There are a lot of ways to refine your printing products and make them even more valuable. For example with printing varnishes and special colour or other refining options as a unique feature. In this article, we would like to show you how to make your Flyers, Business cards and other products stand out of the crowd even more with premium papers. Here you will learn what premium papers are, which kind print24 offers and where you could use them!
- What are premium papers and what makes them special?
- Different kinds of premium papers from print24
- Special: Luxecore for Business cards
1. What are premium papers and what makes them special?
At print24.com, many printing products are available with high-quality papers. These are offset papers with exclusive properties that are ideal for high-quality office equipment, for example.
Premium papers
- Chamois, bright white, ribbed, linen
- different grammages, e.g. 100 gsm or 300 gsm
- for Letterheads, Flyers, Calendars, Compliment slips, Envelopes, Postcards and Business cards
- SPECIAL: Luxecore
Depending on the type of premium paper, they provide an extraordinary feel – as, for example, with a ribbed surface – and an attractive appearance, as is the case with the bright white paper, for example. They are also suitable for reprinting and writing.
Grammage: The paper thickness
The grammage is the basis weight of the paper. It is expressed in grams per square meter, hence the designation gsm. The higher the weight per square meter, the stronger and more stable the paper. For high-quality printing products, a higher grammage is therefore recommended.
Depending on the product, the premium papers from print24.com are available with grammages between 100 gsm (printer-suitable) and 350 gsm. You can find an overview of the possible uses of paper with different thicknesses in this table:
| Grammage | Use |
|---|---|
| 80–100 gsm | For photocopies and simple prints. |
| 110–120 gsm | For your own business equipment, for example stationery, but also Brochures. |
| 130–170 gsm | For Flyers, inside pages of Books or Posters. |
| 170–200 gsm | For covers of Brochures, high-quality Posters and Calendars. |
| 200–250 gsm | For Postcards, Invitation cards and Greeting cards. |
| 300–400 gsm | For Business cards, strong Folded cards with creasing. |
| > 400 gsm | For extra strong Business cards, Postcards or Job application folders. |
Please note that these are indicative values. If necessary, a different grammage may also be suitable for your particular printing product.
CIE: The degree of whiteness
CIE, which stands for “Commission internationale de l‘ éclairage”, is a method of measuring the whiteness, often also known as brightness. The usual values are between 55 for newspapers – also known as „press white“ – and up to 180, which means that the higher the grade, the whiter the paper. For dazzling white results, we recommend our premium bright white paper at print24 – it has a degree of whiteness of 162% ± 4% CIE.
Opacity: The light-tightness
Opacity is especially important when printing on both sides of your product. The higher the opacity, the less translucent the paper is. Accordingly, a paper with 100% opacity does not allow any light to shine through. In such a case, even the print on the back of the paper would not shine through at all on the front. The light impermeability depends on the thickness of the paper and the degree of whiteness.
2. Different kinds of premium papers from print24
At print24.com, in addition to the classic coated art papers and offset papers, many products are available with four different noble papers in two grammages each. For Business cards, the extraordinary Luxecore version with a colour core is also available. We would like to introduce you to these special papers here!
Premium chamois
Depending on the printing product, print24.com offers you a chamois paper with 100 gsm (printer-suitable) or 300 gsm. Thus, for example, certificates can be created.
Premium bright white
Letterheads with premium bright white paper makes a particularly valuable impression and gives business mail a professional and at the same time high-quality appearance.
Premium ribbed
For example, give away Business cards with the 350 gsm paper and make a professional impression on your customers or business partners when handing them over.
Premium linen
Business cards with linen paper are particularly elegant and well-received by business partners. However, the premium linen paper from print24.com is also ideal for documents or other special occasions.
3. Special: Luxecore for Business cards
A special feature available on print24.com is its so-called Luxecore. This allows you to create exclusive Business cards, but Flyers and Postcards are also available with Luxecore. The special feature of this paper is the colour core in red, blue or black as well as well as its 750 gsm weight, which gives your products an enormous stability and an impressive feel.
The Luxecore models are of course also available with the already introduced premium papers. For example, you can choose between Luxecore Chamois, Luxecore Ribbed, Luxecore Bright White and Luxecore Linen. This way, high-quality printing products can be highlighted twice – once with the elegant Luxecore colour core and at the same time with the special properties of premium papers!
The red core corresponds to a HKS 15N, while the blue core corresponds to a HKS 46N. More information can be found in our blog article about Luxecore products!
