Email:
Printing Knowledge｜Temei Printing Trivia Class is now in session! Printing Paper Types (1)
Release time：2024-12-25
Printing Knowledge
Printing industry into the 21st century, the popularity of the Internet and the rapid growth of the Internet, but also to make the realization of the cross-international printing business has become a reality, printing, which used to be an ancient term, for each of the relevant practitioners today, will be the need to continue to long-term learning in order to effectively navigate the technical field.
Common Printing Paper Categories
Printing Paper Part (1)
What is coated paper?
01. Characteristics
Smooth and glossy surface, colorful after printing; single copper and double copper. Single copper is smooth on one side, double copper is smooth on both sides, double copper is the most common, stiffness general. (Summary: white color, smooth surface with glossy, paper core is white, double copper two sides are exactly the same).
02.Common Uses
Mainly used for offset printing, such as albums, calendars, advertising leaflets, books, color boxes, handbags, etc..
03.Common Grammage
80g, 105g, 128g, 157g, 200g, 250g, 300g, 350g, 400g, etc.
What is the use of double-glued paper?
1. Characteristics
Double-glued paper refers to the paper in the papermaking process of the adhesive material coated on both sides of the paper in order to improve its surface properties of the paper. It is characterized by low expansion and contraction, uniform ink absorption, good smoothness, tight and opaque texture, and strong water resistance.
2. Common Uses
Mainly used for printing single-color or multi-color book covers, texts, inserts, pictorials, maps, posters, colorful trademarks and various packaging products.
3.Common weight
60g-120g, 150g, etc.
What is the use of white cardboard?
1. Characteristics
White cardboard is a thicker firm pure high-quality wood pulp made of white cardboard its characteristics: high smoothness, good stiffness, neat appearance and good uniformity. (Summary: white cardboard stiffness, toughness, smooth surface, good absorption of ink, generally coated on one side, uncoated on the other side.)
2. Common Uses
Mainly used for business cards, book jackets, menus, boxes, bags, calendars, tags, etc..
3.Common weight
210g, 250g, 300g, 350g, 400g, etc.
What to use the gold and silver cardboard?
1. Characteristics
More texture, glossy, more expensive cost. Gold and silver cardboard is made of ordinary white cardboard laminated or coated with gold and silver ink. Gold and silver cardboard due to the metal phase containing gold and silver ink, so the surface will usually show a metallic luster, a variety of colors of fine patterns printed on gold and silver cardboard, will give a person a high-grade and elegant feeling. Gold and silver cardboard has a strong metallic luster, the cost is relatively expensive.
2. Common use
Mainly widely used in color printing packaging. (Applicable to cigarettes, alcohol, food, cosmetics, toothpaste boxes, medicine and gift packaging and other industries in the box, box printing and packaging).
3.Common grammage
125g, 250g, 270g, 320g, 370g, 420g, etc.
What is the use of matte paper?
1. Characteristics
Matte paper is also called non-glossy coated paper, the reflection is not as strong as coated paper, but the printing pattern effect is more delicate, texture, and the corresponding price is more expensive.
2.Common Uses
Mainly used for high-grade albums, matte magazines and so on.
3.Common Grammage
105 grams, 128 grams, 157 grams, 200 grams, 250 grams, 300 grams and so on.
What is the use of lightly coated paper?
1.Characteristics
Light weight coated paper is also known as light coated paper, low weight coated paper or LWC paper. At present, the color printing effect of light coated paper can be almost comparable with coated paper, and the selling price is higher than that of general printing paper, but cheaper than that of coated paper.
2. Common Uses
Mainly used for printing periodicals, advertisements, catalogs and so on.
3. Common Grammage
48g, 50g, 58g, 64g, 70g, 80g, etc.
What is the use of pearlescent paper?
1. Characteristics
PEPA surface is very smooth, thicker, more reflective, pearl luster PEPA is different from ordinary whiteboard paper, its surface coating in the formation of pearlescent effect of particles.
2.Common Uses
Mainly used for high-grade albums, books, fine packaging, boxes, greeting cards, tags, etc..
3.Common Grammage
120g, 250g, 280g, etc.
Related News
Contact Information
Address: 2F, London Corporate Headquarters, UK
