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Coated paper (also known as enamel paper, gloss paper, and thin paper) is paper that has been coated by a mixture of materials or a polymer to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight, surface gloss, smoothness, or reduced ink absorbency.
· Coated papers have a smooth clay coating applied over a freesheet or groundwood base paper. The base paper is made first, then put through a "bath" of clay coating or coated while running on a machine, with a blade and calender rollers smoothing out the coating on the paper.
· The clay coating often accounts for as much as half the weight of the paper. (Therefore, 10% postconsumer fiber content in a coated paper may actually equal only 5% of the total sheet.)
· They are particularly valued by many for their crisp, vibrant reproduction of four-color graphics and photographs.
· Coated papers are categorized into grades by their brightness and gloss levels.
· The coating may be finished to a high or dull gloss, or may be matte (not glossy), with other slight variations on these categories.
· "Matte" finish coated papers are chosen for their look, when a gloss coated paper does not convey the context or "feel" that the paper specifier wants to project.
· The coating on matte grades is not slick or shiny, but it is also excellent in reproducing 4-color printing processes.
Coated paper (also known as enamel paper, gloss paper, and thin paper) is paper that has been coated by a mixture of materials or a polymer to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight, surface gloss, smoothness, or reduced ink absorbency.
· Coated papers have a smooth clay coating applied over a freesheet or groundwood base paper. The base paper is made first, then put through a "bath" of clay coating or coated while running on a machine, with a blade and calender rollers smoothing out the coating on the paper.
· The clay coating often accounts for as much as half the weight of the paper. (Therefore, 10% postconsumer fiber content in a coated paper may actually equal only 5% of the total sheet.)
· They are particularly valued by many for their crisp, vibrant reproduction of four-color graphics and photographs.
· Coated papers are categorized into grades by their brightness and gloss levels.
· The coating may be finished to a high or dull gloss, or may be matte (not glossy), with other slight variations on these categories.
· "Matte" finish coated papers are chosen for their look, when a gloss coated paper does not convey the context or "feel" that the paper specifier wants to project.
· The coating on matte grades is not slick or shiny, but it is also excellent in reproducing 4-color printing processes.
