Printing and Publishing Papers
Today's competitive market requires papers that offer the highest print quality and press performance coupled with lower cost and higher environmental advantage. Our Norbrite® uncoated mechanical grades offer customers the full spectrum of possibilities for printing and publishing.
Our paper grades are available in a wide range of brightness levels specifically designed for high-quality offset printing, such as for inserts, direct mail, educational workbooks, financial statements, manuals, catalogs, and books.
All Norbrite products have a specially treated surface to enhance press performance and improve print quality on both heat-set and cold-set web presses. These grades can be substituted for many free-sheet applications that do not require an extended shelf life.
Your Low-Cost Alternative
When you select Norbrite, you'll see a yield advantage of 5 to 20 percent over uncoated free-sheet products. That's because our thermo mechanical pulp fiber provides a sheet with increased opacity, caliper, and printing area in a lower basis weight when compared to paper made with fiber from the traditional kraft process.
Norbrite Printing Grades
Our printing grades provide superb print quality and crisp color reproduction, while the enhanced surface treatment allows for extended press runs without downtime for wash-ups.
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Super-Brite Printing Grades
| Grade Name | Brightness | Basis Weight | GSM | Opacity | Caliper | Sheffield
Smoothness |
|---|
| News | Book |
|---|
| Norbrite® Offset | 84 | 36.4# | 40# | 59.2 | 92 | 3.6 | 115 |
| 84 | 38.1# | 42.5# | 62.9 | 93 | 4.0 | 135 |
| 84 | 40.9# | 45# | 66.6 | 94 | 4.0 | 115 |
| 84** | 43.2# | 47.5# | 70.3 | 95 | 5.1 | 185 |
| Norbrite® Plus | 80 | 32# | 35# | 52.1 | 92 | 3.5 | 140 |
| 80 | 36.4# | 40# | 59.2 | 93 | 3.6 | 105 |
| 80 | 38.1# | 42.5# | 62.9 | 94 | 4.0 | 135 |
| 80 | 40.9# | 45# | 66.6 | 94 | 4.0 | 115 |
 Norbrite® Opaque* | 80 | 24.5# | 27# | 40.0 | 85 | 2.3 | 65 |
| | 80 | 27.3# | 30# | 44.4 | 91 | 2.7 | 80 |
| | 80 | 32# | 35# | 52.1 | 92 | 3.2 | 100 |
| Norbite® 75 | 75 | 32# | 35# | 52.1 | 92 | 3.5 | 140 |
*Contains 10% PCW ** basis weight subject to 342”- 352” trim and 200 ton accumulation |
Hi-Brite Printing Grades
| Grade Name | Brightness | Basis Weight | GSM | Opacity | Caliper | Parker Print
Smoothness |
|---|
| News | Book |
| Norbrite® 70 | 70 | 32# | 35# | 52.1 | 94 | 3.3 | 3.75 |
| | 70 | 34# | 37.2# | 55.3 | 94 | 3.5 | 3.75 |
| Norbrite® 65 | 65 | 32# | 35# | 52.1 | 94 | 3.3 | 3.75 |
| | 65 | 34# | 37.2# | 55.3 | 94 | 3.5 | 3.75 |
Norbrite Publishing Grades
NORPAC'S state-of-the-art equipment uses precise caliper control to provide publishers and printers with the pages per inch (PPI) they require. Offered in both blue-white and cream shades, Norbrite Book grades can provide a yield advantage of up to 20 percent over standard uncoated free-sheet book grades with comparable PPI. For customers requiring recycled product, we now offer Recycled Norbrite Book Cream with 10 percent post-consumer waste (PCW) and a total of 20 percent recycled fiber.
Book Publishing Grades
| Grade Name | Brightness | Weight | GSM | Opacity | PPI |
|---|
| Norbrite® Book | 84 | 45# | 66.6 | 94 | 500 |
| Norbrite® Book Cream | 73 | 38# | 56.2 | 91 | 410 |
| 73 | 40# | 59.2 | 91 | 400 |
| 73 | 45# | 66.6 | 93 | 400 |
| Recycled Norbrite® Book Cream* | 73 | 45# | 66.6 | 93 | 400 |
| 73 | 50# | 74 | 95 | 360 |
*20% Recycled with 10% PCW
Norbrite Book is run every two weeks except for Book Cream, which is run every four weeks unless the order is 400 tons or more. |
