How do I determine the U.S. equivalent of the metric weight for paper?
Answered by Suzanne Morgan, founder, Print Buyers Online.com
Question:
I have a question regarding metric weight vs. US weight. I am planning on having a postcard printed that will be used in Europe. I am told it must be 175gr weight. How do I determine the US equivalent of the metric weight? Also, how can I figure this out in the future? Is there a formula for this?
P.S.
Answer:
International Papers’ coated division has many useful paper tools on their Website, one of which is a tool that allows you to covert metric paper weights to the U.S. pound/basis weight and vice versa.
Here's the link to their paper tools page. Click on the Conversions area:
http://www.ipcoated.com/tools/default.asp
Be sure to also check out their other paper tools, such as:
- equivalent weights table,
- postal rate calculator,
- paper caliper table,
- and calculations for pages per inch.
Here's the link to International Paper’s main Web site:
http://www.ipcoated.com
Suzanne