What is the Basis Weight - What does basis weight mean??

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

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Grammage - What does grammage mean?

Definition of GRAMMAGE:

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/m² 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.

An old fashioned set of scales weighing a small pile of envelopes.

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Label Planet (2020) What does grammage mean? | Grammage Definition. Available at: https://www.labelplanet.co.uk/glossary/grammage/ (Accessed: January 1, 2024).

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