TYPES

We manufacture and stock raffle ticket, door hanger, calendar and post card stock in a variety of textures and weights. These include 67 lb. Vellum Bristol (available in all Primary colors) and 65 lb. Cover (available in our Ultra Bright colors), and Parchment, both cover and text weights. Text weight can best be likened to standard 24 lb. bond paper in "feel". Card stock refers to paper that is, more or less, similar in feel and thickness to an index card. We will also be glad to perforate any other paper you need on a Special Order basis. Minimum quantities may apply.

All of our stock should feed properly through virtually all manual feeds of most Windows compatible printers. The key here is "manual feed". The manual feed of your printer generally requires paper to travel through one less roller before exiting than the standard cassette tray. This extra movement in standard cassette trays is what most often causes paper jams. Generally, if your printer manufacturer states that you can use card stock, you should not have any problems.

67 lb. Vellum Bristol Cover is a card stock with a thickness of about .009 - .0095". Its texture is just a little "rougher" than index card stock and accepts ink and toner from both InkJet and Laser printers. All of our Primary Colors are available in 67 lb Vellum. Feel free to ask us to send you samples before buying larger quantities (click here to request samples).

65 lb. Cover is similar in feel and weight to 67 lb Vellum. It is approximately .0095 - .0010" thick. All of our Ultra Bright Colors are available in 65 lb. Cover.

Parchment has a rougher texture than both Primary and Ultra Bright stock. Although you can achieve crisp printing results with either Laser or Ink Jet printers, the results from Ink Jet printers are longer lasting because of the wet vs. dry process with laser printers. Both text and cover weight are available in all shades of Parchment


PERFORATION

Perforation refers to the holes or slots punched into paper so that the paper can be easily separated by hand. The number of holes per inch determines the ease with which the paper can be separated and appearance of the edges. The greater the number of holes per inch, the easier it will be to separate the paper and the finer the appearance of the edge of the tear will be. We do everything we can to achieve consistent perforations. We strive to maintain a tolerance between perforated lines to within .032" (less than 1/32".

Our standard perforation is rated at 12 holes per inch - easy enough to tear apart, but not too easy so that the paper separates through normal handling. A good example is the tear off stub portion of raffle tickets. On the other hand, we use micro perforation (approximately 30 holes per inch) between items on a sheet of stock that require a neater appearance when separated. Bookmarks and calendars are examples of micro perforation. Generally, appearance of the finished item trumps ease of separation since, in either case, the paper will invariably stay intact under normal handling.

NOTE: These rates of perforation - after perforating literally millions of sheets of paper stock - have proven to be the best combination. Rarely do we hear of any problems with paper separating during the printer process. If there is a problem, it is likely a matter of a very old printer needing adjustment, bent or mishandled paper, use of the cassette tray vs. the manual feed, or someone using a printer that specifically recommends not using card stock of any type.