Re: paper wieghts?

[Tony Barnett <artdept@camtech.net.au>]

John Goerger wrote:
>You are right except for one thing, gsm is exactly what it says, grams per 
>square meter. A 500 sheet ream of one square meter paper that had a basis 
>weight of 250gsm  would weigh 125,000 grams or about 275 pounds. The rest 
>of your post was right on :-)

I did the same calculation as well and you're right. It'd be darn heavy 
stock :-)
Our local paper guy confirmed that gsm is exactly that - cut a sheet of 
stock to 1 metre square and weigh it. No allowance for type or quantity. 
Just weigh it. Deliciously simple, eh?

One minor point while on S.I. (Systeme Internationale d'Unites) units, 
meter is a measuring instrument, metre is the unit of length. Retentive 
you say? Yeah, I know ;-)

regards

Tony Barnett

"May the best things in your life become the worst things in your life".
Irish toast

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