Rationale

The intent of this revision is to add common paperboard terms related to 1) surface treatments (coatings), printing, and converting equipment. Examples of sub terms for coated paper and coating include: functional coatings - clay, color, water resistant, MVTR , and gas barriers. 2) Types of coatings including: wax, PE, emulsion 3) converting equipment: laminator, singleface laminator, corrugator, FFG, slotter, and die cutters – platen and rotary, 4) printing: flexography, lithography, direct 1. Scope 1.1 The terms in this standard are related to paper and paper products (interpret to include converting). 2. Intent is to avoid redundancy with D996.