The paper library
Papers
Know your paper before you hit print. Every paper in the range, what it feels like, the weights we print it at, and which products offer it.
Silk
- Surface
- Smooth, coated, low sheen
- Shade
- White
- Weights
- 130gsm, 150gsm, 170gsm, 200gsm, 250gsm, 300gsm, 350gsm, 400gsm, 450gsm
- Pairs with
- Foil and spot UV on some products; ink on all
A coated paper with a smooth, low-sheen surface that holds fine detail and solid colour without glare. Offered from lightweight flyer sheets up to heavy card. The everyday choice across the range.
Available on
- Gig Posters · ink
- Flyers · ink
- Zines & Programmes · takes foil
- Folded Menus & Leaflets · takes foil
- Loyalty Cards · takes foil
- Business Cards · ink
- Custom Business Cards · takes foil
- Custom Flyers · takes foil
- Die-Cut Flyers · ink
- Perfect-Bound Books · takes foil
- Postcards · takes foil
- Invitations · takes foil
- Greetings Cards · takes foil
- Flat Sheets · takes foil
- Certificates · takes foil
- Gift Vouchers · takes foil
Gloss
- Surface
- Smooth, coated, high sheen
- Shade
- Bright white
- Weights
- 130gsm, 170gsm, 250gsm, 300gsm
- Pairs with
- Spot UV on some products; ink on all
A coated paper with a high-sheen surface that makes photographs and saturated colour look their brightest. Offered at flyer, leaflet and booklet weights. Shows fingerprints more readily than silk.
Uncoated
- Surface
- Natural, matt, writable
- Shade
- White
- Weights
- 100gsm, 120gsm, 140gsm, 170gsm, 200gsm, 250gsm, 300gsm, 350gsm, 400gsm
- Pairs with
- Ink only
A paper with no coating, so it has a natural matt surface that is easy to write on. Colour sits a little softer than on a coated sheet. Offered from stationery weights up to heavy card.
Available on
- Flyers · ink
- Zines & Programmes · ink
- Folded Menus & Leaflets · ink
- Loyalty Cards · ink
- Business Cards · ink
- Appointment Cards · ink
- Custom Business Cards · ink
- Custom Flyers · ink
- Die-Cut Flyers · ink
- Perfect-Bound Books · ink
- Letterheads · ink
- Compliment Slips · ink
- Postcards · ink
- Invitations · ink
- Greetings Cards · ink
- Flat Sheets · ink
- Certificates · ink
- Gift Vouchers · ink
Recycled
- Surface
- Natural, matt, uncoated
- Shade
- Soft white
- Weights
- 120gsm, 170gsm, 350gsm
- Pairs with
- Spot UV on some products; ink on all
An uncoated sheet made with recycled fibre, with a natural matt surface and a slightly softer white than a virgin sheet. Writable, with the same soft colour as uncoated. Offered from stationery weights up to heavy card.
Available on
- Folded Menus & Leaflets · takes spot UV
- Recycled Flyers · ink
- Recycled Business Cards · ink
- Custom Business Cards · ink
- Custom Flyers · ink
- Die-Cut Flyers · ink
- Letterheads · ink
- Compliment Slips · ink
- Postcards · ink
- Invitations · ink
- Greetings Cards · ink
- Gift Vouchers · ink
Kraft
- Surface
- Uncoated, fibrous
- Shade
- Natural brown
- Weights
- 350gsm
- Pairs with
- Ink only
An unbleached brown board with visible fibre and a dry, matt surface. Printed colour takes on the brown of the sheet, so designs that rely on the paper showing through work best. Offered as heavy card only.
Splendorgel Avorio
- Made by
- Fedrigoni
- Surface
- Very smooth, velvety, uncoated
- Shade
- Ivory
- Weights
- 300gsm
- Pairs with
- Ink only
An ultra-smooth uncoated board with a velvety feel and a clear, even look-through. The ivory shade warms whites and photographs slightly. Offered as heavy card.
Tintoretto Gesso
- Made by
- Fedrigoni
- Surface
- Felt-marked (hammered) texture, both sides
- Shade
- Gesso white
- Weights
- 300gsm
- Pairs with
- Ink only
A felt-marked uncoated board with a fine hammered texture on both sides that you can feel under the fingers. The texture softens flat colour and gives type a slightly broken edge. Offered as heavy card.
Pearl Oyster
- Made by
- Fedrigoni
- Surface
- Pearlescent, smooth
- Shade
- Warm oyster white
- Weights
- 300gsm
- Pairs with
- Ink only
A pulp-coloured board with a pearlescent surface that shimmers as it moves in the light. The oyster shade is a warm, slightly grey white. Offered as heavy card.
Pearl Polar
- Made by
- Fedrigoni
- Surface
- Pearlescent, smooth
- Shade
- Bright white
- Weights
- 300gsm
- Pairs with
- Ink only
A pulp-coloured board with a pearlescent surface that shimmers as it moves in the light. The polar shade is a cool, bright white. Offered as heavy card.
Photo satin
- Surface
- Satin photo paper
- Shade
- Bright white
- Weights
- 200gsm
- Pairs with
- Ink only
A photographic paper with a satin surface between matt and gloss, made for large-format poster printing. Colour is dense and even with little glare. Offered at poster weights only.
Colour-Core triplex
- Surface
- Three layers bonded, smooth uncoated faces
- Shade
- White faces, coloured core
- Pairs with
- Ink only
A thick board made of three layers bonded together, with a coloured centre layer that shows as a line of colour along every edge. The printed faces are smooth uncoated white. Choose the core colour on the product.