Effect of Paper Properties in Machine Direction & Cross Direction

Pages:74-77
Anjan Kumar Baral and Komal Sharma (Department of Printing Technology, GJUS & T, Hisar, Haryana)

Paper industry is continuously improving paper quality to meet higher and higher printers demand. But paper properties vary in machine direction and cross direction. So the printers need to go through all paper properties which affect its runnability and printability on printing press in different grain. The behaviour of paper in terms of runnability and printability changes with low to high GSM. This paper reviews various paper properties which are influenced with change in grain direction of the paper. Finally suitable strategies can be adopted which would guideline the printers regarding suitable feeding direction of paper, getting suitable registration and obtaining best print results.