Coated fine paper or woodfree coated paper (WFC) are mainly produced for offset printing

Offset printing

Offset printing is a commonly used printing technique in which the inked image is transferred from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface...

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Standard coated fine papers

This paper quality is normally used for advertising materials, books, annual reports and high quality catalogs. Grammage ranges from 90–170 g/m² and ISO brightness

Bleaching of wood pulp

Bleaching of wood pulp is the chemical processing carried out on various types of wood pulp to decrease the color of the pulp, so that it becomes whiter. The main use of wood pulp is to make paper where whiteness is an important characteristic...

 between 80–96%. The fibre furnish consists of more than 90% chemical pulp

Pulp (paper)

Pulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common raw material in papermaking.-History:...

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Pigment

A pigment is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption. This physical process differs from fluorescence, phosphorescence, and other forms of luminescence, in which a material emits light.Many materials selectively absorb...

 content are in the range 30–45%, where calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate

Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks in all parts of the world, and is the main component of shells of marine organisms, snails, coal balls, pearls, and eggshells. Calcium carbonate is the active ingredient in agricultural lime,...

 and clay are the most common.

Low coat weight papers

These paper grades have lower coat weights than the standard WFC (3–14 g/m²/side) and the grammage and pigment content are also generally lower, 55–135 g/m² and 20–35% respectively.

Art papers

Art papers are one of the highest quality printing papers and are used for illustrated books, calendars and brochures. The grammage varies from 100 to 230 g/m². These papergrades are triple coated with 20 - > 40 g/m²/side and have matte

Matte

Matte may refer to:In film:* Matte , filmmaking and video production technology* Matte painting, a process of creating sets used in film and video* Matte box, a camera accessory for controlling lens glare...

 or glossy finish. Higher qualities often contain cotton

Cotton paper

Cotton paper is made from cotton linters or cotton from used cloths were the primary material source, hence the name rag paper. Cotton paper is superior in both strength and durability to wood pulp-based paper, which may contain high concentrations of acids.-Properties:Certain cotton fibre paper...

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