Type details
The Type details attribute describes additional details of the media stock type used.
Choose from the following options:
- Plain
Choose this option if your media stock does not require a special description. Some systems require a value of plain, but leaving this blank if the detail is not needed would be better, if the print engine allows it.
- Cardboard
Media made from cardboard stock.
- Continuous long
Opaque media composed of sheets continuously connected along the long edge, as defined by paper size.
- Continuous short
Opaque media composed of sheets continuously connected along the short edge, as defined by paper size.
- Envelope
Media that can be used for conventional mailing purposes. Can either be plain envelopes or envelopes with transparent address windows.
- Envelope plain
Envelopes that are not pre-printed and do not have address windows.
- Envelope window
Envelopes that have transparent windows for addressing purposes.
- Full cut tabs
Media with a single long tab that extends along the full length of the sheet.
- Labels
Adhesive label stock, such as a sheet of peel-off labels.
- Letterhead
Cut sheets of opaque media that contain a pre-printed letterhead.
- Multi-part form
Media designed for use as a multi-layer form. Individual layers of the form are detached from one another and may be drawn from separate paper trays. It is more likely that the layers are pre-collated. These media tend to be referred to as NCR - No Carbon Required.
- Photographic
Cut sheets of opaque media designed to support photographic-quality images.
- Pre cut tabs
Media with two or more tabs that extend along an edge of the sheet.
- Stationery
Cut sheets of opaque media. Generic paper falls under this category.
- Tab Stock
Media with one or more tabs. Can be either Full cut tabs or Pre cut tabs, or refer to media with enough thickness and stiffness to be used as a tab. The media may or may not have tabs.