PAPER GLOSSARY

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OCR (Optical Character Recognition) - paper which is specially made for reading machines, having a tight specification on brightness, opacity and smoothness.
 
Offcut - paper of usable size obtained as a by-product when larger sheets or reels are cut down to the size of the order.
 
Opacity - term used to describe the degree to which paper will show print through.