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B0 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 1000x1414 mm or 39.37x55.67 inches or 2835x4008 points (widthxheight) |
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B1 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 707x1000 mm or 27.83x39.37 inches or 2004x2835 points (widthxheight) |
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B2 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 500x707 mm or 19.69x27.83 inches or 1417x2004 points (widthxheight) |
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B3 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 353x500 mm or 13.90x19.69 inches or 1001x1417 points (widthxheight) |
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B4 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 250x353 mm or 9.84x13.90 inches or 709x1001 points (widthxheight) |
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B5 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 176x250 mm or 6.93x9.84 inches or 499x709 points (widthxheight) |
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B6 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 125x176 mm or 4.92x6.93 inches or 354x499 points (widthxheight) |
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B7 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 88x125 mm or 3.46x4.92 inches or 249x354 points (widthxheight) |
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B8 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 62x88 mm or 2.44x3.46 inches or 176x249 points (widthxheight) |
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B9 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 44x62 mm or 1.73x2.44 inches or 125x176 points (widthxheight) |
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B10 |
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An ISO 'B' series paper size - 31x44 mm or 1.22x1.73 inches or 88x125 points (widthxheight) |
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Back |
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Marks left in a sheet of handmade paper, which has been dried over ropes. |
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Back Lining |
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The fixing of a material, either paper or cloth, to the back of a book before it is bound. |
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Back-To-Back |
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Print applied to both sides of a sheet of paper. |
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Backing Up |
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Printing the reverse side of a sheet already printed on one side. |
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Backlining Paper |
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Smooth finish, hard-sized paper varying in thickness from .009 to .011 of an inch. |
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Backwater |
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The water, which passes through the forming fabric during paper formation. It contains dissolved or suspended matter such as fines, filler, etc. |
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Bagasse |
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The matter left over after extracting sugar from sugarcane. |
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Bagasse Pulp |
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Pulp obtained by chemical means from bagasse, the residue after extracting the juice from sugar cane.
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Baking |
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A term given to the procedure of drying coatings on paper surface. |
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Bale |
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Solid, compressed stack of pulp or paper sheets |
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Baling Plant |
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Part of a pulp mill where pulp sheets are converted into bales. |
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Bamboo |
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A grass yielding fibers used for papermaking. |
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Bamboo Pulp |
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Pulp obtained by chemical means from the stems of bamboo, a type of grass common to Asiatic countries. |
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Banding (Strapping) |
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Steel, plastic, fiber or other bands used to secure or protect rolls, sheets, loads, etc. |
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Bank Note Paper |
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An age-resistant paper, suitable for 4-colour printing, with watermark and falsification safeguards such as embedded metal strip. Often containing cotton fibers. |
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Bank Paper |
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A thin, uncoated paper used for making carbon copies. |
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Bark Steam Boiler |
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A boiler that burns mainly bark and other biofuels to produce steam. |
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Bark Waste |
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A main source of energy for pulp mills. The tree stem is debarked before chipping, the bark is recovered and burnt at a steam power plant. |
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Barn Doors |
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A device with two sets of thin metal doors (horizontal and vertical) placed before a light source to control the direction of light. |
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Barograph Paper |
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A thin paper coated on one side with a white wax, so that the needle of the barograph leaves a red line on a white ground. |
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Barrier Coat |
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A coating that is applied onto the non-printing side of paper to increase the opacity of the paper. |
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Baryta Paper |
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A coated stock (barium sulfate compound) used for text impressions on typesetting machines. |
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Base Board |
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Board intended for coating, laminating, etc. |
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Base Paper |
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Paper intended for further processing, e.g. Coating or lamination. |
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Base Stock |
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Paper that will be further processed as in coating or laminating. |
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Basic Size |
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Specific, standard sheet size from which the basis weight of a given grade is determined. |
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Basis Weight |
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Weight per 500 sheets of paper (one ream) of different paper grades weighed by their designated basic sheet size. |
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Bast Fibers |
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The long strong fibers from the inner bark of woody plants such as kozo, mitsumata, and gampi, also the outer layer of plants such as flax, hemp, and jute. The fiber is stripped and beaten in order to separate the fibers to make paper. The longer the fiber, the stronger the paper. |
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Batch Cooking |
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The method of cooking sulphate pulp in several batch digesters. |
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Batik |
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A method of treating fabric or paper with wax before dyeing, so the treated area does not pick up color. |
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BCTMP |
