{"id":493,"date":"2025-01-19T18:07:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T18:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/?page_id=493"},"modified":"2025-02-27T03:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T03:02:17","slug":"paper-characteristics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/index.php\/ideas\/marketing-ideas-2\/paper-characteristics\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Characteristics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>Paper Characteristics<\/h2>\n<h3>Weight \/ Thickness<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"side-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/micromemter.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Understanding paper weight and thickness can be difficult due to the archaic measurements \/ descriptions used in the paper industry. Generally paper is described by it\u2019s weight and paper class. The difficulty comes about because each paper class uses a different sheet size to measure weight. This results in a system where 80# (# symbol is the same as lbs) text is radically different (lighter) than 80# cover.<\/p>\n<p>To further confuse things, some papers, particularly cover papers, may be referred to by thickness (points). For example, 10 point C1S (coated 1 side) is a common reference.<\/p>\n<p>Without getting into the gory details, following are the most common paper classes and the paper basis size that is used to determine weight. Weight is calculated by weighing 500 sheets of the basis paper:<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:15px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:1px solid #424242;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"78\" title=\"paperclass\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/paperclass.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/paperclass-200x62.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/paperclass.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The following table compares paper weights and characteristics for different paper classes. For example, 24# bond is equivalent to 60# offset and 33# cover.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"354\" title=\"PaperChart\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PaperChart.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PaperChart-200x236.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PaperChart.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h5>* The colored boxes above represent common paper weights for that class.<\/h5>\n<h5>** Normal paper manufacturing tolerance is + or &#8211; 5% to 7% caliper. Please note that Points and Caliper are for uncoated papers and are a rough estimate. Points and caliper can vary significantly depending on paper density.<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":421,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paper Characteristics - PPI :: Printing &amp; Promotional Items :: Tupelo, MS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ppims.com\/index.php\/ideas\/marketing-ideas-2\/paper-characteristics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paper Characteristics - PPI :: Printing &amp; 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