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Paper Specifications Printing paper comes in a wide variety of finishes, weights and colors. These qualities combine to determine which paper stock is best for your project. At Edward Hine Company, we use our experience and the knowledge from our network of paper suppliers to show you the best options. Whether you’re looking for high quality or low cost, we’re here to answer any paper questions you may have. Uncoated and coated paper have different surface textures. In the papermaking process, uncoated stock has been compressed between metal rollers to a limited degree, yielding vellum, antique, wove and smooth surfaces (from rough to smooth, depending on the amount of compression). Coated paper varies from roughest (matte) to smoother (dull) to smoothest (gloss), also depending on the amount of compression. Paper can also have such textures as "linen" and "canvas" pressed into the surface. Generally, the smoother the surface, the better holdout a sheet has (the better the ink sits on the surface of the paper rather than being absorbed into the fibers). M
Weight is based on the physical
weight of 1000 sheets of paper. For example, 1000 sheets of 80#
cover, measured at 20" x 26", weighs 160 pounds. The same
paper in text weight still weighs 160 pounds but the sheet size
is larger at 25" x 38", making it a thinner sheet. Most
paper weights in printing fall into the areas of bond (lightest
weights), text (light to medium weights) and cover (heaviest weights). Opacity determines show-through. A sheet with high opacity will prevent solids, screens and halftones from being visible through the opposite side of the sheet. Colored sheets are usually more opaque than white sheets. This quality is rated on a 1 to 100 scale. Most sheets fall in the 80 to high 90 range.
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