Paper production

Paper production

Paper manufacturing and production terms.

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Wire mark

Printing & publishing; Paper

On the bottom or wire side of the paper, these are impressed traces of the machine wire.

Dry-end

Printing & publishing; Paper

On the paper machine, it is the section where the dryers, cutters, slitters and reels are located.

Wire side

Printing & publishing; Paper

Opposite of felt side, this is the side of the paper that was against the wire during manufacture. A watermark will read backward from this side of the sheet.

Grain short

Printing & publishing; Paper

Opposite of grain long. Grain of the paper runs at the right angles to the longest dimension of the sheet. fibre alignment in grain short paper parallels the sheet's shortest dimension.

Trimmed four sides (T4S)

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper that has been guillotine trimmed on all four sides.

Label paper

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper coated on one side, used for labelling applications.

Stocking merchant

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper distributor that stocks in his own warehouse facilities enough paper to immediately fill anticipated orders in the market. This eliminates the delay of ordering from the paper manufacturer, ...