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इंटरनेट मानक Disclosure to Promote the Right To Information Whereas the Parliament of India has set out to provide a practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, and whereas the attached publication of the Bureau of Indian Standards is of particular interest to the public, particularly disadvantaged communities and those engaged in the pursuit of education and knowledge, the attached public safety standard is made available to promote the timely dissemination of this information in an accurate manner to the public. “जान1 का अ+धकार, जी1 का अ+धकार” “प0रा1 को छोड न’ 5 तरफ” Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan Jawaharlal Nehru “The Right to Information, The Right to Live” “Step Out From the Old to the New” IS 1848 (2007): Writing and printing paper [CHD 15: Paper and its products] “!ान $ एक न’ भारत का +नम-ण” Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda ““IInnvveenntt aa NNeeww IInnddiiaa UUssiinngg KKnnoowwlleeddggee”” “!ान एक ऐसा खजाना > जो कभी च0राया नहB जा सकता हहहहै””ै” Bhartṛhari—Nītiśatakam “Knowledge is such a treasure which cannot be stolen” ,,“,,,,,!, IS 1848:2007 (Reaffirmed - 2012) ( G%Y-y77f%7)w Indian Standard WRITING AND PRINTING PAPERS — SPECIFICATION (Fourth Revision) ICS 85.080.10 C)131S2007 BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI 110002 \(,1,/:11(7,/ :()()7 Price Group 3 [)aperand Its Products Sectional Committee, CHD 15 FOREWORD This Indian Standard (Fouth Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the draft finalized by the Paper and Its Products Sectional Committee had been approved by the Chemical Division Council. This standard was first published in 1961 and subsequently revised in 1971, 1981 and 1991. The Committee responsible for the formulation of this standard decided to revise it further. Changes made in this standard through various amendments have been amalgamated in this revised edition. Marking clause has also been modified. A scheme for Iabelling environment friendly products known asECO-Mark has been introduced atthe instance ofthe Ministry of Environment andForests (MEF), Government ofIndia. TheECO-Mark would beadministered by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 asper the Resolution No. 71dated 21 February 1991andNo. 425 dated28 October 1992published inthe Gazette ofthe Government of India. For aproduct to beeligible formarking with ECO logo, itshall alsocarry the 1S1Mark of BIS besides meeting additional optional environment friendly (EF) requirements. For thispurpose, the Standard Mark ofBIS would be asingle mark being acombination ofthe 1S1Mark andthe ECO logo. Requirements to be satisfied for a product to qualify for the BIS Standard Mark for ECO fi-iendliness,will be optional; manufacturing units will befree to opt forthe 1S1Mark alone also. The composition of the Committee responsible for formulation ofthis standard isgiven inAnnex A. For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard iscomplied with, the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with 1S2: 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values (revised)’. IS 1848:2007 Indian Standard WRITING AND PRINTING PAPERS — SPECIFICATION (Fourth Revision) 1SCOPE formation, evenly finished and generally free from specks, holes and other blemishes. When This standard prescribes requirements and methods tested according to 12 of IS 5285, the fin-nishfor all ofsamplingandtestforcommonlyusedtypesofwriting varieties shall not contain more than 20 percent and printing papers. mechanical pulp. 2 REFERENCES 4.2 The substance ofwriting andprinting papers shall be as