Pitney Bowes DI425 FastPac Inserting Systems - Manual (Page 79)

Appendix A —Glossary
SV61656 Rev. A A-1
Term Definitions
Accordion Fold See Z-Fold.
Address-Bearing
Document
The document on which the destination address
appears. In OMR applications, the address-
bearing document is often the control or primary
document.
Accumulation Mail piece contents assembled at a specific point
in a paper transport. Also known as a “collation.”
Accumulator A mechanical buffer in a paper transport where
sheets, inserts or collated sets are merged.
Additional Set A stack of sheets loaded into the folder/inserter
that is to be combined with the prime sheet
set and inserted into a mail piece. Any stack of
material that is not the prime.
Additional Sheet Any sheet except the prime sheet.
Batch A specific number of pieces within a job run.
Beginning of
Collation
A mark that indicates a sheet is the first sheet
fed in a collation. This is used for error checking
purposes only and provides additional verification
that a collation is not split or combined with
another collation into one package.
Benchmark An OMR code indicating that more OMR codes
are to follow. Also known as an OMR trigger. The
benchmark must appear on every page of the
document. It verifies that the scanner is working
properly, and helps detect printing problems.
Some inserter systems read OMR marks in
reverse order, making the benchmark the last
mark read.
Booklet An insert with a bound or stapled edge.
Bound Edge First An orientation in which the bound side of an item
points toward the direction of feed (in other words,
the bound edge is leading).
Brightness The level of luminance of an operator display.
Also see Contrast. The brightness and contrast of
many operator displays are adjustable.
Business Reply
Envelope
A reply envelope that is sometimes postage paid.
A very common insert, particularly in billing jobs.