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Short-grained paper
Printing & publishing; Paper
Paper in which the predominant fibre orientation is parallel to the shortest sheet dimension.
Interleaves
Printing & publishing; Paper
Paper inserted between sheets as they come off the printing press to prevent transfer of wet ink from one to the other. Also, accessory sheets between parts in a form.
Slip sheets
Printing & publishing; Paper
Paper inserted between sheets as they come off the printing press to prevent transfer of wet ink from one to the other. Also, accessory sheets between parts in a form.
Recycled paper
Printing & publishing; Paper
Paper made from old paper pulp; used paper is cooked in chemicals and reduced back to pulp, after it is deinked.
Long grain
Printing & publishing; Paper
Paper made with the machine direction in the longest sheet dimension.
Commercial match
Printing & publishing; Paper
Paper manufactured to within acceptable tolerances of a sample provided to the mill.