prescribed in IS 1763. For determination of The standards listed below contain provisions which substance,select 10sheetsatrandom andcutfromeach through reference inthis text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions atestpiece ofsize25 cm x 25 cm( or25 cm x 20 cm indiGated were valid. All standards are subject to or 25 cm x 40 cm ). Proceed as prescribed in 6 of revision, and parties to agreements based on this IS 1060(Part 1). standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility 4.2.1 No single test result shall vary by more than of applying the most recent editions of the standards + 5 percent from the nominal substance. Further, the indicated below: mean of 10 test results shall not vary from the IS No. Title nominal substance by more than +2.5 percent. However, where 2.5 percent is less than 1.5, the 1060(Part 1): Methods of sampling and test tolerance shall be +1.5 g/m2. I966 for paper and allied products: Part 1(revised) NOTE — Forwhiteprintingpaperc,ream-wovaendcreamlaid papert,hemeanof10testresults shall notvaryfromthenominrd 1060 (Part 2) : Methods of sampling and test substance (grammage) by more than *4 percent and no single ]960 for paper and allied products: test result shall vary bymore than +8percent from the nominal Part 2 grammage. 1060(Part 3) : Methods of sampling and test 4.2.2 The tolerance of *2.5 percent shall be 1969 for paper and allied products: allowed on the mass of the ream, when calculated Part 3 according to the following formula: 1064:1980 Specificationfor p apersizes(second ~ = (Ax Bxq+D revision) 1000 1763:1961 Specification for substances of paper and pulp board where 4661:1999 Glossary of terms used in paper trade and industry (second revision) A = nominal substance of paper, in g/m2; 5285:1998 Fibre analysis of paper and B = nominal number of sheets of paper in a ream; board — Methods of test ~irst C= nominal area of each sheet, in m2; revision) D = nominal mass of the wrapping paper, in g; and 6211 :1993 Code of practice for packaging of paper and board (first revision) R = nominal mass of ream of paper, inkg. 9894: 1981 Method of test for smoothness 4.3 A tolerance of +10 percent or +20 microns, roughness of paper whichever is less, shall be permitted on the nominal thickness, if specified by the purchaser, when tested 3 TERMINOLOGY according ta 7 of IS 1060(Part 1). Forthepurpose ofthisstandard,thedefinitionsofterms given in IS 4661 shall apply. 4.4 Sizes and Tolerance on Size Trimmed sizes of writing and printing papers shall be 4 REQUIREMENTS inaccordance withIS 1064.Thepermissible tolerance 4.1 Writing and printing papers shall be of uniform onthe size shallbe inaccordance with 4 of IS 1064. 1S 1848:2007 4.5 Theptl value for alltypes ofwriting and printing c) Mass of 500 sheets including wrapping paper, papers shall be not lessthan 5.0. in kgheam; d) Lot number; 4.6 The writing andprinting papers shall alsocomply with the requirements given in Table 1. e) Month and year of manufacture; and f) Indication ofthe source of manufacture. 4.7 White printing paper [seeS1No. (xvii) ofTable 1] mayalsobetinted. Inthecaseoftintedpaperthecolour 5.2.1 For ECO-Mark, following additional should beanapproximate matchtotheshadeapproved information may also be marked on the container/ bythe purchaser. The requirement forbrightness shall package: not apply inthe case of printing paper sotinted. The criteria for which the product has been 4.8 Additional Requirements for ECO-Mark labelled with ECO-Mark. 4.8.1 General Requirements 5.2.2 BIS Certl~cation Mark 4.8.1.1 The product shallconform totherequirements Each package may also be marked with the Standard for quality