Single coated paper is called single art paper in South China, one side is coated to be polished and another side is rough, but also can be printed one color or not so refined colors.Ĭoated papers are divided to single coated papers and double coated papers.

For the purpose of delicate printing, paint coating on the surface of raw material and press polish by supercalender to coated papers. The surface of coated paper is bright, even coating, absorbing ink fastly and have good printability, suitable for exquisite colorful printing. White cardboard need higher stiffness, bursting strength and smoothness.The surface is flat, has no striation and spot, not allowed to have buckling deformation. Whiteness is more than 90%, which is very shining. The whiteness of A grade can ’ t be lower than 92%, the whiteness of B grade can ’ t be lower than 87% and the whiteness of C grade can ’ t be lower than 82%. The white cardboard has high request on whiteness. The main application of white cardboard is business card printing, invitation, envelop, desk calendar, postcard, packaging, etc. White cardboard is one kind of paper with hard stiffness, thick and solid, with big volume usage.It ’ s divided to paper sheet, card paper and paperboard based on ration benchmark. So what ’ s the difference between this two kind papers? White cardboard is with high stiffness and suitable for one-side print the surface of coated paper is smoother and suitable for double-side print. White cardboard is called single art paper(C1S) in South China, coated paper is called double art paper(C2S) and matt coated paper is called matt art paper. White cardboard and coated paper are most used two kinds of papers in printing industry.

C2s artpaper