Card stock (also called cover stock or pasteboard) is a paper stock that is thicker and more durable than normal writing or printing paper, but thinner and more flexible than other forms of paperboard. Card stock is often used for postcards, playing cards, catalog covers, scrapbooking, and other uses which require higher durability than regular paper. The texture is usually smooth, but can be textured, metallic, or glossy.
Card stock thickness is often described by pound weight. Pound weight is the weight of 500, 20" by 26" sheets. This differs from how text stock is determined, which assumes 500, 25" by 38" sheets. Most countries use the term grammage to describe the weight of the paper in grams per square meter. The term card stock is used to describe paper with weights from 135gsm to 300gsm |
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Paperboard is material with a higher thickness than paper, usually over 0.25 mm or 10 points or grammage over 150 g/cm². It can be either single or multi-ply and is most often used in packaging and graphic printing. It is sturdier than paper but is thinner than corrugated board.
Paperboard is widely used in today’s society and is used to package many popular items, most notably food products and cigarette packaging. It can be easily cut and formed, is lightweight, and is strong; paperboard is popular in many industries as a packaging option. See also cardboard which is a generic, non-specific, lay term used to refer to any heavy paper pulp based board.
In 1817, the first paperboard carton was produced in England. Folding carton first emerged around the 1860’s and was shipped flat to save space, ready to be set up by customers when they were required.
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