• What are the major types of Paperboards available ?
• Are paperboards dimensionally unstable ?
• Does a glossy board surface ensures glossy print ?
• What is the difference between whiteness and brightness ?

What are the major types of Paperboards available ?

The broad classification of boards and their construction is given here.

White line Chip Boards (WLC, GD3) Double Coat
Double Coat
Top layer (Chemical Pulp)
Filler Layer (Recycled Pulp)
Bottom Layer (Recycled White or Grey Pulp)

Folding Box Boards (Manilla GC2 or White back GC1)
Double Coat
Top layer (Chemical Pulp)
Filler Layer (Mechanical Pulp)
Bottom Layer (Chemical Pulp)

Solid Bleached Boards (SBS, GZ)
Double Coat
Top layer (Chemical Pulp)
Filler Layer (Chemical Pulp)
Bottom Layer (Chemical Pulp)

Cast Coated Boards (GGZ, White back GG1 and Manilla Back GG2)
Single Coat (Heavy and Glossy)
Top layer (Chemical Pulp)
Filler Layer (Chemical Or Mechanical Pulp)
Bottom Layer (Chemical Pulp) or Bottom Layer (Recycled pulp)

Uncoated Boards (Triplex)
Single Coat (Heavy and Glossy)
Top layer (Chemical Pulp)
Filler Layer (Chemical Or Mechanical Pulp)
Bottom Layer (Chemical Pulp) or Bottom Layer (Recycled pulp)

Does a glossy board surface ensures glossy print ?

Though a glossy boards surface helps to give a glossy print but it does not ensure a glossy print. More than the glossy surface the ink hold out of a substrate, roughness and the kind of ink used, and the press parameters play important role in print gloss.

What is the difference between whiteness and brightness ?

Brightness measures the reflectance of light at a wavelength of 457 nm from a paperboard surface. Whiteness is a composite term used to define the visual impact of near white surface by means of a single