Index Regulations.pdf

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JCP K10 — INDEX; WHITE AND COLORS

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Use information: This paragraph is informational only and is not exclusively definitive of the end use. For face and back offset printing of index cards, identification cards, office forms, notices, posters, covers, etc., requiring execution with pen and ink, erasing quality and above average permanence. Printed matter may include text, line illustrations, halftones and solid reverses.

Stock: Groundwood pulp not to exceed 1%.

Note: Not less than 10% post-consumer fiber. Any percent over 10 percentage points is encouraged provided that the requirements of this Standard are met.

Basis weight: 25½ by 30½ inches, 500 sheets (pounds) 90 110 140 170

A tolerance of ±5% shall be allowed.

Acidity: pH value average not less than 6.5 for white paper and 5.0 for colors

Bursting strength: Average not less than (lb/in²) 40 50 60 75

Tearing strength: Average each direction not less than (grams) 40 55 70 80

Thickness: Average (mils) 7.4 9.0 11.5 13.5

A tolerance of ±0.0005 inch shall be allowed. Paper shall be uniform and shall not vary more than 0.0004 inch from edge to edge.

Ruling and writing quality: Lines ruled and characters written with ball point and felt tip pens shall be clear and free from excessive feathering.

Erasing quality: Paper shall retain good ruling, writing, typing quality, texture, and surface appearance without ink spreading after repeated erasure.

Testing: Shall be conducted in accordance with methods in Government Paper Specification Standards Part 2.

The acceptance criteria in Part 4 shall apply except as noted above.

Color: For a tight color match, designate a “precision” match in the solicitation. If no designation is specified, the “regular” acceptance criteria will be applied in judging the acceptability of the color match between the standard and the supplied paper stock for hue, chroma, and saturation.

¹ Contact the GPO for availability of these colors: blue, buff, green, pink, salmon or yellow. Exact matches to these color standards are available in mill run quantities.

General appearance: Paper shall conform to the standard sample(s) established by the Government.

Brightness: The white paper shall target no less than 88% or as specified.

Color¹: The paper in the order (or publication) shall be uniform and the color variation shall not exceed

DE (CIELAB) = 1.0.

For colored stock, paper shall match one of the established color standards in Part 3 or match a color sample supplied by the ordering agency. Colors shall not fade or transfer (rub off) and shall appear even and uniform on the surface of the sheet. The sheet shall not be 2-sided.

Finish and formation: Shall be uniform.

Cleanliness: The dirt count for each side of the paper shall not exceed 650 specks per square meter.

No sample sheet (8½ x 11” in size) shall contain more than one defect with equivalent area of 0.25mm² or greater.

Option

Alkaline paper: This option is for products requiring above average permanence. Replace the properties in the basic standard above with the ones below.

Stock: 100% bleached chemical wood pulp.

Note: Not less than 10% post-consumer fiber. Any percent over 10 percentage points is encouraged provided that the requirements of this Standard are met.

Acidity: pH value by cold extraction shall be not less than 7.0. The paper shall contain not less than 2% calcium carbonate.

Note: Any deviation in this requirement is sufficient cause for rejection of the paper.

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JCP K20 — 25% COTTON INDEX; WHITE AND COLORS

Index Paper — FSC 9310

Use information: This paragraph is informational only and is not exclusively definitive of the end use. For high quality face and back offset printing of card indexes, identification cards, office forms, notices, posters, covers, etc., requiring execution with pen and ink, erasing quality and above average permanence. Printed matter may include text, line illustrations, halftones and solid reverses.

Stock: Not less than 25% cotton or linen fibers; the remainder bleached chemical wood pulp.

Note¹: Not less than 10% post-consumer fiber. Any percent over 10 percentage points is encouraged, provided that the requirements of this Standard are met.

Basis weight: 25½ by 30½ inches 500 sheets (pounds) 90 110 140 170

A tolerance of ±5% shall be allowed.

