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Packaging: |
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The paper
and board used for wrapping or packing goods. |
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Paper: |
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Homogenous
sheet of felted cellulose fibers, bound together by interweaving and by
the use of bonding agents and made in a variety of types. |
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Paperstock: |
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Water
slurry of various pulp fibers, dyes, additives and chemicals pumped to
the paper machine for formation into sheets. |
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Papeterie: |
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A
high-grade, soft paper used for personal stationery. |
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Patent
Coated: |
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Paperboard
made and lined with white or colored fibers on a multi-cylinder machine,
possessing a high-surface finish suitable for use in making cartons. |
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Perfect: |
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A term
used to describe the binding process where the signatures of a book are
held together by a flexible adhesive. |
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Perfecting
Press: |
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A
printing press that prints on both sides of the page in a single pass. |
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Picking: |
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Pulling
out paper fibers from the paper surface during printing. It occurs when
the pulling force (tack) of the ink is greater than the strength of the
paper. |
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Pigment: |
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Insoluble
mineral or organic powder used to coat or fill paper. Many pigments are
mineral and inorganic compounds used in coating to give smooth surface
and opacity. |
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Ply: |
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The
number of pieces of paper that make up a multi-layered, pasted or
multi-cylinder-formed paperboard. |
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Porosity: |
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A
measurement of the ability of paper to allow fluids to pass through
paper and paperboard, which is an important factor in ink penetration. |
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Preprint: |
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Linerboard
that was printed and rewound prior to the manufacture of combined board.
It's used to make corrugated boxes with high graphic quality. |
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Printability: |
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Ease with
which paper can be printed to high-quality standards with the least
amount of spoilage. |
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Prohibitive
Materials: |
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As
published by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., any
materials which by their presence in a packing of paper stock, in excess
of the amount allowed, will make the packaging unusable as the grade
specified. Additionally, this includes any materials that may be
damaging to equipment. |
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Pulp: |
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Fibrous
material produced by mechanically or chemically reducing woody plants to
their component parts from which pulp, paper and paperboard sheets are
formed after proper treatment. |
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Pulper: |
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A device
composed of a cylindrical vat in which a rotor separates the fibers and
suspends them in water. |