House of Card & Paper A4 White Card 180gsm x 50 Sheets Per Pack A4 (297 x210mm) HCP370

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Take note, though, that the GSM you should choose will highly depend on your application while the paper’s finish will greatly affect the design. Again, there are paper weights that are more suitable for photocopying or office printing. You should not use the same GSM for printing marketing materials like booklets and posters if you want to achieve the best quality. Professionals calculate fabric GSM by using a special swatch cutter that snips out circles in exactly 1/100th of a meter. This tool is often just called a GSM Cutter.

Understanding the GSM of bath towel fabric helps you find towels with extra softness and absorbency. Of course, other factors, like the type of material used in the towel, can also impact this. For instance, cotton fivers offer more softness and absorbency than polyester fibers. Cotton is one of the most popular materials used for everything from clothing to bath towels, so you have to expect a lot of variation in the weight and density of these products! While there is some slight overlap depending on the kind of fabric, in general, fabric with a GSM of over 350 falls into the heavyweight category. This includes canvas, some kinds of brocades, most upholstery fabric, and most outdoor use fabric. function removeAskQuestionLink(){elById("askmedo").innerHTML="",elById("askmedo").style.display="none",elById("askmedo").style.visibility="hidden",hideQuestionForm()} You will also be able to take advantage of our selection of GSM (grams per square metre), ranging between 100 and 300gsm. This makes our collection of A4 paper card ideal for use in any prestigious event, from wedding invitations to business cards.

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As a leader in craft supplies, we understand the importance of making sure when it comes to finding the correct paper for your needs, and it may take some serious consideration. For this reason, we will explore what GSM is in paper and card and why it is important. function closeDownImage(){x =document.getElementById('imageloader');x.innerHTML='';x.style.visibility='hidden';x.style.display='none';y = document.getElementById('imageloaderouter');y.style.visibility='hidden';y.style.display='none';} Our selection of A4 paper & A4 card comes available in a wide array of textures and patterns, such as pearlised, metallic and nettuno. function expandHamburgerMenu(){x=elById("hammenu");y=elById("restorer");ywidth=parseInt(y.style.width);xwidth=parseInt(x.style.width);xwidth+=5;ywidth=100-xwidth;x.style.width=xwidth+"%";y.style.width=ywidth+"%";if(x.style.width=="70%"){}else{setTimeout(function(){expandHamburgerMenu();},1);}}So, the difference between our 300gsm Cheap Business Cards and our 400gsm Premium Business Cards is simply, the weight of the card. Similarly, a 120gsm letterhead is bulkier than a 90gsm letterhead. A heavier card or piece of paper contributes to a more premium feel and lasting effect with your customers. Remember that GSM is not the same thing as a thread count. The thread count of a piece of fabric tells you how many vertical and horizontal threads fit within one square inch of the material. Grams per square meter describe the weight of the cloth, but thread count helps you understand the softness of the hand, or the feel, of the fabric.

Card with a weight higher than 300gsm is classed as a heavyweight card and is usually used for business cards and card inserts. For example, our range of pearlised card, often used for this purpose, is 300gsm. Thin, lightweight travel or gym towels typically have a GSM of just 300 to 400 GSM. TO give you an idea of how this feels, many fuzzy kitchen towels often have this meager GSM!

Paper weights go as low as 40gsm for tracing paper and the optimum for most laser printers is 80gsm general-purpose printing paper. General users don’t worry about GSM limitations as they mostly print standard documents using the 80gsm reams of paper, which is recommended. Unfortunately, there is no perfect GSM for high-class clothing! Every type of clothing uses its own preferred type of fabric and can come in a range of GSM weights within that category. to 160gsm - This range of paper weights are most commonly used for leaflets and promotional flyers such as posters found plastered down the local high street and those low cost door-door leaflets or flyers found in newspapers. They are slightly more durable than the papers of lesser weights however still affordable for advertising purposes. This is usually the lightest paper you can buy and is predominantly used for tissue paper and toilet rolls. Using the recommended paper weight has a good impact on a printer and quality of the final print job. The effects of not doing so range from bad quality prints to printer damage. High on the list of issues is “paper jam”, which then evolves into multiple other issues with varying error codes and messages on your printer. Below are some examples of the maximum GSM recommended for the most common printing scenarios.

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Also, most wool suiting materials will range in weight from 300 GSM to around 350 GSM. You can think of these as winter fabrics or heavier fabrics. Fabric GSM Chart