Bond Paper Basis Weight

These base sizes are used to calculate a paper s basis weight.
Bond paper basis weight. Perfect weight for brochures and presentations. Standard basis weight grammage notice compared grammage. Most often found in your everyday copy machine. 20 pound bond paper 80 pound coated paper and so on size and weight tables however frequently give basis weight per thousand.
Bond book text index bristol and cover. Because the starting base size is not the same between paper types the basis weights do not correspond directly 80 text is much lighter than 80 cover. Generally multipurpose paper used in the office printer. To convert basis weight of a given standard size of paper to grams per square meter multiply its basis weight by 1406 5 and divide the results by the square area of its basic size.
Paper manufactured from the waste paper stream. Each category has a different standard sheet size known as folio or parent sheet paper weight also known as basis weight is measured in pounds per 500 sheets within it s category. If 500 sheets weighs 70 pounds then the basis weight is 70 pounds. The basis weight is defined as the weight of 500 sheets of paper in its basic unit uncut size which means before being cut to letter size or legal size the paper is weighed and categorized.
Text paper also known as offset text paper is thicker than ledger paper but not as thick as a cover paper. Paper is commonly identified using basis weight. Also the most popular business letterhead or stationary weight. Cover paper a card stock or pasteboard paper.
Uncoated plain paper free from impurities. The basic size of book paper is 25 x 38. Paper weights bond paper a light weight stock also known as ledger or writing. It is commonly as 24 lb or 28 lb bond weight.
The basis weight equals the ream 500 sheet weight of the base size hence the term basis weight. Stationery usually has a 70 lb or 80 lb text weight. Also referred to as free sheet recycled. Basis weight the basis weight of a paper is the designated fixed weight of 500 sheets measured in pounds in that paper s basic sheet size.
The weight in pounds of a ream 500 sheets of paper cut to the basic size for a particular grade of paper.