What the Printer Should Know About Paper

Paper is the most expensive material used in a printing plant, so if you don't know enough about paper, you could lose money on every job you print. Learn everything from properties applicable to printability, runnability, and end use to paper handling and protection, paper conversion tables and formulas, and more.

Paper...the most expensive material used in a printing plant! If you don't know enough about paper, you could lose money on every job you print. Solving a paper-related problem, or at least identifying its cause, is a skill that can save the printer money and time. This third edition includes coverage of paper manufacture and recycling; paper properties as they apply to printability, runnability, and end use; paper requirements by product and printing process; paper handling and protection, including air conditioning; paper problems; ordering and specifying paper; and paper conversion tables and formulas.