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Xerox Nuvera Paper Guide
Glossary-4
NCR (no carbon
required) paper
See carbonless 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
specifications
A set of paper properties, such as size, weight, brightness, and opacity, that
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
waste
Paper and packaging that have been printed on, used at least once by consumers,
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
wrap jam
A jam caused by a sheet of paper becoming wrapped around the pressure roll in the
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.
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