Multi-purpose paper

The main task of the paper industry is still to serve the printing factory. However, with the emergence of new printing processes and communication technologies, the papermaking industry is also facing many challenges. While satisfying the needs of old customers, it is also exploring new product markets.

The two main development trends of the printing industry are the increase in the demand for color prints and the application of various technologies in the printing industry. Such as fast copiers, inkjet printers and digital color printing machines. Color printing and electronic printing require new skills and new materials. For the job, the final quality and customer satisfaction with the job depend largely on the type of paper used. According to this situation, paper makers are developing products that adapt to new technologies and market requirements.

When paper mills consider the fast and small commercial printing market, they often think of non-coated sheet-fed papers, which have a wide range of products. From the 8.5*11" to 11*17" size "day paper" for copying to the very fine texture. In the printing market, these papers are often copied quickly by offset printing. In addition, although customers may wish to print heads using offset printing methods, in general, they only output the printed content through a laser printer or copier.

Due to the different requirements of paper for different printing processes, paper manufacturers have developed multi-purpose papers to suit various printing needs. PaperOne, like Champion International, is such a paper.

With the popularity of the Internet, the use of the Internet for paper order has been widely used by many companies.



Colored question

Small print shops still use mainly non-coated papers, which are printed with relatively advanced inks. If the paper will be printed using offset printing, the color of the print will appear dull. This is mainly due to the high rate of absorption of the paper and the diffusion of ink in the paper fibers. This situation will cause the printing process to be smooth and overprint problems.

The solution is of course to use coated paper. The absorptivity of the coated paper is low, so the color ink does not change the performance of the paper, and the dots in the printing process are also more stable. If coated paper is used, the printer will need to specifically order this particular size of paper. Of course, in the fast-printing market, the amount of coated paper is small, so the degree of standardization of this paper is not as high as that of color copy paper.

The product needed for color copying is toner instead of ink. So for color copying, the whiteness of the paper has a great influence on the color. Moreover, the toner is not absorbed by the paper like the ink, and the printing paper is not as smooth as the coated paper. However, in color copying, the paper must be able to pass through a tortuous pass path and be able to withstand the necessary heat without becoming brittle and variable black.

Demand for coated paper in electrostatic printing and color copying is increasing, but the demand is not so great. Most coated papers cannot be used normally on color copiers and high-speed black-and-white copiers.

Hammermill introduces DocuGloss's new product. This paper is a gloss coated text paper. The purpose of this paper is to adapt to the needs of color copiers. However, DocuGloss Paper is not a long time to launch, so it can not be said that it can meet the printing requirements If DocuGloss is successful, other papermakers may start to see the market.

Another method of printing color jobs is data color printers, like the Indigo or Xeikon series, but they have special requirements for paper. Xeikon uses web paper and Xeikon equipment's ink is toner, so the contact of the toner with the paper surface is much like a color copier. Indigo presses use liquid ink, so they are better combined with coated paper.



Large format application

In most cases, paper manufacturers believe that the relative size of the two devices is very small. Therefore, the concern for large-format inkjet printing is another aspect. The price of large-format inkjet printers has dropped, which is conducive to the popularity of such printers.

Hammermill has a large-format paper called Panorama, which is mainly aimed at image production companies. The width of this paper is 30-50 inches and is available in paint, non-paint, and fabric types. Because paper traders often deal with designers, they also develop some compelling and complex improvements. For fast printers, the most useful of these materials is the header material. These materials can be various forms of paper to represent the corporate image. These include: letterheads, envelopes, business cards, notepads, and more.

In short, most printers are shifting to color copying so that papermakers' products will provide them with more aspects in terms of color performance.