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Printing and Publishing Papers

Norpac

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 Product
Code
Brightness Basis Weight GSM Opacity Caliper Sheffield
Smoothness
News Book
Norbrite® Offset 36NBO40 84 36.4# 40# 59.2 92 3.6 115
40NBO42 84 38.1# 42.5# 62.9 93 4.0 135
40NBO45 84 40.9# 45# 66.6 94 4.0 115
45NBO50 84 45.4# 50# 74.0 95 4.5 115
Norbrite® Plus 35NBP35 80 32# 35# 51.8 92 3.5 140
36NBP40 80 36.4# 40# 59.2 93 3.6 105
36NPR40
Recycled
80 36.4# 40# 59.2 93 3.6 120
40NBP42 80 38.1# 42.5# 62.9 94 4.0 135
40NBP45 80 40.9# 45# 66.6 94 4.0 115
45NBP45 80 40.9# 45# 66.6 95 4.5 200
recycled Norbrite® Opaque
w/ 10% PCW
23NOR27 80 24.5# 27# 40.0 83 2.3 65
32NOR35 80 32# 35# 51.8 91 3.2 100
Norbite® 75 0132N75 75 32# 35# 51.8 92 3.5 140

Hi-Brite Printing Grades
Grade Name Product
Code
Brightness Basis Weight GSM Opacity Caliper Parker Print
Smoothness
News Book
Norbrite® 70 0127N70 70 27.7# 30# 45.1 88 2.9 4.5
0132N70 70 32# 35# 52.1 93 3.3 3.75
0134N70 70 34# 37.2# 55.4 94 3.5 3.75
Norbrite® 70
Insert Wrap
60N7045 70 40.9# 45# 66.6 96 6.0 260
Sheffield
Norbrite® 65 0127N65 65 27.7# 30# 45.1 88 2.9 4.4
0130N65 65 30# 33# 48.8 92 3.1 3.9
0132N65 65 32# 35# 52.1 93 3.3 3.75
0134N65 65 34# 37.2# 55.3 94 3.5 3.75
Norbrite® 65
smooth
0127S65 65 27.7# 30# 45.1 88 2.8 3.2
0130S65 65 30# 33# 48.8 92 2.8 3.0

Norbrite Book 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 Product
Code
Brightness Basis
Weight
GSM Opacity PPI
Norbrite® Book 40NBO45 84 45# 66.6 94 500
40R7535 75 35# 51.8 92 500
33N7035 70 35# 51.8 92 606
40N7037 70 37.4# 55.4 92 500
49N7038 70 38# 56.3 94 410
60N7045 70 45# 66.6 96 334
30N6533 65 33# 48.8 90 668
35N6533 65 33# 48.8 91 570
50N6533 65 33# 48.8 90 400
40N6538 65 38# 56.3 94 500
45N6538 65 38# 56.3 94 444
49N6538 65 38# 56.3 94 410
Norbrite® Book Cream 45CGW35 73 35# 51.8 89 444
40CGW40 73 40# 59.2 91 500
45CGW40 73 40# 59.2 91 444
50CGW40 73 40# 59.2 91 400
50CGW45 73 45# 66.6 93 400
Recycled
Norbrite® Book Cream
20% Recycled with 10% PCW
50NBR40 73 40# 59.2 92 400
40NBR45 73 45# 66.6 93 500
50NBR45 73 45# 66.6 93 400
56NBR50 73 50# 74.0 95 360

Novel News / Bulky News Grades
Grade Name Product
Code
Brightness Basis Weight GSM Opacity Caliper Sheffield
Smoothness
News Book
Norbrite®
Novel News
40NBB33 57 30# 33# 48.8 92 4.0 180
45NBB33 57 30# 33# 48.8 92.5 4.5 230
50NBB33 57 30# 33# 48.8 93 5.0 270

Contact NORPAC Customer Service at 800-426-0866 for information on machine trims and cycle frequency.