All You Need To Know About Bond Paper

•  Magazine printing:Bond paper is not easy to dust, high color reproduction, good gloss, suitable for printing high-quality magazines, picture books and so on.
• Advertising printing: advertising posters, leaflets need high quality paper, bond paper can meet the demand.
• Boxes: the choice of boxes is an indispensable part of brand promotion. Bond paper is colorful, stable quality, and good transmittance, so it is often used for high-grade goods packaging boxes.
• Cards: Bond paper is commonly used as a raw material for holiday greeting cards, wedding invitations, birthday cards and other supplies that require high-quality paper and exquisite effects.
• Commemorative albums: bond paper is better in terms of color reproduction and image reproduction, so it is often chosen as the printing paper for commemorative albums.

Chemical Wood Pulp or Rag Pulp:

Paper produced from bleached chemical wood pulp or bleached rag pulp, which can also be mixed with some cotton and hemp pulp as raw material. The paper is strong, abrasion-resistant, folding-resistant, with high durability, and with a watermark. Mainly used for printing banknotes, bonds and various documents.

Add a Layer of Coating on The Surface of The Original Paper:

A layer of white coating is applied to the surface of the original paper, which is divided into two types: single-sided and double-sided, and the paper surface is divided into two types: glossy and cloth. The raw paper consists of chemical wood pulp, chemical grass pulp. Mainly used for office, magazine, advertising, card, packaging, etc.

The specifications of bond paper include three main aspects: paper size, grammage and thickness.

Paper size:

bond paper is generally available in several sizes such as large sheet, positive sheet, positive degree and small degree. Among them:

large sheet is the size of the paper is 787mm x 1092mm,

positive sheet is the size of the paper is 640mm x 900mm,

positive degree is the size of the paper is 787mm x 1092mm,

small degree is the size of the paper is 787mm x 540mm.

Grammage:

The gram of bond paper is generally between 80g/m²-400g/m², and different gram are suitable for different printed materials. Generally speaking, the higher the gram, the thicker the paper, and the higher the texture and quality of the printed matter.

Thickness:

The thickness of bond paper is generally between .05mm-.4mm, and different thicknesses are suitable for different prints. Generally speaking, the greater the thickness, the harder the paper, the higher the texture and quality of the printed matter.

The parameters of bond paper mainly include five aspects: whiteness, gloss, smoothness, air permeability and transparency.

Whiteness:

The whiteness of bond paper refers to the degree of whiteness of the paper surface, generally expressed in terms of whiteness value. The higher the whiteness value, the higher the degree of whiteness on the paper surface, the higher the color vividness and contrast of the printed matter.

Glossiness:

Bond paper gloss refers to the degree of gloss on the surface of the paper, generally expressed in terms of gloss value. The higher the value of gloss, the higher the degree of gloss on the surface of the paper, the higher the texture and quality of the printed matter.

Smoothness:

Bond paper smoothness refers to the degree of smoothness of the surface of the paper, generally expressed in terms of smoothness value. The higher the value of smoothness, the higher the degree of smoothness of the paper surface, the better the printing effect of the printed matter.

Air permeability:

Bond paper air permeability refers to the degree of air permeability of the paper surface, generally expressed in air permeability value. The higher the air permeability value, the higher the degree of air permeability of the paper surface, the better the printing effect of the printed matter.

Transparency:

Bond paper transparency refers to the degree of transparency of the paper, generally expressed in terms of transparency value. The higher the value of transparency, the higher the degree of transparency of the paper, the better the transparency of the printed matter.

Printing Requirements:

Different prints have different requirements for bond paper, you need to choose the appropriate bond paper according to the printing requirements. For example, for the requirements of high-quality albums and magazines, you need to choose a higher grammage, thickness, gloss and smoothness of the higher bond paper; for the requirements of high transparency, you need to choose a higher transparency of the bond paper.

Your own requirements:

Choosing the bond paper also need to consider your own requirements, such as budget, printing volume, printing effect. If the budget is limited, you can choose a lower grammage, thickness of smaller bond paper; if the printing volume is larger, you can choose a lower price of bond paper; if you require a better printing effect, you can choose a higher gloss and smoothness of bond paper.

To summarize, choosing the right bond paper for you needs to be determined by the printing requirements and your own requirements. The specifications and parameters of the paper need to be considered comprehensively.

Single-sided Coated Bond Paper:

On single-sided coated bond paper, only one side is treated with a glossy varnish, while the other side is untreated. Single-sided bond paper is usually used for covers, posters, and other printed materials that need to emphasize the front effect.

Double-sided Coated Bond Paper:

Both sides of bond paper are coated with glossy oil to give it a smooth, shiny surface. Double-sided coated bond paper can not only print on both sides, but also minimize ink penetration on the other side, which affects the printing effect on the front side. Both sides of the double-sided coated bond paper is smooth and bright, very suitable for both sides need to print, present high quality printing materials, such as beautiful brochures, albums and so on.

Glossy Bond Paper:

Glossy bond paper has a slightly glossy, smoother, more polished surface, which is able to show the image of the print more clearly. It is suitable for printing that requires strong visual effects, such as posters, leaflets, etc.

Cloth Bond Paper:

Cloth bond paper is pressed with old blankets, which in addition to being flat and high whiteness. This kind of bond paper can be widely used to print pictorials, advertisements, landscape paintings and so on.

With the development of technology, bond paper has developed more types, such as semigloss paper, high gloss paper, matte paper, wood-free paper, light weight paper, classical white paper, classical cream paper, classical embossing paper, and you also have more choices to meet your needs.

Differences in Structure:

There is no coating on the surface of uncoated bond paper, such as newsprint, booklet paper and so on. Coated bond paper has a layer of coating on the surface, the main components are pigments, adhesives, fluorescent lubricants, etc. The treatment can make the paper have very good optical properties and printing effects.

Differences in Applications:

Coated bond paper is generally used for color printing because of  its smooth surface. bond paper without coating layer has many fine pores this porous structure has an effect on the nature of the paper. Differences in air permeability, smoothness, and hygroscopicity can have a bad effect on the bond paper.