List of types of paper

This article is about paper as made from cellulose. For non-cellulose materials referred to as paper, see List of metonymic paper media .

Paper is a material medium that can be produced from multiple types of cellulose. ^{[1] [2]} Papers of similar materials can be further altered into different types by specific processing, some with defining additives. ^[3]

Types of paper by cellulose source

• Bark —
  • Amate
  • Banana bark paper
  • Barkcloth
  • Daluang paper
  • Dó paper
  • Hanji
  • Lokta paper and Bhutanese paper
  • Samarkand paper
  • Washi
• Bast fiber —
  • Hemp paper
  • India paper
• Leaf fiber —
  • Abacá Manila paper
  • Aburatorigami
• Pith —
  • Bagasse paper
  • Papyrus
  • Pith paper
• Fruit fiber and seed fiber —
  • Banana peel paper
  • Cotton paper
• Wood —
  • Pulpwood paper
• Mixed fiber —
  • Mummy paper
  • Rag paper
  • Xuan paper

Types of paper by process

• Acid-free paper
• Air-laid paper
• Blotting paper
• Blue paper
• Cardboard —
  • Cardstock
  • Corrugated fiberboard
  • Paperboard
  • Bristol board
• Coated paper
• Wax paper
• Crêpe paper
• Glassine
• Kraft paper
• Laid paper
• Ingres paper
• Momigami
• Onionskin
• Scritta (Bible) paper
• Seed paper
• Tissue paper
• Vulcanized fibre
• Leatheroid
• Wasli
• Wove paper

Types of Paper by Use

• Parchment paper
• Photographic paper
• Wallpaper

Commercial use

• Bank paper
• Bond paper
• Butcher paper
• Electrical insulation paper
• Rolling paper
• Rosin paper
• Security paper
• Tar paper
• Thermal paper
• Transfer paper

Paper craft

• Construction paper
• Origami paper

Stationery

• Contact paper
• Carbonless copy paper
• Inkjet paper
• Ruled paper
  • Graph paper
  • Genkō yōshi
• Special fine paper
• Tracing paper
• Writing paper

See also

• List of art media
• Writing material

References

1. Göttsching, Lothar; Gullichsen, Johan; Pakarinen, Heikki; Paulapuro, Hannu; Yhdistys, Suomen Paperi-Insinöörien; Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (2000). Recycling fiber and deinking. Finland: Fapet Oy. pp. 12–14. ISBN   978-952-5216-07-3. OCLC   247670296.
2. 香港臨時市政局 [Provisional Urban Council]; 中國歷史博物館聯合主辦 [Hong Kong Museum of History] (1998). "Zàozhǐ" 造纸[Papermaking]. Tian gong kai wu: Zhongguo gu dai ke ji wen wu zhan天工開物 中國古代科技文物展[Heavenly Creations: Gems of Ancient Chinese Inventions] (in Chinese and English). Hong Kong: 香港歷史博物館 [Hong Kong Museum of History]. p. 60. ISBN   978-962-7039-37-2. OCLC   41895821.
3. Diana Twede and Susan E. M. Selke (2005). Cartons, crates and corrugated board: handbook of paper and wood packaging technology. DEStech Publications. p. 325. ISBN   978-1-932078-42-8.