oil rollers. |
| Document Capture |
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| The process where paper documents are captured into an electronic file format such as and Adobe PDF document of Microsoft Word Document. |
| Document Routing |
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| Document Routing is the ability to send a job to print, and for it to print out on a certain copier/printer based on attributes of the job, for example colour/black & white, number of pages, duplex/simplex. Document routing is available in software such as Uniflow and Equitrac Professional. |
| Drum |
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| The component in the copying process where the image is created with toner, and transferred to the paper. |
| Duplex |
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| Double sided photocopying is often referred to as duplex copying, single sided photocopying is often referred to as simplex copying. |
| Electronic Sorting |
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| The ability to collate output copies that can be achieved without the use of a traditional sorter - ie, a device that has separate bins. A device known as a finisher is deployed and all copies that are electronically sorted will be horizontally-vertically collated. |
| Fiery |
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| A 'Fiery' refers to an external print controller produced by a company called EFI. The primary advantage of having an external print controller is an increase in processing speed. Other benefits of the Fiery controller are genuine Adobe PostScript support and improved colour matching and control over embedded print controllers. |
| Finishing |
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| The process of how the photocopied paper document are presented. Finishing includes stack finishing, booklet, saddle stitch. |
| Follow Me Printing |
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| A system that allows print jobs to be queued for each user, and then released on any MFD on the network, when and where required. Examples include Equitrac, and Uniflow. |
| FTP |
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| FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, it is used primarily by Linux and Unix computers for the transfer for files. Scanning to FTP means to scan files to a shared folder on a computer using the FTP protocol. |
| Fuser Unit |
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| The component in the copying process where the toner is sealed, or 'fused' onto the paper. |
| Multifunctional Device (MFD) |
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| A device which can perform more than one task. Common MFD devices perform photocopying, network printing, faxing and scanning functions and can be linked in with additional thid-party products to a become, for example, a document capture device and a rules based printing engine. As the MFS can perform more than one task it greatly reduces running costs of having more than one device, thus lowering the total cost of ownership. |
| OCR |
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| OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. OCR is often performed on documents after scanning, so that text in a document is seen as text rather than an image. This allows the user to edit and copy text, or search a document for specific words. |
| Paper Source |
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| The source from where the paper is fed into a photocopier. Conventional paper sources are the cassettes - or paper drawers - contained within the photocopier and the bypass tray - often referred to as the stack bypass or the manual bypass. Other forms of paper source may include a large paper deck which bolts onto the side of the photocopier. |
| PCL |
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| PCL stands for Printer Command Language. It was developed by HP and is a PDL most suited to printing standard office documents. PCL is the most commonly used PDL. |
| PDL |
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| PDL stands for Page Description Language. This is the language that the printer driver uses to create a print job. In order to use a print driver for a PDL the print controller on the copier must support it. Some examples of PDLs are PostScript, PCL, Canon UFRII and Ricoh RPCS. |
| Platen |
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| The copier glass is also known as the platen glass. |
| PostScript |
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| PostScript is a PDL developed by Adobe. Often abreviated to PS or PS3, PostScript is primarily used for the printing of graphical and design documents, in some cases it is a requirement for reliable artwork printing. Most copiers require PostScript to allow printing from Apple Macintosh computers. |
| Printable Area |
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| Photocopiers are unable to print up to the edge of the paper, this is due to the copiers feed rollers requiring a certain amount of plain paper to grip as it feeds. The printable area is the maximum area on the paper that the copier can print on allowing for the grip area. |
| Pull Scanning |
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| 'Pull scanning' is a method of scanning where the scan is controlled from an application on the user's PC, for example MS Office Document Scanning or Adobe Acrobat |
| Push Scanning |
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| 'Push scanning' is a method of scanning where the scan is sent from the copier to a network share or email address. The filetype is usually limited to PDF or TIFF. |
| SMB |
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| SMB stands for Server Message Block, it is used in the sharing of files between Microsoft Windows computers. Scanning to SMB means to scan to a shared folder on a Windows PC. |
| Toner |
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| The powder used to create the image on the paper during the copy process. This is then sealed onto the paper with heat. |
| TWAIN |
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| TWAIN is a scanning interface supported by most scanners. A TWAIN driver enables users to 'pull' scan from a scanner. A TWAIN driver uses either the network or USB to communicate with the scanner, although usually not both. |
