Tight printer paper

Dense printer paper is most often selected for decorative purposes (postcards, business cards, flags, tags, etc.) or to enhance the performance of a paper product (book or magazine covers, bookmarks, notebook spine, etc.).

What does paper weight have an effect on

Paper density defines the weight in grams of a 1-square-meter sheet of paper. The basic typical density of paper for printing used in offset printing has

value from 60 to 300 g/sq m.

Newspaper paper has a density of 40 to 60 g/sq. m, while a sheet of ordinary paper for the popular copier (copier in common parlance) has a density of 80 g/sq. m.

For the production of business cards is paper with a density of about 200-250 g / sq.m. and for leaflets and brochures – with a density of 100-170 g / sq.m. For posters and tags – with a density of 135-200 g / sq.m.

Traditionally, printing paper is classified according to its purpose based on the main methods of printing.

Paper is known for letterpress, offset and gravure printing. These types are used for “derivative” printing methods – flexo, screen, typeofdata, dry offset, etc.

The printheads are elevated considerably above the sheet surface during letterpress printing. In this case, the ink is applied by the roller only to the surface of the print elements and then by these printheads to the material to be printed.

A rotogravure paper is a paper with a very smooth surface on both sides that is highly absorbent of liquid inks, has good formability and a homogeneous structure.

The flat printing method differs in that the printing ink is in one plane with the surface of the printing plate.

The ink is rolled onto the surface of the printing elements according to the selective wetting principle.

The printing elements of the mold readily accept oil ink and do not accept water, which wets the intermediate elements of the mold.

Wetting the intermediate elements of the plate with water is necessary to repel ink that is rolled onto the plate.

Thus, the density of the paper influences the type of printing optimal for this density.

But it’s all about industrial printing.

Dense paper for printing by purpose

The following types and densities of paper are most commonly used for home use:

For printing texts on a laser or inkjet printer – paper with a weight of 80-90 g/sq.m.
For printing photos on a laser printer – matte paper of 80 to 120 g/sq. m.
For printing photographs on ink-jet printer – matte, glossy, semi-glossy and superglossy paper with weight from 120 g/sq.m. to 220 g/sq.m.
For printing business cards, postcards and other decor on an inkjet (less often laser) printer – matte or textured (imitation of the texture of linen, leather or fabric) paper with a density from 150 to 350 g/sq. m;
For printing magnets – special magnetic paper or self-adhesive with subsequent sticking on a magnetic base, paper with a paper layer density from 100 to 180 g/sq. m is used.

Надо сказать, что печать фотографий на обычной офисной бумаге тоже возможна, но о качестве таких изображений говорить положительно не приходится.

Many users want to use as cheap paper as possible, even newsprint, but home printers (both inkjet and laser) are not designed to handle such paper and can easily malfunction by chewing it.

Dense Paper Manufacturers

Among the manufacturers of heavyweight printer paper, the following leading companies can be singled out:

Lomond – один из лучших производителей бумаги, с оптимальным соотношением цена/качество;
Cactus, DEXP – делают упор на дешевизну в ущерб качеству;
Epson, HP, Canon, Xerox, Brother – компании дорожат репутацией и по большей части выпускают качественную, но достаточно дорогую бумагу.