Tuesday, September 24, 2019

VARIOUS TYPES OF PAPERS IN PRINTING INDUSTRY

PAPERS



Paper is one of the primary needs in today's world, in the printing field paper is the important raw material. In the printing and paper industry they will be having a different calculations, they will count  in number of units they used to count in a form REEM for papers and GROSS for the boards. The papers are mainly manufactured in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu and some other cities like Delhi, Mumbai etc... 


FOR PAPERS
ONE REEM   =  500 SHEETS

FOR BOARDS
ONE GROSS  = 144 SHEETS
GSM = GRAM PER SQUARE METER

The papers and boards which are used by the company for printing are;
  Maplitho Paper
  Art Paper
  Sticker Paper
  Kraft Paper
  Synthetic Paper
  One Side Mirror Coated Paper                 
  Art Board
  Art Card
  Duplex Board
  White Back Board


MAPLITHO PAPER
The paper maplitho is used in every printing industry.
      The Gsm starts from 50gsm to 120gsm.
       It is used in every stationary product such as notebooks, Xerox papers,   leaflets, calendar etc… it is available in different sizes.

 ART PAPER
          The paper will be both side filmy and glossy.
          The Gsm starts from 90gsm to 120gsm.
      It is used for doing tags, boxes, wedding cards etc...

STICKER PAPER
     The paper will be sticky in one side and the above side it will be glossy.
         The Gsm will be 80gsm to 135gsm.  
      It is used as a labels, stickers etc…

KRAFT PAPER
         The paper will be in brown colour, it will thick.
        The Gsm will be 100 gsm to 140gsm.
     It is used for packaging foods, medicines etc…

SYNTHETIC PAPER
         The paper will be glossy and it doesn’t tear easily, it is a tear resistant.
         The Gsm will be 80gsm to 200gsm.
         It is used for visiting cards, pamphlets etc…
         It is also called as waterproof paper.

ONE SIDE MIRROR COATED PAPER
         The paper will be glossy in one side like a mirror.
         The Gsm will be 80gsm to 120gsm.
          It is used in bakery to pack the pastry items.


             




        BOARDS

ART BOARD 
         It is same as art paper, but it will be thick and heavy.         
     The Gsm of the board is 120gsm to 400gsm.
          It is used for posters, pamphlets etc…

DUPULEX BOARD
         The duplex board is also called as grey board, because one side will be grey in colour and another side will be white.
          The Gsm of the board will be more than 100gsm.
           It is used for textile boxes, cake boxes, note book wrappers etc…

WHITE BACK BOARD
      The white back board will be both the side white, one side it will be glossy another side it will be rough.
          The Gsm of the board will be more than 100 same as duplex board
           It is used in making of charts, boxes etc…

    

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