Claro Gloss

Claro Gloss combines excellent printability with a smooth, high gloss finish. This ensures fast and consistent runnability, and excellent folding and converting characteristics.

Key Features
Excellent whiteness
Good opacity
High gloss
Ultra smooth finish
Wide substance range from 90gm2 - 400gm2
Provides trouble free, first class printing results
FSC Certified

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What can it be used for?
Brochures, leaflets, menus, magazines, manuals, catalogues, posters, books, covers, report & accounts, invitations...

Relevant Techniques
Offset Litho printing
UV Printing
Embossing
Foil blocking
Laminating
Folding
Die-cutting

Guarantees
200+ year archiving guarantee
Toy Safety certified
Food safety certified
ISO9001
OHSAS18001

Additional Features
Coated fine paper, 2-sided coated, Woodfree, ECF pulp, Gloss surface.

Environmental Information
FSC® Mixed Sources
ISO14001
ISO50001
EMAS
ECF
REACH
Low waste option (bulk packed)

Packing and
range options

Environmental
certification

Suitable for

Applications and
guarantees

Setup
Store at room temperature (17-23°C), at a relative humidity of 50%, from 24 to 48 hours before use.
Unwrap the paper at the last moment before printing and rewrap it immediately after the print run.
For re-cutting:
- keep the paper fibre direction (// of the large size) perpendicular to the printing direction.
- For grammages > 135 g/m2, plan a rejection cut.

Pre-printing
Large printed surface: under colour-removal recommended.
Intense full colours:
- for black colour, blue support (40%) recommended or two black sequences.
- for other colours, 1 or several colour support(s).
Screen ruling:
- Gloss & Silk: Optimum 175 lpi, Maximum 254 lpi.
- Bulk: Optimum 133/150/160 lpi, Maximum 200 lpi.
- Also suitable for stochastic screening.

Printing
Printing techniques: litho printing, silk screen, letterpress, waterless litho printing, Digital printing suitability for Claro Gloss & Silk from 115 g/m2 upwards (Preliminary tests are recommended before printing any job).
All common offset inks are suitable.
High density inks should only be used on Gloss.
For Silk and Bulk, we recommend using a machine varnish finish.
Average drying time from 30 minutes to 2 hours after printing.

Finishing
Varnishing including dispersion, UV, spot, relief, scented and aqueous. Foil Blocking, Embossing,
Lamination

Forming
Die Cutting, creasing and folding. Pre-crease before folding is recommended above 135mic

Storage Recommendations
Protect the paper against any risk of damp during the storage period.