Copiers

Copiers

Terms in relation to machines that scan documents as a single bitmap image and print a copy of the image to another piece of paper.

Industry: Office equipment

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Copiers

A useful management tool, the Copier Counter keep a numerical record of the number of copies produced. Sometimes they are not easy to find, but a quick look under the plate glass can usually reveal ...

copies per minute (CPM)

Office equipment; Copiers

The number of standard single-sided copies a copier can make per minute.

full bleed

Office equipment; Copiers

An image that covers right to the edge of a sheet with no borders or margins. Typically you must print on a larger sheet and then trim the page.

four-colour printing

Office equipment; Copiers

Most copiers these days use four-color printing. Four color printing uses cyan, magenta, yellow, and black to create all colors of the spectrum. Four color printing is also referred to as CMYK ...

zoom

Office equipment; Copiers

The Zoom function enables you to reduce or enlarge copies within a certain percentage range. These days, digital copiers can zoom as high 800 percent and reduce as low as 25 percent.

stationary platen

Office equipment; Copiers

These days, all but the most basic PC-segment copiers are equipped with a stationary platen. The top of the copier does not move back and forth across the document to be copied.

warm-up time

Office equipment; Copiers

The larger the model, the longer the warm-up time. The warm up time is defined as the amount of time between when a copier machine is switched on and when it can begin the first job.