On Sunday, July 10, 2016 08:33:37 PM David
Wright wrote:
> BTW I do find American paper weights
about as obfuscated as anything.
> I think you need to serve an
apprenticeship in printing to have a clue.
> There'a website
http://okpaper.com/calculators/lbs-to-gsm that claims
> to do the conversion. Type in 20 lbs and
it spits out
> GSM text 29.6
> GSM cover 54.16
> They're not seriously telling me that
the standard US paper weight
> (20lbs) comes out at those gsm values.
80gsm is standard, and if you
> buy 70gsm at cheap stores, there's a
fair chance it'll misfeed in the
> printer. 60gsm comes in writing tablets
and would be hopeless in any
> machine. (I haven't a clue what "text"
and "cover" mean.)
> Of course, the fundamental problem with
the American system is 20 lbs
> of what? Yes, paper; but how much?
From a quick google search:
<quote>
What does 20 lb paper mean? |
Yahoo Answers
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...
Jun 4, 2008 - Best Answer: "Paper weight refers to the weight
of a 500-sheet ream of 17" x 22" paper. Each of these sheets is
equivalent to four letter size ...
</quote>
I've seen several places where this definition is shown, so it must
be correct. If you Google