On Sunday, July 10, 2016 08:33:37 PM David Wright wrote: > BTW I do find American paper weights about as obfuscated as anything. > I think you need to serve an apprenticeship in printing to have a clue. > There'a website http://okpaper.com/calculators/lbs-to-gsm that claims > to do the conversion. Type in 20 lbs and it spits out > GSM text 29.6 > GSM cover 54.16 > They're not seriously telling me that the standard US paper weight > (20lbs) comes out at those gsm values. 80gsm is standard, and if you > buy 70gsm at cheap stores, there's a fair chance it'll misfeed in the > printer. 60gsm comes in writing tablets and would be hopeless in any > machine. (I haven't a clue what "text" and "cover" mean.) > Of course, the fundamental problem with the American system is 20 lbs > of what? Yes, paper; but how much?
From a quick google search: <quote> What does 20 lb paper mean? | Yahoo Answers https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid... Jun 4, 2008 - Best Answer: "Paper weight refers to the weight of a 500-sheet ream of 17" x 22" paper. Each of these sheets is equivalent to four letter size ... </quote>
