RE: I give up - what does gsm mean?

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OK, you must be right. Despite what my reference book clearly states. 
However, it is over 20 years old... perhaps the standard was new then (at 
least in the US).

Mark Swinkels had this to say:

>Paper must be heavier than you think (or grams smaller than you think).
>One American dollar bill weighs about 1g. Its about 100 sq cm or that is to
>say there are 100 of them in a sq meter. Therefore dollars are made of 100
>gsm paper. QED
>
>-- Mark
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Max Heim [mailto:mvheim@studiolimage.com]
>Sent: January 20, 2000 3:24 PM
>To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
>Subject: RE: I give up - what does gsm mean?
>
>
>Mark Swinkels had this to say:
>
>>Is grammage different from GSM? Otherwise I think the reference to 500
>>sheets in the grammage number description is wrong, I believe GSM refers to
>>the weight of just one sheet of paper a meter square.
>>
>>-- Mark
>>
>No, they are the same. But think about it -- is a single sheet of paper 1 
>meter square ever likely to weigh 100 grams? I don't think so, unless 
>it's made of gold leaf. Presumably that's why they measure 500 sheets 
>(one ream) -- so they get solid integer numbers, not fractions of a gram. 
>Not to mention that the ream is the standard unit for selling and 
>shipping paper, as well.
>
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