Gloss Coated Web Offset Paper Grade Comparator

North American Mills, 1999 Version; Alling and Cory/xpedx. Individual paper specifications subject to change by their respective manufacturers.

Grade Brightness

Premium....
No. 1....85+
No. 2....83.0–84.9
No. 3....79.1–82.9
No. 4....73.0–79.0
No. 5....Below 72.9

KEY: RECYCLED; ALL ELSE, FREE SHEETS

Mill

Premium

No. 1

No. 2

No. 3

No. 4

No. 5

Appleton Papers

Utopia One

Utopia Two

Utopia Three

Bowbrite

Bowater

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Sunweb 78

Sunweb
Sunweb 75

Mediaweb

Bowater Gloss
Bowater Gloss

Champion

Preference

Javelin
Landscape

Courtland
Influence

Polaris
Spartan
Capri Hi Brite

Aries
Aries
Capri

Taurus
Taurus

Mainebrite
Maineweb
Textweb

Consolidated

Reflections

Centura

Consow. Brilliant
Consow. Brilliant
Lithoweb

Orion
Orion
Multiweb

Delta Brite
Echo

Surfa
Surfa

Mission
Mission

Consogloss
Concycle
Niagra
Niagra
Inter Lake Gloss

Crown Vintage

Schooner

Montery
Montery

Eddy Specialty

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Bravo

Luna
Resolve

Lighthouse

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Fraser

Fracote
Fracote

Glatfelter

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Premier

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International

Accolade
Accolade

Liberty Hi Brite
Saratoga

PBG-74

Hudson
Adironack

Kruger

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Krucote
Krucote

Mead Coated

Signature
sig-NATURE

Mead Web

Expressions
Northcote Free
Vision

Escanaba
Dependoweb
Dependoweb

PTO

Pacifica

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Pacifica

Pasadena

Pasadena Gloss

Plainwell

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Plainwell Gloss

Evergreen

Silverado

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Potlatch

Potlatch McCoy

Vintage

Northwest

Repap

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Spirit Hi Brite

Spirit

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Econoweb

UPM-Kymmene

Grand Impression
(Groundwood)

Intrepid

Lithoblade

Sappi/Warren

Strobe

Lustro

Aero
Opus

Somerset
Somerset

Belgrade

 m m m

West Linn

Capistrano

Sonoma

Natureweb

Westvaco

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Celesta
Celesta PC

Sterling
Sterling PC
American Eagle

Citation
Citation PC

 m m m m

Weyerhauser

Choctaw
Choctaw

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