It can also be both, by the way.  The OCR or text can be hidden behind
the image, but selectable.
Or it can have both image and text, but the text isn't selectable.
This enables searching without being able to cut and paste the text.

In other words, IMO you should just describe the situation you have
rather than looking for probably obfuscated technical terms.

Rob

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:21 AM, don warner saklad
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> What's the descriptive technical terminology information professionals
> use to distinguish the kind of pdf that can't be used with cut paste,
> an image of the page of an article versus the format in pdf where it's
> not an image of a page and can be used with the cut paste
> mechanism?... What is the first example called properly in the
> information technology industry technical terms?... What's the second
> example called in the descriptive technical language?
>