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Any item made partly or entirely out of paper.

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double coated

Paper products; Printer paper

A sheet that has been coated twice on the same side. Sometimes incorrectly confused with a sheet coated on both sides.

crash sequence

Paper products; Printer paper

Also called straight sequence; in a multi-ply business form, the usable sequence of the individual plies; the term crash comes from crash numbering or printing, whereby all parts ...

creep

Paper products; Printer paper

In offset lithography, the forward movement (or stretch) of a printing blanket during printing. This can result in "doubling. Can also apply to the movement of the packing under ...

crepe paper

Paper products; Printer paper

Low-basis weight paper made from sulfite, sulfate or mechanical pulp and given a crinkly finish by crowding the web sheet over a roll with a doctor blade.

deckle

Paper products; Printer paper

A term sometimes used to refer to the wet end width of a paper machine. In paper making, the width of the wet sheet as it comes off the wire.

deckle edge

Paper products; Printer paper

The feathery edge which is the result of the natural run-off of wet pulp when making handmade and mould made paper, or the result of sheets being torn when wet. The edge is ...