FSC 7530 JCP O-63
PLAIN COPIER, XEROGRAPHIC, LASER PRINTER,
Miscellaneous Paper February 1, 1999
WHITE AND COLORED
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Use information: This paragraph is informational only and is not
exclusively definitive of the end use.
For use in laser printers, high speed, plain paper copiers and
xerographic equipment as specified.
Stock: Groundwood pulp, not to exceed 1 pct.
Note: \1\ Not less than 30 pct postconsumer fiber material. Any
percent over 30 percentage points, is encouraged, provided that the
requirements of this Standard are met.
Absolute moisture: Average (percent)......... 4.5
A tolerance of 0.5 percentage point shall be allowed.
Grammage (g/m\2\)............................ 75 90 105
Basis weight: 17 by 22 inches, 500 sheets 20 24 28
(pounds)....................................
A tolerance of 5 pct shall be
allowed.
Tearing strength: Average, each direction, 350 370 400
not less than (mN)
Equivalent (grams)......................... 36 38 41
Opacity: Average, not less than (percent).... 90 92 93
No individual specimen shall average less 88 90 91
than (percent)..............................
Thickness: Average, not less than (mm)....... 0.095 0.105 0.120
Equivalent (inch).......................... 0.0037 0.0041 0.0047
A tolerance of 0.008 mm (0.0003 inch) shall be allowed.
Paper shall be uniform and shall not vary more than 0.011 mm (0.0004
inch) from one edge to the other.
Curl: Paper shall lie flat before and after processing through a high
speed copier or laser printer with either no tendency to curl or with
a curl which can be overcome under reasonable working conditions.
Ruling and writing qualities: Lines ruled and characters written with
ball point and felt tip pens shall be clear cut and free from
excessive feathering.
Surface: Shall be free from lint, fuzz, wrinkles, waviness, folds,
holes, tears, and other detrimental defects.
Size and trim: Sheets: Paper shall be furnished in the size(s) ordered
and shall be flat, trimmed square on four sides with clean smooth
edges, and evenly jogged. A tolerance of 1 mm (\1/32\
inch) shall be allowed for sheets 216 by 356 mm (8\1/2\ by 14 inches)
or less. Successive sheets within any package shall not differ from
each other by more than 1 mm (\1/32\ inch). Paper shall be considered
square if the variation does not exceed 1 mm (\1/32\ inch).
Grain: Direction of the grain on flat paper shall be as ordered.
General appearance: Paper shall conform to the standard sample(s)
adopted by the Government.
Color: The paper in the order (or publication) shall be uniform with a
target brightness of the white paper not less than 83 pct. The color
variation shall not exceed DE(CIELAB)=1.0.
For colored stock, paper shall match one of the established
standards or as specified. Standards are blue, buff, green, pink,
salmon, or yellow. Colors shall be pulp-dyed. When a match to a
Government color standard has not been specified, the commercial
standards for these colors or white are applicable. Color coordinates
for selected standards are included in Part 3.
Finish and formation: Shall be uniform.
Cleanliness: The dirt count for each side of the paper shall not
exceed 650 specks per square meter. No sample sheet (600 to 650 cm\2\
in size) shall contain more than one defect with an equivalent area of
0.25 mm\2\ or greater.
Performance: Shipments of any qualified product shall perform
satisfactorily on laser printers and high speed xerographic equipment.
There shall not be more than one paper-caused-jam or one document with
unacceptable image quality due to the paper per 50,000 continuous-copy
run at atmospheric conditions of 21 5.5 deg.C and 50
20 pct relative humidity.
Sampling and testing: Shall be conducted in accordance with standards in
Part 2, Government Paper Specification Standards. The precision
requirements of the acceptance criteria (Part 4) shall apply.
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\1\ This requirement may be waived by the ordering agency when
purchasing less than a mill run quantity and so stated in the
procurement document.