Xerox 12 How to Order Paper like a Pro, Usage Guidelines for Xerox Color Copiers and Printers

How to Order Paper like a Pro 21

How paper is categorized – in the USA and Canada . . . . . . . . . 21 Business papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Book papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Speciality materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

How Paper is Measured in Terms of Weights and Sizes . . . . . . . 28 Terms used to describe paper weight . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Ways paper can be ordered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Paper sizes in the USA and Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 International Standards Organization (ISO) paper sizes 30

How to Select the Right Texture/Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Smooth finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Rough finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

How to Specify Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 How to Cut Your Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Ten ways to keep your costs down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Usage Guidelines for Xerox Color Copiers and Printers . . . . . . . . 34

Standard (or Normal) Weight Papers (Uncoated) . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Heavy-Weight Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Coated Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Recycled Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Hole-Punched Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Pressure-Sensitive Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Preprinted Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Single-Step Transfer Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Description and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Hints, tips and testing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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