and performance prescribed in4.1 to 4.7. Mark. 4.8.1.2 The manufacturer shall produce to BIS, the 5.2.2.1 The use of the Standard Mark is governed environmental consent clearance from the concerned by the provisions of Bureau of Indian Standard Act, State Pollution Control Board asper the provisions of 1986andthe Rules andRegulations made thereunder. Wafer (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 The details of conditions under which the Iicence for andAir(Pre~er?tzun and Contrc# ofPollution) Act, 1981 the use of Standard Mark may be granted to along with the authorization, if required, under the manufacturers orproducers maybe obtained from the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986andtheRulesmade Bureau of Indian Standards. thereunder, while applying for ECO-Mark. 6 SAMPLING 4.8.2 Specl>c Requirements 6.1 Representative samples for test shall be drawn The material shall be of the following two types asgiven in3 of IS 1060(Part 1). depending ontherawmaterial usedinthemanufacture: a) Type A — Manufactured from pulp containing 6.2 Number of Tests not lessthan 60 percent by mass of pulp made Each of the selected units shall first be tested for from materials other than bamboo, hardwood, requirements given in 4.2. Then from each of these softwood andreed. units, number of sheets sufficient to carry out alltests b) Type B — Manufactured from pulp made from specified inTable 1shallbe taken out atrandom. The 100percent waste paper. sheets shall first be examined for the requirements given in4.1,4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.7 andthen number of 5 PACKING AND MARKING testpieces foreachofthecharacteristic asindicated in 5.1 Packing its test method shall be cut from them. These pieces shall be tested according to the methods specified in The packing ofpaper shallbedone soastoensurethat Table 1. the paper is not damaged due to handling and transportation and shall be as agreed to between the 6.3 Criterion for Conformity purchaser and the supplier (see IS 6211). 6.3.1 A sheet not meeting the relevant requirements 5.1.1 For ECO-Mark, the product shall be packed in foranyoneormore characteristics shallbeconsidered such packages which shall be recyclable/reusable or asdefective. biodegradable. 6.3.2 A lot shall be declared as conforming to the 5.2 Marking requirements of this specification, if the number of defective sheetsfound, doesnotexceedtheacceptance Each package shall be marked with the following number. This acceptance number is zero for the particulars: requirement for substance (see 4.2) and for all other a) Description and substance of the paper, requirements depends upon the sizeofthe sample and in g/m2; shall be equal to zero, ifthe size is lessthan 13and 1 b) Size of the paper; ifthe size isgreater than or equal to 13. 2 . __. z — ——––– 1 Table 1Requirements for Writing and Printing Papers (Clauses 4.6,4.7 and 6.2) S1No. Type of Tensile Brightness” Opacity One Double Gloss’) Wax Smoothness Tear Index Paper Index Percent Minute Fold Percent Pick (Bendtsen) mN.m2/ g Nrn/g, CohhTest mllmm A4in A4in A4in + ‘“ & ‘n ‘m f+ Average (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (lo) (11) (12) (13) (14) Account book 17 25 75 80 22 5 10 Nopick 250 4.0 3.5 on8A ii) Airmail/manifold 20 30 72 70 25 — — 4.0 3.5 iii) Antique woveandantique laid 17 25 72 80 25 — — — 4.0 3.5 iv) Azure laid 17 25 85 25 5 10 — — — 4.0 3.5 w v) Bond 25 35 80 80 20 10 15 — — 5.0 4.0 vi) Cartridge, drawing 20 30 72 25 20 25 — 4.0 3.5 vii) Cartridge, white 17 25 72 80 25 — — — 4,0 3.5 viii) Cream laidandcream wove 17 25 72 80 25 — — — 4.0 3.5 ix) Duplicating absorbent 17 25 72 85 t — — — 4.0 3.5 x) Duplicating [email protected] 17 25 7 2 85 35 — — 4.0 3.5 (Minimum 25) xi) Posterm,achine glazed 17 25 72 25 18(Glazed - — 4.0 3.5 sideonly) xii) Printing coloured 17 25 80 25 — — 4.0 xiii) Printing maplitho 20 30 77 80 25 10 15 Nopick 280 4.0 on 10A xiv) printing off~ 20 30 72 80 25 — Nopick 280 4.0 on8A .