What is the Grammage - What does grammage mean??

A measure of weight grammage is most commonly used to describe the weight of paper although it is often applied to a variety of materials including plastics and fabrics The grammage of a material is defined as the mass per unit area and is expressed as grams per square metre the symbol for grammage is g m but gsm is a commonly used alternative At Label Planet we use grammage to refer to the weight of our sheets of labels and the face and backing materials used to make our products It is important to know the grammage of the materials used to make label products as heavier sheets may not feed correctly through some printers

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Basis Weight - What does basis weight mean?

Definition of BASIS WEIGHT:

A measure of weight; basis weight is a more traditional way of measuring the weight of paper (and other materials) and is commonly used in the US.

Basis weight differs from paper density (and grammage) in that it measures paper density in terms of the weight per unit area of a ream of paper that has been cut to a standard size during the manufacturing process. Basis weight is calculated using the mass of the ream, the number of sheets in that ream, and the paper size (each type of paper that is manufactured has its own (different) definition of both the number of sheets in a ream and the standard size) and is expressed as pounds per ream.

Two reams of paper on a machine for cutting paper. Basis weight is based on the mass of a ream of paper that contains a specific number of sheets cut to a specific size.

Here is the Harvard-style citation to use if you would like to reference this definition of the term basis weight:
Label Planet (2020) What does basis weight mean? | Basis Weight Definition. Available at: https://www.labelplanet.co.uk/glossary/basis-weight/ (Accessed: January 1, 2024).

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