ABSTRACT
The market demand for and consequent production of coated paper, used in products such as "glossy" magazines, advertising, art papers and packaging, is rapidly increasing. The natural consequence of such a growth in this market is the increasing interest for new developments and a better understanding of the basic processes of this production, in particular with respect to the effect of surface uniformity on print performance. The application of a pigmented coating layer to a base sheet of paper or board improves its optical and printing properties such as uniformity in appearance, gloss or matt finish, opacity, ink absorption with con-
trolled ink spread etc., and gives enough capillarity to allow ink setting within the time-scale of a modern printing press.