Acidity: pH value shall average not less than 7.0

Bursting strength: Average not less than (lb/in²) 40 65 85 100

Thickness: Average (mils) 7.4 9.0 11.5 13.8

A tolerance of ±0.0005 inch shall be allowed for the 90, 110 and 140 pound stock and ±0.0008 inch for the 170 pound stock. Paper shall be uniform and shall not vary more than 0.0004 inch from edge to edge.

Ruling and writing quality: Lines ruled and characters written with ball point and felt tip pens shall be clear and free from excessive feathering.

Erasing quality: Paper shall retain good ruling, writing, and typing quality, texture, and surface appearance, without ink spreading after repeated erasure.

Testing: Shall be conducted in accordance with methods in Government Paper Specification Standards Part 2.

The acceptance criteria in Part 4 shall apply.

¹ Unless the cotton/linen fibers used in the manufacture of this paper were recovered from an item used by the consumer, the cotton/linen fibers are not a post-consumer recovered fiber.

General appearance: Paper shall conform to the standard sample(s) established by the Government.

Brightness: The white paper shall target not less than 88% or as specified.

Color: The paper in the order (or publication) shall be uniform and the color variation shall not exceed DE

(CIELAB) = 1.0.

For colored stock, paper shall match one of the established color standards in Part 3 or match a color sample supplied by the ordering agency. Colors shall not fade or transfer (rub off) and shall appear even and uniform on the surface of the sheet. The sheet shall not be 2-sided.

Finish and formation: Shall be uniform.

Cleanliness: The dirt count for each side of the paper shall not exceed 250 specks per square meter.

No sample sheet (8½ x 11” in size) shall contain more than one defect with equivalent area of 0.25mm² or greater.

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JCP K30 —100% COTTON INDEX; CREAM WHITE

Index Paper — FSC 9310

Use information: This paragraph is informational only and is not exclusively definitive of the end use. For high quality face and back offset printing of card indexes, identification cards, office forms, notices, posters, covers, etc., requiring execution with pen and ink, erasing quality and above average permanence. Printed matter may include text, line illustrations, halftones and solid reverses. A mill run grade.

Stock: 100% cotton or linen fibers.

No fluorescent (optical) brighteners shall be added to the pulp or paper during manufacture. Fluorescence, due to residual white water, broke, or natural fibers, is permissible; provided the increase in reflectance, measured with and without the ultraviolet component of a light source of 3100 Kelvin in combination with a C.I.E. (International Commission on Illumination) Z (blue) filter, does not exceed 2.0%.

Note¹: Post-consumer recovered in fiber in any percentage is encouraged, provided that the requirements of this Standard are met.

Basis weight: 25½ by 30½ inches 500 sheets (pounds) 125

A tolerance of ±5% shall be allowed.

Acidity: pH value shall average not less than 6.5

Bursting strength: Average not less than (lb/in²) 100

Thickness: Average (mils) 10.0

A tolerance of ±0.0005 inch shall be allowed. Paper shall be uniform and shall not vary more than 0.0004 inch from edge to edge.

Testing: Shall be conducted in accordance with methods in Government Paper Specification Standards Part 2.

The acceptance criteria Part 4 shall apply.

¹ The grade is 100% recycled with the 100% cotton/linen fiber content. Unless the cotton/linen fibers used in the manufacture of the paper were recovered from an item used by the consumer, the cotton/linen fibers are not a post-consumer recovered fiber.

Ruling and writing quality: Lines ruled and characters written with ball point and felt tip pens shall be clear and free from excessive feathering.

Erasing quality: Paper shall retain good ruling, writing, and typing quality, texture, and surface appearance, without ink spreading after repeated erasure.

General appearance: Paper shall conform to the standard sample(s) established by the Government.

Brightness: Shall target 60% or as specified.

Color: The paper in the order (or publication) shall be uniform and the color variation shall not exceed DE

(CIELAB) = 1.0.

Formation: Shall be uniform.

Cleanliness: The dirt count for each side of the paper shall not exceed 250 specks per square meter.

No sample sheet (8½ x 11” in size) shall contain more than one defect with equivalent area of 0.25mm² or greater.