Introduction to commonly used paper for color printing

On the market we can see a variety of color printing products, you will find that the paper used in color printing is not a single one, there are many different materials of paper can be used, the following for you to introduce the common paper of color printing.

Paper

Coated paper is one of the color printing papers mainly used by printing plants, and coated paper is also its common name, the correct name should be printing coated paper, which is widely used in real life. The beautiful wall calendars, posters sold in bookstores, book covers, illustrations, picture albums, art books, etc., are almost all coated paper, and various beautifully decorated packaging, paper handbags, stickers, trademarks, etc. are also widely used in coated paper. Coated paper is a paper made of coated base paper after coating and decoration processing, the surface is smooth and fine, coated on both sides and single-sided, and the paper is divided into matte (matt) and glossy coated paper. Commonly used coated paper is available in a variety of thicknesses from 105 grams per square meter to 350 grams per square meter. The size of a single sheet of paper in the sales of coated paper is generally divided into large (889mm×1194mm), medium (787mm×1092mm) two size specifications, the price of coated paper per ton is about 7000 yuan ~ 7500 yuan, a 200 grams of 889mm× 1194mm large size coated paper price is about 2 yuan.

Toppan paper

Paper used to print a variety of color prints, as well as periodicals, comic strips, picture albums, stamps and securities. Its specifications and sizes are basically the same as newsprint, letterpress and offset paper, and are also divided into web paper and flat paper. Gravure paper printing requires high smoothness and shrinkage, and the whiteness of the paper should be high, with better smoothness and softness. In addition, it has uniform ink absorption; Uniform texture, lint-free, slightly elastic, opaque, slightly water-resistant, certain mechanical strength and other characteristics, is a good color printing paper.

White cardboard

Also known as Manila paper, it is a white comparison of wrapping cardboard. It is not widely used in color printing, and it is currently only used to print children's educational pictures and trademarks for stationery, cosmetics, medicines. The quantification is 200 g/m2 and 400 g/m². Consistent thickness and thickness, also lint-free, not powdered, tough, and not easy to break at the fold. The above is the introduction of commonly used paper for color printing, in the entire printing family, the paper that can be selected is much more than color printing, and it is also very important to correctly find the paper used for printing.