Bible paper

Thin paper, also known as Bible paper or bible paper, wood-free and is a very thin, glued paper. It is opaque ( high opacity ), and weighs between 25 and 60 g / m². Compared to the papers with 90 to 120 g / m² commonly used for letterpress printing decrease. Due to the use of Bible paper weight and thickness of a book by one-half to three-quarters

History and production

Thin paper was first used in the late 19th century for the Bible pressure; from this is derived the name " Bible paper " and " Bible paper " her.

It is made from rags and bleached kraft pulp.

Use

Thin paper is used mainly for the production of extensive books that are intended to be very difficult not very thick.

Mainly it is used for the production of Bibles and reference works extensive; Moreover, it is used for hymn books, magazines, brochures, advertising material and promotional materials.

Because of its smaller thickness the paper presents greater demands on the printing presses used for printing ( paper feed ) and the inks used ( avoiding the strike-through ).

Bible paper is also ideal as a cigarette paper. So manifests as a convict in Brendan Behan 's autobiographical Borstal Boy plant the view that the Bible is the best book that he got to read in pre-trial detention - until he came to the judge that he had been through the entire first book of Moses smoked.