{"id":11104,"date":"2015-01-29T10:52:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T15:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=11104"},"modified":"2015-01-29T10:52:42","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T15:52:42","slug":"aaa-article-about-acronyms-xeroxs-language-of-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/tech-tip\/2015\/01\/aaa-article-about-acronyms-xeroxs-language-of-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA (Article about Acronyms)\u2014Xerox\u2019s Language of Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"acronyms\"I find it hard to believe that it was 2002 when the first AAA \u201cArticle about Acronyms\u201d was published in ENX Magazine!\u00a0 Thirteen years\u2026wow.\u00a0 Amazingly most of the acronyms mentioned in that article are still in play today.\u00a0 Xerox and other manufacturers have had thirteen long glorious years to create hundreds of new acronyms for us all to scratch our heads over.\u00a0 I figured it\u2019s high time we return to the subject. It\u2019s time to stop guessing and actually figure out what some of these things stand for.<\/p>\n

First off, I should acknowledge that, in all fairness, the acronym in the title of this article \u201cAAA\u201d was already taken, and I don\u2019t mean by the Automobile Association of America.\u00a0 Xerox has its own idea about what AAA means: \u201cAuthentication, Authorization, and Accounting\u201d\u2014try that one on for size.<\/p>\n

You can find acronyms right from the start, in the names of the machine models.\u00a0 It\u2019s now pretty well known that \u2018WC\u2019 in front of a model number is short for \u201cWorkCentre,\u201d \u2018WCP\u2019 is for \u201cWorkCentre Pro,\u201d and \u2018CC\u2019 is for \u201cCopyCentre.\u201d\u00a0 Then there are some which are preceded by \u2018DC\u2019 which meant \u201cDocumentCentre\u201d on many models, although nowadays it usually refers to \u201cDocuColor.\u201d\u00a0 Also there are a few models which are \u2018DCP\u2019 models (Digital Color Press).<\/p>\n

The acronyms certainly don\u2019t end there. Equipment and parts are plagued with acronyms.\u00a0 For example, an \u2018SE\u2019 (Service Engineer) or technician, who is equipped with a \u2018PWS\u2019 (Portable Work Station) has a clear advantage over other techs.\u00a0 A PWS is a laptop computer which has special software on it to interface with many of the Xerox copier and printer models.\u00a0 Fortunately the PWS is not as necessary as it once was.\u00a0 It is still useful for updating firmware and such, but the days of not being able to get into diagnostics without one are gone (thank goodness for that).\u00a0 For most newer models, a majority of the diagnostic functions can be accessed from the \u2018UI\u2019 (User Interface or control panel).\u00a0 If you have a drum cartridge, \u2018IU\u2019 (Imaging Unit), or \u2018CRU\u2019 (Customer Replaceable Unit) which has run its full yield, you\u2019ll want to pick up a \u2018CRUM\u2019 (Customer Replaceable Unit Monitor) to reset the drum count and extend the yield of the cartridge.<\/p>\n

One thing which has changed a bit over the years are the various market regions which Xerox occasionally redefines.\u00a0 A few regional acronyms which are relatively new include \u2018MX\u2019 for \u201cModi Xerox\u201d (India), \u2018XAP\u2019 for \u201cXerox Asia Pacific,\u201d and \u2018XMEX\u2019 for \u201cXerox Mexico.\u201d\u00a0 Perhaps the most confusing market designation is the one called \u2018DMO\u2019 (Developing Market Operations) which seems to have constantly shifting borders.\u00a0 For some series of machines, this region is broken down further into East and West (DMO-E & DMO-W).\u00a0 The European market used to be called \u2018RX\u2019 for \u201cRank Xerox,\u201d but today that region is instead called \u2018XE\u2019 for \u201cXerox Europe,\u201d or \u2018ESG\u2019 for \u201cEuropean Service Group.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Europe the laws call for excluding some known hazardous materials from machines and parts.\u00a0 Parts which follow these rules are said to be \u2018ROHS\u2019 compliant (Restriction of Hazardous Substances).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s amazing how many acronyms can be found in the text of a service manual which are not defined in the glossary of terms. This glossary is usually found in section 6, \u201cGP,\u201d (General Procedures) in the service manuals.\u00a0 I guess if every acronym were listed, the books would have to be quite a bit longer.\u00a0 LOL (Laugh Out Loud).\u00a0 Ok, I did not need to tell you what LOL meant, did I?\u00a0 \u00a0I did eventually find most of the acronyms I was curious about by going through the glossaries of several service manuals.<\/p>\n

Where are acronyms really at home?\u00a0 Computer and IT (Integrated Technology) fields need these because often the names of processes and protocols are very long and cumbersome.\u00a0 Besides, folks get to learn the acronyms as if they are words of their own.\u00a0 For example \u2018PING\u2019 means \u201cPacket Internet Groper,\u201d but almost anyone even the least bit involved with setting up a computer network will know what it means to \u201ctry pinging the controller.\u201d\u00a0 Another example would be TCP \/ IP, which sounds a lot more graceful than saying \u201cTransmission Control Protocol \/ Internet Protocol.\u201d\u00a0 I guess I get it.\u00a0 I also can see why someone texting a friend might shorten things to well known acronyms (like that LOL and LMAO).\u00a0 Beyond that, acronyms are a bit of a nuisance and a way to communicate to a select group of people who have been trained to know what you\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n