* - Table 1 (C’onclude~ . x SINo. Type of Tensile Brightness]) Opacity One Double Gloss’) Wax Smoothness Tear Index & .. Paper Index Percent Minute Fold Percent Pick (Bendtsen) mN nil g : Nm/g, Cobb Test mllmm + &fin Min &fin Max Min Mm Max M[n & A A ( > f \ Average CD MD CD MD (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) xv) Printing, semi-bleached 17 25 45 80 25 — — — 4.0 3.5 xvi) Printing, unbleached 17 25 80 25 — — — — 4.0 3.5 xvii) Printing, white 17 25 72 80 25 — — — — — 4.0 3.5 xviii) Printing, white super calendered 17 25 72 75 25 — — 15 — — 4.0 3.5 xix) Typewriting 17 25 72 25 — — — 4.0 3.5 Test Method — a Ref toClause No. in : IS 1060 (Part 1) 12.4 12.4 — 16 13.2.2 12.6 12.6 15 — — 12.7 12.7 IS 1060 (Pnrt 2) — — 13 — — — — — — — — — IS 1060 (Part 3) — — — — — — 8 — IS9894 — — — — — — — — — 3 — l]Only forwhite papers. t Strip test[see 140fISl 060(PWl)] water rise inlmin-l Omm. Tensile index =Breakinglength, m. O.0098; Tearindex= Tearfactor xO.098 CD = Cross direction MD= Machine direction .*- I1Bill II ........--.4.-.. -—--————---— - . —.——. I IS 1848:2007 ANNEX A (Foreword) COMMITTEE COMPOSITION Paper and ItsProducts Sectional Committee, CHD 15 Organization Representatwe(s) Central Pulp &Paper Research Institute, Saharanpur DRA.G.KULKARNI(Chairman) AllIndia Federation ofMaster Printers, New Delhi SHU!S.R.SHARMA SHRIV.K.MALIK(Alternate) B&AMultiwall Packaging Ltd, Kolkata SHIURONODUSJOYROYCHOODHORY SHRICHiIANDAKNANDY(Akernale) 8 Ballarpur Industries Ltd,New Delhi SHRIK.D.PRASAD SHRJV.V.PATHAIUW(Alternate) Central Forensic Science Laboratory, New Delhi SNRIS.L.MUKHI Century PulpandPaper Mills, Nainital SHIUD.P.CHANDARANA Centi-aiPulp& Paper Research Institute, Saharanpur DRY. V,SOOD SHRIMATRIITATANDON(Alternate) Central Revenues Control Laboratory, New Delhi DRY.K.S.RATHORE SHRJI.C.VARSHNEY(Alternate) CropCare Federation oflndia, New Delhi DRD.K.JAIN Defence Materials& Stores, R&DEstablishment, Kanpur SHP.IS.P.BAJPAI SHRJV K.SINGH(Alternate) Department ofIndustrial Policy& Promotion, New Delhi SHRIP.K.JAIN DRK.R.MURTHV(Alternate) Directorate General ot3upplies &Disposals, New Delhi SHRJH.M.RATHI Directorate ofPrinting (Ministry ofUrban Development), New Delhi SHRJJAGINDERSINGH Federation ofCorrugated Box Manufacturers ofIndia, Mumbai SHIUPANKASD.SHAH SHRJM. L.MEHRA(Alternate) Federation ofPaper Traders Association ofIndia, Mumbai SHRISATVAPALGOPTA SHRJBALARAMKONDU(Alternate) Forest Research Institute, Debra Dun DRSANJAYNAITHANI Hmdustan LeverLimited, Mumbai SHRIPRABODDHADASGUPTA SHRJHITESHSHENOY(Alternate) Hindustan PaperCorporation Ltd,Kolkata SHRIRAJIPHILIP SHRJJ,D. FWUNANDE(SAlternate) India Security Press, Nasik SHRJSWAPANKUMARGHOSH SHRJMANISHSHANKAR(Alternate) Irtd]anA.groand Recycled Paper Mills Association, New Delhi SHRISHAsmKANTHJAIN DRM,PATEL(Alternate) Indian Institute ofPackaging, Mumbai SHRIRAJIVDHAR SHRIK.B. GUPTA(Alternate) Indmn Inst]tute ofTechnology, Roorkee, Saharanpur Campus DRJ. S.UPADHVAYA DRA.K.RAY(Alternate) lndian Neusprint Manufacturers Association, Delhi SHRIN. P.PRABHU Indian Paper ManLlfaCtLlrerSAssociation, New Delhi SHRJR.VARDHAN SHRIR.N. MOORTHY(A[ternate) lnd!an Pulp and Paper Technical Association, Saharanpur DRASHO~KU~AR SHRIN.K.GARG(Ahernate) lnd!an Recycled Paper Mills Association, Delhi SHRIR.C.RASTOGI IK Paper Ltd.Ncw Delhi SHRIS.C MAJUMDAR 5