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Benefits of Printing on Lightweight Paper XSIS can deliver high speed Xerox printers that will run very light paper -- paper as light as 13# bond (49 gsm). If you mail lengthy documents or publish bulky documentation, you can capitalize on the advantages of using bond that is lighter and thinner than "standard" xerographic paper. The XSIS solution enables lightweight bond to achieve print speeds and throughput comparable to the most popular weight paper. Lightweight bond, which can be printed simplex or duplex, is similar in appearance to standard bond so it's easily substituted. The result: you can support additional applications, or realize huge cost savings on current applications. You can still run other paper, including "standard" xerographic paper (20# bond in the United States, or 80 gsm paper in most other countries), for those applications where postage and document thickness are not important. Postage, however, represents a major expense in every industry that communicates with customers, clients or patients by mail. Mailing costs can be cut dramatically by using lightweight paper that is 13# - 16# in basis weight (49 - 60 gsm). Lighter paper can keep a multi-page document from crossing a weight boundary which would otherwise force the document up to the next higher postage rate, or up several rate steps for bigger documents. Postage savings of 20% - 37% are typical! (Click here to see examples.) In many cases, the postal savings alone may be enough to justify the purchase of a Xerox high speed printer that is capable of running lightweight paper, even if you expect to run regular stocks part of the time. Bulky manuals, books and reports represent another class of documents that benefit from lightweight paper. Since the thickness (caliper) of each sheet is less than the caliper of standard weight paper, the finished document is thinner. For example, the bulking range for xerographic 20# bond varies, but an average figure is 440 PPI (pages per inch, printed). The comparable figure for 13# bond is 670 PPI (printed). This means that books of equal length are over 30% thinner if printed on 13# bond, and 35% lighter so they're easier to hold and handle. Conversely, loose-leaf binders (or perfect-bound books with identical spine measurements) will hold more sheets if printed on 13# bond. This difference in bulking also means that a signature booklet produced in-line on a high speed Xerox printer can be 22 sheets (instead of 16 sheets, the recommended number for 20# paper on the Xerox Signature Booklet Maker). Thinner sheets mean that you can print multi-part forms with more plies, too. To learn more about applications for lightweight paper, follow the links below. Contracts and Remittance Advices:
Forms: Books and Journals: Directories: Manuals and Handbooks (industrial): Reports: If you have applications for light/thin paper not listed above, please contact XSIS directly for more solutions and options. |
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