Check this list out. Here are about 50 acronym meanings sifted out of a much longer list that I personally found to be the most enlightening.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ACRONYM LIST:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Acronym:<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nMeaning:<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3TM<\/td>\nThree Tray Module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A\/P<\/td>\nAdvanced\/Professional (Finishers)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AAA<\/td>\nAuthentication, Authorization and Accounting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ADC<\/td>\nAutomatic Density Control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AGC<\/td>\nAutomatic Gain Control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASP<\/td>\nAuthorized Service Provider<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ATC<\/td>\nAutomatic Toner Concentration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BCR<\/td>\nBias Charge Roller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BTR<\/td>\nBias Transfer Roll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BUR<\/td>\nBack up Roll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CCD<\/td>\nCharged Coupled Device (Photoelectric Converter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CIS<\/td>\nContact Image Sensor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CRU<\/td>\nCustomer Replaceable Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CRUM<\/td>\nCustomer Replaceable Unit Memory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CWIS<\/td>\nCentreWare Internet Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DIMM<\/td>\nDual In-line Memory Module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EA<\/td>\nEmulsion Aggregation (Toner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FEK<\/td>\nFeature Enablement Key<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FID<\/td>\nForeign Interface Device<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GDI<\/td>\nGraphical Display Interface<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HGEA<\/td>\nHigh-Grade Emulsion Aggregation (Toner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IBT<\/td>\nIntermediate Belt Transfer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IIT<\/td>\nImage Input Terminal – the Scanner\/CCD portion of the machine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IOT<\/td>\nImage Output Terminal – the printing engine portion of a machine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ISIL<\/td>\nInter and Side Image Lamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LPH<\/td>\nLED Print Head<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCU<\/td>\nMachine Control Unit (Engine Control Board)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MOB<\/td>\nMarks On Belt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MSOK<\/td>\nMaster System Option Key<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NASG-N<\/td>\nNorth American Solutions Group (equivalent to XCI)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NASG-S<\/td>\nNorth American Solutions Group (equivalent to USCO)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NOHAD<\/td>\nNoise, Ozone, Heat, Airflow and Dust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OCT<\/td>\nOffset Catch Tray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OEM<\/td>\nOriginal Equipment Manufacturer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PEK<\/td>\nProduct Enablement Key<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
POPO<\/td>\nPower Off Power On<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PWB<\/td>\nPrinted Wiring Board \u00a0(can be a logic board, does not necessarily mean \u201cpower board\u201d as folks often think)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PWS<\/td>\nPortable Workstation for Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PJ<\/td>\nPlug Jack (Electrical Connections)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regi-Con<\/td>\nRegistration Control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ROHS<\/td>\nRestriction of Hazardous Substances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SBC<\/td>\nSingle Board Controller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SCT<\/td>\nSimple Catch Tray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SPP<\/td>\nShort Paper Path<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SOK<\/td>\nSystem Operation Key, Software Option Key<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
STM<\/td>\nSingle Tray Module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TTM<\/td>\n\u00a0Two Tray Module<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UI<\/td>\nUser Interface<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I think that about covers the subject!\u00a0 I hope I didn\u2019t miss any really good ones.\u00a0 Have a great month everyone!\u00a0 I hope 2015 is treating all of you really well.<\/p>\n

