| A short glossary of photocopier terms explaining the | | | | document editing can be done on your computer. |
| industry common abbreviations: | | | | Large Format Photocopier |
| ADF | | | | Photocopiers designed for A2 and larger. |
| An automaic document feeder (ADF) lets you copy | | | | Monochrome |
| multiple pages without having to manually load each | | | | Black and white,mono photocopiers. |
| individual page.`The ADF feeds each page through. | | | | MFP/MFD |
| Automatic re-sizing | | | | Multifunctional peripheral/device. A machine capable of |
| This fuction adjusts the dimensions of your original | | | | scanning, printing, copying and faxing. Also known as |
| document to fit the size of paper selected to copy on | | | | all-in-one. |
| Catcher Tray | | | | Multifunction |
| The exit tray on the copier that collects the copies | | | | Multifunction devices offer printing, scanning, faxing and |
| printscpm/ppm | | | | copying in one machine. These can be particularly |
| Copies per minute/pages per minute. How many | | | | useful in a smaller office as it eliminates the need to |
| copies or prints the machine will produce in one minute. | | | | have separate devices. |
| Consumables | | | | Platen Glass |
| Items that run out and require regular replacing are | | | | The glass panel where originals are placed for copying. |
| called consumables. These include paper, toner and | | | | Printer |
| fuser oil. | | | | Some digital photocopiers also offer the facility to be a |
| Control Panel | | | | laser printer. Using your photocopier instead of a |
| Usually a LCD display where you can select all the | | | | regular laser printer can reduce printing costs by up to |
| different functions of the photocopier | | | | 25%. The photocopier will print documents at the same |
| Counter | | | | speed that it copies documents. |
| The photocopier counter keeps a record of the | | | | RADF |
| number of copies produced. | | | | A reverse automatic document feeder will copy |
| DPI | | | | double sided documents by turning pages inside the |
| DPI (dots per inch) refers to scan and print resolution. | | | | machine. |
| A higher DPI results in a better quality reproduction of | | | | Saddle Stitch |
| the original. | | | | A finisher option that folds and inserts staples into the |
| Driver | | | | spine (saddle) to create booklets. |
| Software that connects computer(s) to a printer. | | | | Scan to email |
| Drum | | | | A document can be scanned and e-mailed directly |
| The drum is the part of the photocopier that produces | | | | from the photocopier to an e-mail address. |
| the image on the paper. | | | | Scan to file |
| Duplex | | | | This feature creates an electronic file from a hardcopy |
| A duplex feature enables printing on both sides of | | | | original and sends it to the desktop or serber folder for |
| every copy (double-sided). Some photocopiers have | | | | retrieval from the desktop. |
| duplex function as standard, it can also be an extra for | | | | Scan Once Print Many |
| some models. | | | | Using digital technology the original is now scanned into |
| Fax Board | | | | memory and then reproduced from memory rather |
| Allows digital photocopiers to perform fax functions. | | | | than being scanned for each copy. Where there are |
| Finishing | | | | multiple originals the whole stack is scanned in one go |
| Digital photocopiers offer an impressive selection of | | | | if memory permits. |
| finishing, some as standard, some as extras. These | | | | Sorting |
| include stapling, hole punching, binding, folding and | | | | Digital copiers do not need sorter trays. They |
| booklets. | | | | electronically sort documents and the copies are fed |
| First Time Copy | | | | to a single tray offest from each other for easy |
| This is the time taken from power on to produce the | | | | identification. Sorting this way eliminates the restriction |
| first photocopy. | | | | of only being able to copy the number of sets as you |
| Four Colour (CMYK) Printing | | | | have sorter bins. |
| Four colour printing uses cyan, magenta, yellow and | | | | Stapling |
| black to create all the colours. | | | | A finishing option, standard on some machines. There |
| Image Editing | | | | are many options available including top left, centre |
| Digital colour photocopiers offer features to enhance | | | | edge, fold and bind, bottom left and one or two staple |
| documents. These include automatic page numbering, | | | | edge stapling. |
| border erasing, colour adjustment and image centering. | | | | .Warm Up Time |
| Higher end photocopiers offer many other editing | | | | This is the time from initial power on for the fuser to |
| features. However, if your photocopier is networked | | | | have warmed up sufficiently to enable copying. |
