FSC 9310 JCP Q20
RAILROAD BOARD, WHITE AND COLORED
Cardboard February 1, 1999
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Use information: This paragraph is informational only and is not
exclusively definitive of the end use.
For letterpress and offset printing of signs, display cards, cloth or
paper-stripped covers, two-piece covers for use with bindings such as
plastic combs, wire-o, and spiral. Printed matter may include text, line
illsutrations, and solid reverses.
Stock: Facing sheets shall be uncoated and shall not exceed 25 pct
groundwood pulp.
Note: Not less than 80 pct total recovered fiber of which 15
percentage points shall be postconsumer fiber. Postconsumer fiber, in
any percent over 15 percentage points, is encouraged, provided that
the requirements of this Standard are met.
Thickness: Average (mm)...................... 0.45 0.76 1.22
Equivalent (inch).......................... 0.0180 0.0300 0.0480
Tolerance: Plus or minus (mm).............. 0.026 0.050 0.065
Equivalent (inch).......................... 0.001 0.002 0.0025
General appearance: The color and cleanliness shall conform to the
standard sample(s) adopted by the Government.
Color: The paper board in the order (or publication) shall be uniform.
The color variation shall not exceed DE(CIELAB)=1.0 with a target
brightness of the white board not less than 79 pct.
For colored stock, board shall match one of the established
standards. Colors shall be ash gray, blue, buff, green, orange, red or
as specified. The commercial color standard is applicable, unless
specified that the color shall conform to the Government standard.
Colors shall not fade and shall appear even and uniform on the surface
of the board.
Sampling and testing: Shall be conducted in accordance with standards in
Part 2, Government Paper Specification Standards.
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Unless otherwise specified, the following is automatically waived when
printing or duplicating is to be accomplished on commercial contract
Curl: Paper board shall lie flat with either no tendency to curl or with
a curl which can be overcome under reasonable working conditions.
Size and trim: Paper board shall be furnished in the size(s) ordered and
shall be flat, trimmed square on four sides with clean smooth edges,
and evenly jogged. A tolerance of 2 mm (\1/16\ inch) shall
be allowed. Successive sheets within any package
shall not differ from each other by more than 0.5 mm (\1/64\ inch).
Paper board with the long dimension 813 mm (32 inches) or less shall
be considered square if the variation does not exceed 1 mm (\1/32\
inch); over 813 mm (32 inches), 2 mm (\1/16\ inch).
Grain: Direction of the grain on flat board shall be as ordered.
Pressroom conditions: The bulk of this paper board will be used in air-
conditioned pressrooms maintained at 24 deg.C 2 deg.C
and
45 pct 8 pct relative humidity.