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I find it hard to believe that it was 2002 when the first AAA \u201cArticle about Acronyms\u201d was published in ENX Magazine!\u00a0 Thirteen years\u2026wow.\u00a0 Amazingly most of the acronyms mentioned in that article are still in play today.\u00a0 Xerox and other manufacturers have had thirteen long glorious years to create hundreds of new acronyms for us all to scratch our heads over.\u00a0 I figured it\u2019s high time we return to the subject. It\u2019s time to stop guessing and actually figure out what some of these things stand for. First off, I should acknowledge that, in all fairness, the acronym in the title of this article \u201cAAA\u201d was already taken, and I don\u2019t mean by the Automobile Association of America.\u00a0 Xerox has its own idea about what AAA means: \u201cAuthentication, Authorization, and Accounting\u201d\u2014try that one on for size. You can find acronyms right from the start, in the names of the machine models.\u00a0 It\u2019s now pretty well known that \u2018WC\u2019 in front of a model number is short for \u201cWorkCentre,\u201d \u2018WCP\u2019 is for \u201cWorkCentre Pro,\u201d and \u2018CC\u2019 is for \u201cCopyCentre.\u201d\u00a0 Then there are some which are preceded by \u2018DC\u2019 which meant \u201cDocumentCentre\u201d on many models, although nowadays it usually refers to \u201cDocuColor.\u201d\u00a0 Also there are a few models which are \u2018DCP\u2019 models (Digital Color Press). The acronyms certainly don\u2019t end there. Equipment and parts are plagued with acronyms.\u00a0 For example, an \u2018SE\u2019 (Service Engineer) or technician, who is equipped with a \u2018PWS\u2019 (Portable Work Station) has a clear advantage over other techs.\u00a0 A PWS is a laptop computer which has special software on it to interface with many of the Xerox copier and printer models.\u00a0 Fortunately the PWS is not as necessary as it once was.\u00a0 It is still useful for updating firmware and such, but the days of not being able to get into diagnostics without one are gone (thank goodness for that).\u00a0 For most newer models, a majority of the diagnostic functions can be accessed from the \u2018UI\u2019 (User Interface or control panel).\u00a0 If you have a drum cartridge, \u2018IU\u2019 (Imaging Unit), or \u2018CRU\u2019 (Customer Replaceable Unit) which has run its full yield, you\u2019ll want to pick up a \u2018CRUM\u2019 (Customer Replaceable Unit Monitor) to reset the drum count and extend the yield of the cartridge. One thing which has changed a bit over the years are the various market regions which Xerox occasionally redefines.\u00a0 A few regional acronyms which are relatively new include \u2018MX\u2019 for \u201cModi Xerox\u201d (India), \u2018XAP\u2019 for \u201cXerox Asia Pacific,\u201d and \u2018XMEX\u2019 for \u201cXerox Mexico.\u201d\u00a0 Perhaps the most confusing market designation is the one called \u2018DMO\u2019 (Developing Market Operations) which seems to have constantly shifting borders.\u00a0 For some series of machines, this region is broken down further into East and West (DMO-E & DMO-W).\u00a0 The European market used to be called \u2018RX\u2019 for \u201cRank Xerox,\u201d but today that region is instead called \u2018XE\u2019 for \u201cXerox Europe,\u201d or \u2018ESG\u2019 for \u201cEuropean Service Group.\u201d In Europe the laws call for excluding some known hazardous materials from machines and parts.\u00a0 Parts which follow these rules are said to be \u2018ROHS\u2019 compliant (Restriction of Hazardous Substances). It\u2019s amazing how many acronyms can be found in the text of a service manual which are not defined in the glossary of terms. This glossary is usually found in section 6, \u201cGP,\u201d (General Procedures) in the service manuals.\u00a0 I guess if every acronym were listed, the books would have to be quite a bit longer.\u00a0 LOL (Laugh Out Loud).\u00a0 Ok, I did not need to tell you what LOL meant, did I?\u00a0 \u00a0I did eventually find most of the acronyms I was curious about by going through the glossaries of several service manuals. Where are acronyms really at home?\u00a0 Computer and IT (Integrated Technology) fields need these because often the names of processes and protocols are very long and cumbersome.\u00a0 Besides, folks get to learn the acronyms as if they are words of their own.\u00a0 For example \u2018PING\u2019 means \u201cPacket Internet Groper,\u201d but almost anyone even the least bit involved with setting up a computer network will know what it means to \u201ctry pinging the controller.\u201d\u00a0 Another example would be TCP \/ IP, which sounds a lot more graceful than saying \u201cTransmission Control Protocol \/ Internet Protocol.\u201d\u00a0 I guess I get it.\u00a0 I also can see why someone texting a friend might shorten things to well known acronyms (like that LOL and LMAO).\u00a0 Beyond that, acronyms are a bit of a nuisance and a way to communicate to a select group of people who have been trained to know what you\u2019re talking about. Check this list out. Here are about 50 acronym meanings sifted out of a much longer list that I personally found to be the most enlightening.\u00a0 ACRONYM LIST: Acronym: Meaning: 3TM Three Tray Module A\/P Advanced\/Professional (Finishers) AAA Authentication, Authorization and Accounting ADC Automatic Density Control AGC Automatic Gain Control ASP Authorized Service Provider ATC Automatic Toner Concentration BCR Bias Charge Roller BTR Bias Transfer Roll BUR Back up Roll CCD Charged Coupled Device (Photoelectric Converter) CIS Contact Image Sensor CRU Customer Replaceable Unit CRUM Customer Replaceable Unit Memory CWIS CentreWare Internet Services DIMM Dual In-line Memory Module EA Emulsion Aggregation (Toner) FEK Feature Enablement Key FID Foreign Interface Device GDI Graphical Display Interface HGEA High-Grade Emulsion Aggregation (Toner) IBT Intermediate Belt Transfer IIT Image Input Terminal – the Scanner\/CCD portion of the machine IOT Image Output Terminal – the printing engine portion of a machine ISIL Inter and Side Image Lamp LPH LED Print Head MCU Machine Control Unit (Engine Control Board) MOB Marks On Belt MSOK Master System Option Key NASG-N North American Solutions Group (equivalent to XCI) NASG-S North American Solutions Group (equivalent to USCO) NOHAD Noise, Ozone, Heat, Airflow and Dust OCT Offset Catch Tray OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer PEK Product Enablement Key POPO Power Off Power On PWB Printed Wiring Board \u00a0(can be a logic board, does not necessarily mean \u201cpower board\u201d as folks often think) PWS Portable Workstation for Service PJ Plug Jack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1648],"tags":[2069,1739],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11104"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11106,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11104\/revisions\/11106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}