Use and standards of office paper

Even in times of modern communication an office can’t do without paper. There is a better exchange of information via paper and consequently it plays an important role in every day office live.

 

Many offices and enterprises waste a huge amount of paper and might waste a lot of expensive special paper for purposes which it is not made for. As for example as scribbling-paper or memos which end up in the paper basket after a few notes. As there are enormous differences concerning the price some paper producers and paper suppliers thought about that theme – and came to a solution.

 

For some time producers of print-out and reprographic paper have been offering the so-called “office paper” in their assortment. This paper is a special sort in this sector. According to its name the paper is specially produced for office supply and, thus, for enterprises. The difference to common paper is that office paper is of less quality than the specialised paper grades. The intended positive effect is that it is definitely cheaper. The saving can be up to 30% according to the price for normal paper, a fact that shows the importance of the economic aspect.

 

Are you in search of products or producers in the field of paper and packages? Just have a look at our B2B catalogue “packages”. There you will certainly find some information about office paper.

 

Apart from that office paper has to meet some important criteria. Amongst other things it has to be applicable for all types of printers, that is for an ink jet printer as well as for a laser printer or the like. Furthermore, it should be usable as reprographic paper without any problems. Specific features like drying capacity or colour absorption should meet minimum requirements. On the average office paper has a thickness of 80g/sqm and 90g/sqm. Concerning the packing, packages between 500 and 1.000 sheets of paper are wrapped. Mostly the demand for this paper grade is relatively high in the office sector.

 

Office paper is represented on the market in various sizes and forms, from white to coloured paper.

 

Like for other paper grades there are certain standards concerning size and form. The DIN EN ISO 216 for example defines the paper format for stationery and reprographic paper. The basic format is the DIN A0 format with the measures 841mm x 1189mm. If you divide this paper lengthwise you get the next smaller format. This phenomenon is repeatable with each format. The most known format is surely the DIN A4 with the extent of 210mm x 297mm.