8 Common Book Printing Papers

#Kraft paper

Kraft paper has high strength and is usually yellow brown in color. Half bleached or fully bleached cowhide pulp appears light brown, cream colored, or white. It is a tough and water resistant packaging paper, with a brown color and a wide range of uses. It is commonly used to make paper bags, envelopes, workbooks, record covers, files, and sandpaper.

#Coated paper

Coated paper, also known as printing coated paper. Apply a layer of white paint on the surface of the original paper, which is processed by super calendering. It is divided into two types: single sided and double sided, and the paper surface is divided into two types: glossy surface and cloth pattern. The surface of the paper is smooth, with high whiteness and excellent ink absorption performance. Mainly used for offset and gravure fine screen printing, such as high-end picture albums, almanacs, books and magazines, etc. The disadvantage is that the powder is prone to sticking and falling off when exposed to moisture, and cannot be stored for a long time.

#White cardboard

White cardboard is generally divided into blue and white single sided copper coated cardboard, white background copper coated cardboard, and gray background copper coated cardboard. White cardboard is a type of white cardboard made of thick, sturdy, and high-quality wood pulp. It is processed by pressing or embossing and is mainly used as a printing substrate for packaging and decoration. It is mainly used for printing business cards, passengers, certificates, trademarks, and packaging and decoration.




#Light coated paper

Light weight coated paper, also known as light coated paper, low weight coated paper, or LWC paper. A new type of processed printing paper. It has the advantages of high quality, low cost, high added value, and adaptability to fast transfer printing. It is mainly used for printing journals, advertisements, product catalogs, etc.

#Sulfuric acid paper

Sulfuric acid paper, also known as plate making sulfuric acid transfer paper, is mainly used in the printing plate making industry. It has the characteristics of pure paper, high strength, good transparency, non deformation, sun resistance, high temperature resistance, anti-aging, etc., and is widely used in manual drawing, pen walking/inkjet CAD plotters, engineering electrostatic copying, laser printing, art printing, archival records, etc.

#Pearlescent paper

Pearlescent paper has a very smooth surface, thick thickness, strong reflection, and a pearl luster. The composition of pearlescent paper is the same as that of ordinary whiteboard paper, which consists of three parts: bottom fiber, filler, and surface coating. Unlike ordinary whiteboard paper, there are particles in the surface coating that form a pearlescent effect. Suitable for a wide range of purposes such as high-end art albums, books and magazines, exquisite packaging, packaging boxes, greeting cards, hanging tags, etc.

#Powder coated paper

Matte paper, officially known as matte coated paper, is a type of paper. When viewed in sunlight, matte paper does not reflect much light compared to coated paper. Although the patterns printed on it are not as brightly colored as coated paper, the patterns are more delicate and high-end than coated paper. The areas where the colors are printed also have the same degree of reflection as coated paper.

#Daolin paper

Daolin paper has small elasticity, uniform absorption of ink, good smoothness, tight and opaque texture, good whiteness, and strong water resistance. Therefore, it is recommended to use film type offset printing ink and high-quality lead printing ink. Suitable for printing single or multi-color book covers, main text, inserts, Western newspaper maps, promotional materials, colored trademarks, and various packaging materials.