Knowledge / Prints / Print Substrates / Kinds

Print Substrate Kind: summary of the different intended styls of print substrates

Paper Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embossed on paper

Native Paper: rough, voluminous paper without surface handling

White Paper: during the manufacturing process bleached paper

Imbued Paper: during the manufacturing process coloured paper (front and back are always in the same colour)

Coloured Paper: paper web with coated or printed surface colour on one or two sides (front and reverse can have the same colour)

Handmade Paper: by hand produced paper

Machinemade Paper: by machine automatically produced paper

Pulp Paper: paper made from chemical open up wood

Parchment Paper: brittle, hard, transparent, greyish paper

Rag Paper: paper made from old textiles
(e. g. cotton)

Wood-pulp Paper: low-grade paper which can contain small pices of wood

Wood-free Paper: paper without
small pices of wood

Laid Paper: paper with a fine grill

Cloudy Paper: paper with an uneven dispersal of the inherent parts

Granite Paper: paper with during the manufacturing process added coloured silk fibres

Silk Thread Paper: paper with during the manufacturing process added coloured silk thread to prevent forgeries

Paper With Watermark: paper with during the manufacturing process pressed in design to prevent forgeries

Thin Paper: paper with a low
grammage (paper weight)

Thick Paper: paper with a large
grammage (paper weight)

Cardboard: very thick stiff paper with a area-related mass over 150 g/m²

Transparent Paper: very thin, transparent paper with visible design print from reverse

Plain Paper: paper without surface texture

Rough Paper: paper with an uneven
surface texture

Satin Paper: high processed paper with a mechanical smoothed surface

Chalky Papier: paper with chalk-like sub-stances on one or two sides of the surface
(e. g. casein, kaolin or chalk)

Linen Paper: thicker paper with a fine quadrille structure

Toilet Tissue: soft, absorbent paper hold together with an embossing

Japanese Tissue Paper: thick, stiff, tough long fibre paper

Aluminium Stamp: postage stamp printed on with aluminium foil coated paper

Postage stamp printed on with felt coated aluminium-plastic-combination (ski top)

Felt Stamp: postage stamp printed on with felt coated paper or plastic foil

Fabric Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embroidered on fabric

Embroidered Silhouette Stamp: fabric stamp with freeform embroidered shape

Glass Stamp: postage stamp made
of glass with reverse print

Gold Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embossed on with gold foil coated paper

the gold foil on this postage stamp is used as memory for a hologram

Gold Coin Stamp: round postage stamp printed and embossed on gold foil

Gold Panel Stamp: embossed postage stamp on a 1 millimeter thick gold plate

Rubber Stamp: postage stamp with a relief-like design made of rubber with laser engraving

Wood Stamp: postage stamp printed on wood

Cork Stamp: postage stamp printed on cork

Synthetic Fibre Stamp: postage stamp printed on synthetic fibre (Dederon)

Plastic Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embosses on plastic foil

Transparent Plastic Stamp: thin transparent plastic foil with visible design print from reverse

Corrugated Plastic Stamp: postage stamp printed on corrugated plastic which creates an 3-D effect (lenticular)

Plastic Relief Stamp: plastic postage stamp with a relief embossing up to 3 millimeter thick

Copper Bronze Stamp: postage stamp printed on with copper bronze coated paper

Leather Stamp: postage stamp with
laser engraving on leather

Porcelain Stamp: postage stamp
made of printed porcelain

Silk Stamp: postage stamp printed on synthetic silk or on with synthetic silk coated paper

Silver Stamp: postage stamp printed and / or embossed on with silver foil coated paper

the design print on this postage stamp was corroded with acid or leach into the silver foil

the silver foil on this postage stamp
is used as memory for a hologram

Silver Coin Stamp: round postage stamp printed and embossed on silver foil

Silver Panel Stamp: printed or embossed postage stamp on a silver plate

Steel Stamp: postage stamp printed on with steel foil coated paper

Tin Stamp: postage stamp printed on tin foil

Paper Postal Stationery: postal stationery printed on papier or on cardboard

Cork Postal Stationery: stamped card printed on cork

Silk Postal Stationery: stamped envelope printed on synthetic silk