Pitney Bowes DI380 OfficeRight, Operator'S Manual

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Appendix A —Glossary
SV61656 Rev. A A-8
Term Definitions
Page Count The number of pages fed per collation.
Paper Path In a paper transport system, the path followed by
material as it moves through the machine.
Paper/Sheet Length The dimension of a sheet or insert as measured in
the direction of feed.
Paper/Sheet Width The dimension of a sheet, insert or envelope as
measured at right angle with respect to paper
length.
Paper Weight A measure of the “substance” or heft of paper. In
the United States this measurement is expressed
as the weight of 500 master sheets of paper. A
master sheet of bond paper is 17 x 22 inches.
Typical weights are 20 and 24 pounds. A master
sheet of offset paper is 38 x 25 inches. A typical
weight is 60 pounds.
For the international ISO standard, paper weight
is the weight of a single, one square meter sheet
measured in grams. See GSM .
Parity A security feature of OMR marks, that, when
printed, always makes the number of marks total
an odd or even number.
Piece Term applied to either a completed mail piece or a
single sheet of material.
Power Stacker A motor-driven belt stacker, usually horizontal, on
to which finished mail pieces are deposited in an
orderly, shingled stream.
Pre-Folded Insert An insert that’s been folded before loading into the
machine.
Primary Feeder The feeder containing the prime sheet set. In
OMR, the prime sheet set has the control marks
on it.
Primary Sheet Set A group of sheets that includes the prime or con -
trol sheet. See Prime Sheet below.
Prime Sheet The first page of a prime sheet set. This sheet
normally bears the address and the control code
(OMR) marks that tell an inserting system how to
process a mail piece. It is closest to the part of
the envelope that has the window, or the face of a
windowless envelope.