Manufacture

Magazine papers are made on paper machines from 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:...

. The pulp may be recycled, mechanical or chemical depending on the magazine quality. Publishers select the type of paper that not only meets their customers' requirements, but also works well in their machinery.

Paper grades

Different paper grades are used in magazines:

• Machine finished specialties (MFS) is a special newsprint
  Newsprint
  Newsprint is a low-cost, non-archival paper most commonly used to print newspapers, and other publications and advertising material. It usually has an off-white cast and distinctive feel. It is designed for use in printing presses that employ a long web of paper rather than individual sheets of...
  
   grade that is heavier, bulkier and brighter.
• Supercalendered papers are often used in rotogravure
  Rotogravure
  Rotogravure is a type of intaglio printing process; that is, it involves engraving the image onto an image carrier...
  
  . These are uncoated and based on mechanical pulp.
• Coated mechanical paper
  Coated paper
  Coated paper is paper which has been coated by a compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight, surface gloss, smoothness or reduced ink absorbency. Kaolinite or calcium carbonate are used to coat paper for high quality printing used in packaging industry and in magazines...
  
   are classified depending on the coating weight. Normally higher coating weight gives higher paper quality.
• Machine finished coated paper
  Machine finished coated paper
  Machine finished coated paper is a type of coated paper that has a basis weight of 48–80 g/m2. They have good surface properties, high print gloss and adequate sheet stiffness. MFC papers are made of 60–85% groundwood or TMP and 15–40% chemical pulp with a total pigment content of 20–30 %. The...
  
  s are high gloss papers based on mechanical pulp.
• Offset paper is an uncoated paper based on chemical pulp suitable 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 paper
  Coated fine paper
  Coated fine paper or woodfree coated paper are mainly produced for offset printing.-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 between 80–96%. The...
  
  s are often used for offset printing.