Industry Glossary

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Pantone®: A company that produces color-matching technology. The Pantone® Matching System contains 3,000 colors that are specifically blended for an exact match each time they are printed.

Partially Metallized Disc: During the manufacturing process, a mask is applied to the equipment to prevent the adherence of metal to the edge of the disc. The result is a unique looking disc with a silver center and a clear polycarbonate outer ring.

Perfect Print™: Combines screen printing and thermal printing. First, an index mark is added to the artwork and screen printed onto a disc. Customized text, such as an individual name or serial number, can then be thermal printed in alignment with the artwork of the pre-screen printed disc. A sensor in the thermal printing process detects the index mark to ensure perfect alignment of the customized text to the artwork.

Pit Art: Pits and lands in the non-data area of a disc are used as pixels to represent a graphic. The result is a picture that appears on the outer edge of the disc.

Pixel (PIcture Element): The smallest unit of data in raster artwork. A pixel is made up of color and placement information. Pixels grouped together form an image. Pixels are sometimes referred to as “dots.”

Process Color: The combination of different concentrations of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black ink to produce an image.

Programmable CD-ROM: Compact disc that combines the mass production characteristics of a stamped CD-ROM with the customized, recordable capability of a CD-R.