Acid-Free Paper

Paper is pretty much a big deal. Paper will make up to about 90 percent of your book ingredients. I have spent some time this week learning about paper. I am going to try and explain to you a little about the paper. Hopefully you like it. But if it is boring, it is ok if you fall asleep.

Paper Specs:

Photo Quality
MemoryPress uses silky smooth Mohawk 50/10 because of its polished surface that provides excellent life like photos. It is a highly versatile coated paper that is often chosen for high quality catalogues, annual reports, and premium marketing communications. This means that MemoryPress books look great with text and photos. Mohawk 50/10 is the perfect paper for your Birthday Gift Book.

Green Friendly
MemoryPress is also a responsible choice as we use the only coated paper that has its recycled fiber content verified by Green Seal, an independent third party. 50/10’s Matte and Gloss finishes are manufactured with 15% post consumer waste fiber, which exceeds the Executive Order for recycled coated paper. (click here to learn more about Mohawk and the Environment)

Acid Free & Archival
Have you ever been at a garage sale looking for a good old book? You have probably noticed that most old novels pages have a yellowish and deteriorated look to their pages. If those pages had been acid free this yellowing process would not happen. Acid free means that your paper has been treated with an acid neutralizing solution. Mohawk 50/10 also has an acid free coating that keeps additional acid that comes from the norms of flipping pages with your fingers. 99 percent of papers these days are acid free, but we thought you might like to know what it means.

Your books paper will also be archival quality. This means that your family books will be made of an especially permanent, durable acid-free paper. Archival paper is meant to be used for publications of high legal, historical, or significant value. Such paper must also be approved by the ANSI standards (see Wikipedia for more information on acid free and archival paper).

Paper Weight: 100lb. text = 148 gsm
The weight of metric paper is given in grams per square meter (gsm). The weight of American is given in lb. To say “100lb. text = 148 gsm” is similar to saying “1 inch = 2.54 centimeters”. American vs. Metric (more info on weight). We still can’t understand why we Americans can’t make the switch to metric.

Thickness: .0005 Caliper
Caliper represents the thickness of your paper. The thickness of your paper and the weight are usually unrelated. For example: 80lb. non-gloss paper is actually thicker than 100lb. gloss. This is because the process that your paper goes through to get that glossy look compresses the paper making it thinner. 100lb. glossy paper is more dense and still 20 percent heavier than the 80lb. non gloss.

HP Indigo Certified
HP Indigo Printing Paper has been system-tested and certified for the HP Indigo 5500 press not only through the standard industry channels, but by HP engineers.

The result? A paper that delivers sheet-to-sheet reliability and runnability, a paper that not only exceeds certified industry standards, but meets even higher performance criteria - HP's.

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