Referred to as "rag paper" due to the pieces of fabric originally used in its manufacture, cotton paper is used to print money. Other non-tree-based products used for paper include grass, straw, and even cotton.Īctually, paper made from cotton fibers is not that unusual. Such plant-based paper as kenaf stock, or hemp stock, can provide interesting textures and colors for your printed products. Synthetic paper can be printed, folded, and die-cut just like a wood-based paper stock. When the menu gets soiled with greasy fingerprints, it can be wiped clean again and again. Yupo would be a good stock for a menu, for instance.
I personally have seen samples of this stock under water in fish tanks.īeyond such exotic uses, this paper not only saves trees but also comes in handy for printed products exposed repeatedly to moisture. Since it is not wood-based paper, the fibers will absorb almost no moisture. Once you have printed your job and the ink has been allowed to dry, the paper can be immersed in water. Yupo is an example of a synthetic paper stock that has an appealing, rubbery feel to it. You will have more success planting this paper if you can print it on a digital press, in spite of the heat and pressure involved in xerography. If you must print the job on an offset press, the blanket and impression roller pressure may crush the seeds and render them unable to germinate. Your print provider will probably need to feed the sheets into the press one at a time, due to the irregularity of their thickness, to avoid paper jams. The stock varies in caliper (thickness), so you may have trouble feeding it into a digital printer (I'd suggest an HP Indigo for this stock). Leave plenty of time for the few vendors who make seeded paper to do their magic. It is hand-made, so your batch will need to be a custom order. You can plant this paper in the ground, and the seeds will germinate. You can actually specify a paper with seeds embedded in the stock. The paper stock comes in a light, medium, heavy, and super heavy thickness. GilClear has been replaced by ClearFold (by Neenah Paper), and this translucent vellum sheet folds well, makes sturdy envelopes, and teases the recipient with a view of the envelope's contents. If you are printing an invitation, for instance, on a unique stock, and you want to give your readers a glimpse of the paper before they open the envelope, consider a translucent paper. You don't need to print all your jobs on opaque white paper.
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