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Old 03-17-2007, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by James Pierson
I needed to know the same a while ago. I looked at some cardstock my wife was making B-day cards out of and the only info I could see was the number 110. I know it cannot be .110
so it must be .0110 which seems about right as a best guess .

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Actually, no...

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Originally Posted by MSC Print n Copy
The weight value is the weight in pounds of a ream of 500 sheets in the basic size of a paper's grade. For example, if 500 sheets of 17x22 "bond" paper (having a basic size of 17x22 inches which can be easily cut to provide four 8.5x11 sheets or two 11x17 sheets) weighs 20 pounds, it is referred to as #20 bond paper. Different grades of paper may have different basic sizes.



That paper is called "index", and it's base size sheet is 25.5" x 30.5". So, 500 sheets of this is a ream, and it weighs 110 pounds.
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