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ELMDORF TESTER  Device used to test the tear strength of paper. [tear strength]

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FINISH Generic term for the surface characteristics of a paper. Finishes range from rough to smooth. Additional smoothness can be obtained if paper is supercalendered. Finish is important in getting the correct reproduction of a printed image.

FLATSAM/PANCAKE: Dry-gummed paper which glues when wet.

FOIL PAPER: Metal foil laminated paper.

FOLD MEMORY: Fold in paper which will not straighten out completely.

FORM BOND: Grade of writing/printing paper designed to provide strength and manifolding qualities which are required for business forms. Made from chemical wood and/or methcnical pulp, and generally exhibits good perforating, folding, punching properties etc.

FOURDRINIER: Machine which manufactures most grades of paper. It has three units, the wet end, press section and drying section.

FREE SHEET: Uncoated paper free of mechanical wood pulp.

FURNISH: Class and proportion of materials used in the paper making process.

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GRAIN: Predominant alignment of fibres corresponding to direction in which paper flows on wire screen of papermaking machine.

GRAIN DIRECTION:Paper web - direction in which the cellulose fibres tend to lie relative to the motion of the papermaking machine. Paper has stronger physical properties in machine direction and less dimensional variation if exposed to changes in humidity.

GRAMMAGE: Weight of paper defined in grams per square metre. [g/m2]

GREASEPROOF  Wood pulp paper made translucent by prolongued beating of the pulp.

GREYBOARDS Case boards, mainly produced in Holland, which are of a higher quality than chip boards.

GROUNDWOOD PAPER  Excluding newsprint, any paper which is going to be used for printing or converting and which contains substantional proportions of mechanical pulp.

GUILLOTINE    Paper trimming machine.

GUMMED PAPERS   Paper with adhesive backing which can be supplied already gummed. A general term for label paper finished with an adhesive coating to one side.