Types of paper

Paper types depending on usage

Printing and writing paper

As the name implies, they are in daily use in schools and offices. They are the papers used for printing books, magazines and printed matter in general and, also, for the manufacture of notebooks, blocks etc.

Types of paper

News print
These are the papers on which newspapers are circulated every day the country.

Sanitary paper
They are used in the bathrooms and kitchens of our homes: toilet paper, napkins, absorbent towels, disposable papers.

Wrapping paper
It is the paper used in the packaging of packages, in general, in the commerce, etc.

 Corrugated paper or cardboard

They are used in the manufacture of boxes with which general, fruits, wines etc. Other roles Special papers are carbon paper, parchment paper, paper money, etc.

Kraft

Made from long fiber pulp. Generally, they are verges and calandrados, to achieve regularity and brightness on one side.

Offset

Very or very bleached or bleached, manufactured with a high percentage of chemical pulp. They are papers with a surface treatment. Papers with special treatments They can be waxed, coated with polyethylene, aluminium etc.

Coated

They are papers coated with mineral particles. They are:
• Light Coated: Coated with a single layer. They can be brilliant or frosts.

• Industrial Coated: Papers in which one or more layers of coating. They can be shiny, semi-deep or frosted. These last two are coated on both sides, while the former can be coated on one or both sides.

• Coated Arte: Papers to which 3 coating layers apply. They present a more regular finish than the industrial Coated. They can be bright and semi-precious

Coated High Brightness: Papers to which a high layer of coating, which dries by contact with a large cylinder extremely bright, which gives them this same property.

Carbonless

They are those in which, instead of pigments and binders, micro capsules are applied, containing dyes inside, which will give paper the ownership of power coloring other papers that come into contact with the micro capsules.

Thermal

Papers coated with heat-sensitive pigments, which give them the they can be printed in contact with a source of heat.

Paper types depending on raw materials

Virgin Fibers

It is obtained directly from the wood, treating it with chemical processes.

Recovered Fibers

Obtained from papers that were previously used for some other use.

Other vegetable fibers

These are papers in which other types of non-wood fibers are used, such as flax, cotton or hemp.

Synthetic papers

They are those "papers" made from synthetic fibers or industrial chemical treatment. Its use can be justified, when it is intended technical features that cannot be classic.