The Definitive Copier and Print Acronym Helper

Do the business acronyms get to be just too much sometimes?

While we would never bombard you with jargon and acronyms, we know it happens. And next time it does, return to “The Definitive Copier and Print Acronym Helper” for an answer. Between new security safeguards, cloud-based workflows and other changes, the copier and print vocabulary has expanded.

If you come across a copier or print acronym that we’ve missed, please let us know, and we’ll update the list. No one deserves to struggle with acronyms.

Common Copier and Print Acronyms

1. ADF Automatic Document Feeder
2. AI Artificial Intelligence
3. BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement
4. BPO Business process outsourcing
5. BYOD Bring Your Own Device
6. BTA Business Technology Association
7. BW Black and White
8. C1S Coated One Side
9. C2S Coated Two Sides
10. CMYK Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
11. CPNS Cloud Predictive Network Security
12. CPC Cost per Click, Cost per Copy
13. CPP Cost per Page
14. CRD Central Reprographics Department 
15. CWT Hundredweight
16. DADF Duplexing automatic document feeder
17. DB&R Data Backup and Recovery
18. DLP Data Loss Prevention 
19. DPI Dots Per Square Inch
20. DPO Document Process Outsourcing
21. DRM Digital Rights Management 
22. ECM Enterprise Content Management 
23. EDR Endpoint Detection and Response
24. EHR Electronic Health Record
25. EP Envelope
26. EPS Encapsulated PostScript
27. ERDH Electronic Recirculating Document Handler
28. FPO For Position Only
29. GB Gigabyte
30. GEO IP Geolocation Internet Protocol Tracking
31. GSM Grams per Square Meter (paper weight)
32. HCD Hardcopy Device
33. HDD Hard Disk Drive
34. HP Hewlett Packard
35. IoT Internet of Things
36. IPM Images per minute
37. K Black
38. LCD Liquid Crystal Display
39. MG Machine Glazed
40. ML Machine Learning
41. MFA  Multi-Factor Authentication 
42. MFD Multifunction Device
43. MFP Multifunction Peripheral
44. MPSA Managed Print Services Association
45. MS Manuscript
46. MSRP Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price
47. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
48. OS Operating System
49. PCL Page Control Language
50. PCL Printer Control Language (HP)
51. PE Printer Error
52. PMS Pantone Matching System
53. PMT Photomechanical Transfer
54. PPM Pages per Minute
55. PPC Price per Click
56. PPS Packets per Second
57. PS PostScript
58. QR Quick Response Code
59. RADF Reversing Automatic Document Feeder
60. RAM Random-Access Memory
61. RCE Replacement Cost Estimate
62. RFP Request for Proposal
63. RFQ Request for Quotation
64. RGB Red Green Blue
65. ROI Return on Investment
66. RTPM Real Time Privilege Management
67. SKU Stock Keeping Unit
68. SLA Service-level Agreement
69. SMB Small to Medium-size Business
70. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
71. SOW Statement of Work
72. SSD Solid State Drive/Disk
73. TLS Transport Layer Security
74. T&M Time and Materials
75. 2FA Two-factor Authentication
76. UAT User Awareness Training
77. UV Ultraviolet
78. VOC Volatile Organic Compounds
79. VPN  Virtual Private Network 
80. XML Extensible Markup Language
81. XPS XML Paper Specifications (Microsoft Windows Vista)

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