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Bleached Chemi-Thermo Mechanical Pulping. |
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Beatability |
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The ease with which pulp can be beaten to achieve the desired properties |
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Beater |
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Large, longitudinally partitioned vat used to mix and mechanically work pulp with other ingredients such as additives and color to make paper. |
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Beater Additive |
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Starch, gum, or resin added to the papermaking stock in the beater to improve the utilitarian quality of the paper. |
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Beater Colored |
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A method of dyeing paper stock by adding coloring to the pulp in the beater. |
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Beater Roll |
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Cylinder or drum set with knives set against a bedplate to cut up rags in a beater trough. |
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Beating |
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Mechanical treatment of fibers to increase surface area, flexibility and promote bonding when dried. |
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Bending Chip |
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Paperboards using a recovered paper furnish to make folding cartons. |
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Bending Stiffness |
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Bending stiffness represents the capability of paper/board to resist the forces responsible for bending action. It also indicates the capability of paper to support its own weight while clamped in cantilever form. |
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Beta Radiography |
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Beta radiography is a technique using beta rays to measure thickness, moisture, density, and basis weight etc of paper. |
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BF |
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An abbreviation for boldface, used to determine where boldface copy is to be used. |
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Bible Paper |
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A thin and strong paper (opaque) with high filler content, used for bibles and books. It is used in deluxe productions such as bibles, dictionaries and high-quality publicity productions. |
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Binder |
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Materials, which cause coating pigments to bond. The most frequently used binder is starch, but synthetic binders are also used to give improved performance. |
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Binder Migration |
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A coated paper defect where specks give a grainy or textured appearance to the coated surface. |
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Binder's Board |
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A heavy paperboard with a cloth covering that is used for hardback binding of books. |
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Biocide |
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A chemical such as fungicide or a bactericide used in papermaking. |
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Biodegradable |
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Organic materials such as food and paper that are broken down by microorganisms into simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, water, or minerals. |
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Bioenergy |
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Energy generated from renewable biomass e.g. Plants and plant components |
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Biofuels |
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Renewable fuels for example from wood and bark. |
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Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) |
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A measure of the amount of oxygen needed by aquatic organisms to break down degradable organic matter present in effluent. The higher the amount of decomposable material, the higher the BOD value. |
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Biological Waste Water Treatment |
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A method of cleaning up wastewater using living microorganisms such as bacteria. |
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Biosludge |
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Sludge formed in the aeration basin during biological waste water treatment or other biological treatment process |
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Bisulfate Pulp |
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Pulp made by the bisulfate cooking process using bisulfate cooking liquor. |
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Bisulphite Pulp, Sulphite Pulp |
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Chemical pulp produced by cooking chips in a solution of sulphur dioxide and ammonium-, calcium-, sodium- or magnesium-sulphite |
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Black Liquor |
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A mixture of spent cooking chemicals and dissolved wood material remaining after pulping. Black liquor is concentrated by evaporation, and burnt in the recovery boiler to regenerate the cooking chemicals and also produce energy for the mill. |
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Black Photo Paper |
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A black paper used to protect photosensitive materials. |
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Black Printer |
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Refers to the film portion of the color separation process that prints black; increases the contrast of neutral tones. |
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Blackening |
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Defect associated with calendered paper where local areas of paper are apparently darker or greyer color due to the paper being too damp when passed through the calender. |
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Blade Coated Paper |
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Paper coated by a process in which the freshly applied coating film is smoothed and the excess removed by a thin, flexible metal blade. |
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Blade Coating |
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A widely used coating method in which excess coating color is scraped off by a blade |
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Blade Mark |
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Caused by a foreign piece of material caught under the coating blade, resulting in a scratch or streak that causes the paper surface to appear less opaque under a low angle light. Also known as a blade scratch or blade streak. |
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Blanc Fixe |
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Precipitated or artificial barium solution. |
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Blank Book Paper |
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Bond, writing, news manila writing. Grade depends upon the purpose for which the blank book will be used. |
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Blanket |
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A surface material (rubber) covering the printing cylinder that transfers the ink from the plate to the paper. |
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Blanket-To-Blanket |
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A printing method in which a sheet of paper is passed through two blanket cylinders and is printed on both sides. |
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Blanks |
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Heavyweight paperboard that range from 15 points to 48 points in thickness. Can be coated, uncoated, or colored. |