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Any item made partly or entirely out of paper.

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grain direction

Paper products; Printer paper

The direction in which paper fibers are predominantly aligned. Grain is parallel to the direction of the flow on the paper machine. *NOTE - Grain direction should always run ...

grain long

Paper products; Printer paper

A sheet with grain parallel to its longest dimension. Example: 25" X 38" (Note the underscoring to denote the grain dimension). A sheet of paper where the grain direction is in ...

grain short

Paper products; Printer paper

A sheet with grain parallel to its shortest dimension. Example: 38" X 25" (Note the underscoring to denote the grain dimension). A sheet of paper where the grain direction is in ...

grammage

Paper products; Printer paper

This term denotes the weight of paper or board; the measurement used is the weight of a single sheet of one square meter, expressed as gram per square meter (g/m). See basis ...

grams per square meter

Paper products; Printer paper

The gram weight of a hypothetical square meter of a particular type of paper, a good comparative measure because it does not vary with sheet size.

graphic arts

Paper products; Printer paper

In common usage, this includes all components and segments of the printing industry, as well as other industries or media which utilize graphic images.

grater rolls

Paper products; Printer paper

Rollers on a printing press that guide and support the web; used most often on a web that has just had wet ink applied, to prevent tracking; the rollers generally have a rough or ...