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Painted wall: Advertisements painted directly upon building walls or computer-painted on flexible vinyl and attached to walls. Uniquely proportioned and singularly dimensioned, they have large-scale (often several stories high) exposure and high visibility to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Located on major highways, on commuter and tourist routes and in downtown business districts, painted walls are custom-designed for long term exposure.

Panels per facing (PPF): The number of panels one, two or more, at a location which face the same direction.

Penetration: The degree of effectiveness of advertising in terms of its impact upon the public.

Permanent: An outdoor media unit contracted by a single advertiser for an extended period of time, usually six months or more.

Permit: A license granted by the state and/or locality to authorize a sign structure on a site.

Phone kiosk: Backlit displays attached to telephone
facilities (kiosks).

Plant: The term plant refers to an outdoor media company. It may also refer to all the outdoor media structures in a market operated by a company.

Plant operator: A company or individual who operates and maintains outdoor media structures.

Portal panel: Mobile portal panel that can be wheeled or carried to a given location. It is frequently used for merchandizing purposes.

Poster: A generic term used for advertising messages that are posted on outdoor media structures.

Poster panel: Often known as 30-sheet; used primarily for full market coverage. Located on primary or secondary roads throughout commercial areas, poster panels can be used to surround specific geographic areas or retail districts, with the ability to deliver high reach and frequency. Can also refer to an outdoor media structure on which posters are displayed.

Posting date: The date on which posters in a GRP Showing are scheduled for display.

Posting instructions: Detailed information sent to the outdoor media company by an advertiser or agency. These instructions should include as much marketing information as possible so that the seller can choose the panels, which have greatest efficiency in reaching the advertiser's target.

Posting listing: The process of selecting the individual panels that comprise a contracted GRP showing.

Posting period: The length of time during which one panel design is displayed.

Post-rite: in-market fields check of outdoor media locations during the display period.

Premiere panel: A standardized outdoor media structure, usually 12í x 25í or 6í x 12í, with the face fully wrapped in vinyl, eliminating the molding and increasing the live copy area.

Pre-pasting: A technique for applying paste to the surface of poster sheets in the plant rather than in the field.

Pre-press: It uses both art and science as it takes the creative and prepares it for the printer. The new technology is rising production quality, which increases the technical requirements for pre-press also. Communication between pre-press and printers is vital to ensure a successful outcome.

Pre-ride: in-market fields check of outdoor media structures to be included in a specific GRP showing.

Press check: A visit to the printers facility, by the client or their representative, to approve a press proof, immediately prior to printing.

Proof of performance: Certification that outdoor media services have been executes per contract.

Psychographic profile: A description of a consumer based on how they view themselves within society. A Psychographic profile includes behavior characteristics that affect individual lifestyle choices.

Public service advertisement: Advertisements of a civic or philanthropic nature placed on space donated by individual lifestyle choices