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	What is the meaning of the term brightness of a paper?
	How bright is pulp from which paper is made?
	What is the brightest pigment used in papermaking?
	What is the difference between the terms ink receptivity and ink absorption?
	What benefits does calcium carbonate contribute of the quality of paper and to the coating formation?
	Piling is a complaint about paper that is sometimes heard. Is " Piling " peculiar to coated or uncoated papers?
	Why does linting occasionally occur during the printing of paper?
	Can you describe the forms in which picking occurs on paper?
	What is meant by the term "grainy edge" ?
	What are the prime characteristics printers expect?
	What is the difference between warm weather and cold weather complaints involving paper?
	Can paper be made dimensionally stable?
	What is the significance of the folding test?
	What is the significance of the tearing test?
	What is meant by pH?
	What is meant by the ash content of paper?
	What is the difference between density and porosity?
	What is the difference between the terms "levelness" and "smoothness" when applied to paper surfaces?
	Does the basis weight and thickness of paper vary with moisture content?
	What has happened to a sheet of paper to cause it to have "tight" edges?
	Are the fibres of paper in roll as susceptible to atmospheric change as when paper is in sheet from?
	What are some of the problem areas of paper in rolls?
	Paper has two sides-wire and felt. Which of the two sides is more responsive to humidity changes?
	What is the effect of press moisture on paper being lithographed?
	How can I make any tests to determine the moisture resistance of papers I use?
	High tensile is a quality of paper printed in rolls. Is tensile strength ever an important character in paper printed from sheets?
	Do atmospheric conditions have a bearing on the ease of printing?
	How do printers reach their decision to condition paper about to be processed?
	Is it true that paper surfaces alter shades of printing inks?
	Can ink color-matching be greatly affected by paper?
	Does the color of paper or the whiteness of paper affect the final result in printing?
	It is true that lithographers encounter dusting conditions more often when running uncoated papers against the grain than with the grain?
	Are papers that are coated or " pigmentized, " or papers that contain unusually large percentages of fillers in their formation, more or lease susceptible to stretching and shrinking?
	Why is so much emphasis placed on square-trimming of paper by the printer?
	Printers are sensitive to trimming of papers they use. If and when trimming is fuzzy, will with-grain or cross-grain edges of cutting lifts be uniformly trimmed? If "no"-which edge, grain wise or cross-grain, will be sharpest trimmed?
	What are the principle reasons for specifying "grain long" when ordering paper for offset lithography?
	What are the principle differences between offset papers made for printing in sheet from and those made for printing in rolls?

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