3.1 This terminology includes terms developed and approved by impact printing systems manufacturers, supplies manufacturers, and end users to describe most image quality parameters concerning impact printed images.

3.2 This terminology is intended to aid in general communications on impact printer copy quality parameters and provide a partial trouble shooting list, when less than acceptable copy quality is obtained.

1.1 This terminology presents a means to accurately describe the quality of impact printed images. This includes an up-to-date glossary and a description of probable causes for specific phenomena that relate to image quality. Illustrations to complement the definitions of copy quality terms are included.