lithograph paper
A paper made for use in lithography. It is
produced from bleached chemical wood pulps, or a
combination of chemical and mechanical pulps. In
England it is produced mainly from ESPARTO (GRASS) . The
principal characteristics required of this paper
relate to the printing process to be used, and
include, water resistance, pick strength, curl
resistance, and the like. Both coated and uncoated
lithograph paper are produced, in basis weights of
45 to 0 pounds (uncoated) and 50 to 100 pounds
(coated) (25 X 38�). Because any stretch
of the sheet to be printed must be along the
narrow dimension, lithograph papers are usually
positioned the narrow way across the printing
press. (11 , 58 )
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