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Printing paper

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004508

Any grade of paper manufactured or converted specifically for the transfer of ink from a printing press or digital printer. These papers are engineered with specific properties for brightness, opacity, smoothness, and ink absorption to suit a particular printing process like offset, gravure, or digital. Paper is classified by its basis weight, measured in pounds per ream of a standard-sized sheet.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004508
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectIndustrial printing
TranslationsGerman: Druckpapier; Spanish: papel de impresión; French: papier d'impression
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004508",
  "term": "Printing paper",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Any grade of paper manufactured or converted specifically for the transfer of ink from a printing press or digital printer. These papers are engineered with specific properties for brightness, opacity, smoothness, and ink absorption to suit a particular printing process like offset, gravure, or digital. Paper is classified by its basis weight, measured in pounds per ream of a standard-sized sheet.",
  "subject": "Industrial printing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Druckpapier",
    "es": "papel de impresión",
    "fr": "papier d'impression"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/printing-paper/"
}

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