Demand Printer Forms AKA "Point of Sales Form"

Below is a list of terms and questions you can use when taking specifications over the phone for a quote or when writing up a demand printer order. You must gather this information before the job is sent to Phoenix Data to prevent problems and/or questions that may delay the production of this job. It is very important for us to know exactly how the end user is using the forms and since we do not deal directly with your customers we are depending on you to obtain as much information as possible regarding the constructions of the form.

Terminology

Between-sets perforation - on continuous forms, a perforation perpendicular (i.e., at right angles) to the web that defines the end of one form and the beginning of the next form.

Corner cut - a diagonal cut on one corner of a form to allow misfiled items to be flagged. On a demand printer form, it is a diagonal cut sometimes placed at one corner to help facilitate bursting.

Cuts/inch - regarding the perforations, the number of cuts per lineal inch along the tearline.

Marginal perforation - on a continuous form, the perforation parallel to the depth. Its primary purpose is to enable the end-user to manually remove the line holes from the form.

Point-of-sale - a term referring to forms used in retailing for recording sales transactions and providing a customer copy at the time of the transaction. Also called point-of-purchase or demand printer form.

Ties-per-inch - a method of defining perforations in terms of the uncut areas.