The primary difference between cover stock and text stock is the thickness of the sheet. Cover stock is thicker and more rigid than text stock. Text stock, on the other hand, is easier to fold.
What’s the difference between cover and text paper?
“Text papers are typically used for the inside pages of books, brochures, annual reports and direct mail pieces. Conversely, cover papers are heavier and typically used for items that require extra protection. Cover paper is used for business cards, folders, hangtags, table tents, calendars, menus and greeting cards.
What does 80lb cover mean?
Cover weight paper is sometimes called cardstock—it’s thicker, stiffer, and feels more like a cardstock. For reference: most postcards are printed in 100 lb cover or thicker (i.e. 14 pt cardstock is thicker than 100 lb cover) 80 lb cover feels like a thin cardstock. 100 lb cover feels more like a “regular” cardstock.
Can you write on gloss text paper?
EDDM – 100# Gloss Cover. Flyers – 100# Gloss Text. Greeting Cards – 12pt C1S (C1S means Coated One Side. The outside of the card is coated so that it has a nice finish but the inside is uncoated so that you can easily write in it)
What is uncoated cover stock?
Uncoated stocks are usually bonds, offsets, cards, newsprint, and a host of others. They are typically porous, and this makes them soak up more substantial quantities of ink. Moreover, uncoated paper stocks do dry faster to the touch of ink, as the ink is mostly absorbed into the porous paper.
What does 90 lb paper weight mean?
Popular Card Stock paper options: It is heavy enough to be used for post cards. Card Stock that is labeled 90 lb index weight would be very similar to a 65 lb cover weight card stock. 80 lb Cover Weight/ 216 gsm card stock is our most commonly used card stock.
What is the difference between gloss text and gloss cover?
A paper labeled “cover” is always going to be thicker than a “text” paper. For example, 100# Gloss Cover is going to be much thicker than 100# Gloss Text. You can also tell the difference in thickness by checking the “point” or “pt” thickness. For example, a 100# Gloss Cover is 9pt while a 100# Gloss Text is 5pt.
What is the difference between text paper and cover stock?
For example, 80# Text paper and 80# Cover paper have the same pound number even though the Cover stock is almost twice as heavy! The metric system in comparison is more straight forward. For example, 80# Text Paper weighs 104 g/m2 while 80# Cover Stock weighs 218 g/m2. The Cover stock is clearly more than twice as heavy as the Text stock.
What is the paper weight of a 60 lb text stock?
Examples: be aware that your paper weight answer might be approximate. lbs to gsm: 60 lb text stock multiplied by 1.5 = 90 gsm. However, 90 gsm is not standard, so the closest paper conversion is to 100 grams per square meter stock.
What is the difference between cardstock and cover stock?
Cover stock and cardstock are both more durable and thicker than regular printer paper, copy paper, or even construction paper. Both also come in a rainbow of about any color you can imagine. Some also have designs printed on them. Cover stock vs cardstock can be used the same way (generally).
What is text stock used for?
Text stocks are used for letters, book pages and fliers. Sometimes, publications use cover stock for the cover and matching text stock for the inside pages.
