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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Density - What is density?

Definition of DENSITY:

A measure of the weight of paper (and other materials) defined as the mass per unit area. Paper density is a form of area density; where traditional density measures the mass per volume of an object, paper density is calculated using the surface area of a material, usually when that material has been produced or cut to a standard size. Paper density is commonly expressed in grammage, which measures density as grams per square metre.

In labelling, it is important to know the weight of the materials used to make label products and the overall weight of the finished label product as heavier sheets may not feed correctly through some printers.

A ream of A4 paper in a printer tray; the density of paper is the mass per unit area.

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

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