Square meter weight
In printing, the weight per square meter , grammage or grammage is the weight per unit area of paper or generally printable materials such as foils or textiles , expressed in grams per square meter . A distinction is made between the following types of paper, depending on the weight:
Weight in g / m² | designation |
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until | 25Tissue paper |
25 to | 60Thin paper |
80 to 120 | common factory printing paper |
150 to 250 | Half carton |
250 to 600 | carton |
from 600 | cardboard |
literature
- Birgit Althaus: The book dictionary: reference work for book makers and book lovers. Area, Erfstadt 2004, ISBN 3-89996-256-7 , pp. 152, 231 f.