Tom’s Tip – Looks Good On Paper…But Which Paper?

Schneider Electric uses paper products in numerous ways every day. Marketing material like brochures or hand-outs, training material or O&M’s, in-house meetings, customer-facing products, post cards, business cards, etc. they all use specific paper to accomplish their intended function properly.  Let's take a look a the common paper we use.

20# Paper – This paper is most likely what is in your printer in the office. We stock this is 8.5 x 11" and 11 x 17" sizes. This paper is a low-cost option and is great for in-house meeting hand-outs, binders of training material, binders of O&M’s, instruction bulletins, etc. We can print your copies unbound, stapled, three-hole punched, saddle-stitched, etc.

28# Paper – This paper is slightly heavier than 20# paper and has a more polished look and feel to it. It’s a good paper to use for customer-facing items like mass-mailings and select training material. We also use this regularly for glue bound and coil jobs.

80# Paper – We stock two types of this paper – a heavier card stock and a text stock. The glossy look of this paper makes it ideal for brochures and trade show hand-outs. Brochures will have the heavier card stock on the outside with the text stock on the inside. If you want to product to have a ‘slick’ paper look, this is the paper you need.

110# Paper – This is the heaviest stock we carry. This paper is used on business cards or an project you need printed on a heavy card stock type of paper.

Specialty Paper and Items – We also carry a few specialty items. One paper is used for variable data printing that includes digital cards and 30 mil plastic cards that perfect for punching and attaching to a lanyard.  We also stock a variety of colored paper and can special order paper for your job, as well.