This specification describes the minimum requirements to ensure performance of cut-sized white watermarked and unwatermarked office papers, including bond, reprographic, and laser printer papers. This specification covers virgin, recycled, and recycled content paper products. The paper shall be in accordance with reasonable industry practice with regard to texture, formation, finish, caliper, lint, dust, slime spots, wrinkles, folds, and scuff marks. The functional requirements for which the papers shall be tested on and consequently adhere to are weight per unit area, opacity, bursting strength, thickness, Sheffield smoothness, moisture content, extract pH, and nominal sheet dimensions (length and width). Grades of brightness and standards for labeling are described as well.

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1. Scope

1.1 This specification describes minimum requirements to ensure performance of cut-sized white office papers, including bond, reprographic, and laser printer papers. Grades of brightness and standards for labeling are described.

1.2 This specification covers virgin, recycled, and recycled content paper products (X1.2).

Note 1—There is currently no similar or equivalent ISO standard.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D585 Practice for Sampling and Accepting a Single Lot of Paper, Paperboard, Fiberboard, and Related Product

D644 Test Method for Moisture Content of Paper and Paperboard by Oven Drying

D646 Test Method for Grammage of Paper and Paperboard (Mass Per Unit Area)

D685 Practice for Conditioning Paper and Paper Products for Testing

D774/D774M Test Method for Bursting Strength of Paper

D1030 Test Method for Fiber Analysis of Paper and Paperboard

D1968 Terminology Relating to Paper and Paper Products

D5625 Test Method for Measuring Length, Width, and Squareness of Sheeted Paper and Paper Products

D6789 Test Method for Accelerated Light Aging of Printing and Writing Paper by Xenon-Arc Exposure Apparatus

Keywords

bond paper; cut size paper; laser printer paper; recycled content paper; recycled fiber; recycled paper; reprographic paper; Copy materials/products--office; Copy materials/products--specifications; Cut-sized papers; Duplicator paper; Electrostatic copier--specifications; Laser printers; Mimeo paper; Paper--specifications; Recycled fiber content; Virgin fiber content; Xerographic paper; Bond papers--specifications;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 85.080 (Paper products); 85.080.10 (Office paper)

Citing ASTM Standards

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