FSC 9310 JCP O-80
CARBONLESS BOND
Miscellaneous Paper February 1, 1999
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Use information: This paragraph is informational only and is not
exclusively definitive of the end use.
For offset printing face and back. Generally for use on multiple
copies of forms, etc.; eliminates the need for carbon paper. Printed
matter includes text, line, and rules.
Stock: Free from groundwood pulp and any polychlorinated biphenyls.
Note: Not less than 30 pct postconsumer fiber. Any percent over 30
percentage points, is encouraged, provided that the requirements of
this Standard are met.
\1\ CB CFB CF
Grammage (g/m\2\)....................... \2\ 55 54 55
Basis weight: 17 by 22 inches, 500 15 14.5 15
sheets (pounds)......................
A tolerance of 5 pct shall
be allowed.
Opacity:\3\ Average, not less than 81 81 81
(percent)..............................
No individual specimen shall average 79 79 79
less than (percent)....................
Thickness:\3\ Average (mm).............. 0.075 0.065 0.070
Equivalent (inch)..................... 0.0030 0.0026 0.0028
A tolerance of 0.011 mm (0.0004 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.
Ruling and writing qualities: Lines ruled and characters written with
ball point and felt tip pens on the face of the CB part shall be clear
cut and free from excessive feathering.
Performance (reproducibility): Each part in a set shall be legible and
the characters can be clearly read when written on the CB part with
pencil, ball point pen, or with any impact typewriter. The images
shall be permanent.
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 79 pct. The color
variation shall not exceed DE(CIELAB)=1.0.
For colored stock, paper shall match one of the established
standards. Standards are blue, buff, green, goldenrod, pink, salmon,
or yellow. Colors shall not fade and shall appear even and uniform on
the surface of the sheet. 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.
Sampling and testing: Shall be conducted in accordance with standards in
Part 2, Government Paper Specification Standards.
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Unless otherwise specified, the following is automatically waived when
printing or duplicating is to be accomplished on commercial contract
Sizing: Paper shall be surface- and internal-sized suitable for
satisfactory printing on both sides of the paper on high-speed offset
presses equipped with continuous flow or brush dampening systems.
Surface: Shall be free from lint, fuzz, or any particles which will
pick, lift, fluff, or pile on the blanket under normal press
conditions. Paper shall lie flat with either no tendency to curl or
with a curl which can be overcome under reasonable working conditions.
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 2 mm (\1/16\
inch) shall be allowed except for sheets 216 by 356 mm (8\1/2\ by 14
inches) or less; then a tolerance of 1 mm (\1/32\ inch)
shall be allowed. Successive sheets within any package shall not
differ from each other by more than 0.5 mm (\1/64\ inch). Paper with
the long dimension 813 mm (32 inches) or less shall be considered
square if the variation does not exceed 1 mm (\1/32\ inch); over
813 mm (32 inches), 2 mm (\1/16\ inch).
Grain: Direction of the grain on flat paper shall be as ordered.
Pressroom conditions: The bulk of this paper will be used in air-
conditioned pressrooms maintained at 24 deg.C 2 deg.C
and 45 pct 8 pct relative humidity.
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\1\ CB=Coated back; CFB=Coated face and back; and CF=Coated face.
Coating contains microscopic capsules of a colorless dye solution.
\2\ For grammages (basis weights), other than the ones listed in
this standard, the following applies: ``Postconsumer fiber, in any
percentage, is encouraged, provided that the requirements of this
Standard are met.'' Should a PC content be desired on grammages other
than the ones listed in this standard, that number will be stated in the
procurement document.
\3\ The opacity and thickness requirements in this standard apply
only for the above grammages.