Re: Paper thickness, price, and the Stylus 740

[Ernst Dinkla <ernst@dinkla.demon.nl>]

In <URL:news:lokaal.epson> on Fri 02 Jul, John Goerger wrote:

> Gsm is the way most people specify "grams per square meter" in emails.
> It is a little difficult if not impossible with some email programs to
> insert a super script 2, as in gmsÓ, I'm not even sure if that is the
> right way to type it, Its been so long since I've used it. 
> Most Inkjet Coaters use the BOND measurment when specifying a weight in
> pounds. This is beacause, like us, most of them were or still are diazo
> coaters. Diazo (blueprint) paper uses the bond basis, so most of us
> stuck with the bond weight basis. IMHO gsm is far superior because it is
> constant, a gram is a gram is a gram and a meter is a meter is a meter.

Normally I would use gr/mÓ or g/mÓ, this is the way you will find it
used in Dutch paper catalogues. I adopted gsm when I saw it used in this
mailing list.

I have no illusions about the USA and UK etc. ever adopting a true
metric system like the printing world will ever adopt metric typography.
There's no reason why they shouldn't but some masochist mechanism in
society itself.

Ernst
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Ernst Dinkla  Serigrafie,Zeefdruk            The point will never be metric

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