The origin of the name of mirror paperboard

Coated paper, the name of Chinese mainland, is known as art paper in Hongkong, and it is one of the most widely used papers in the printing industry. This paper name is almost a household name in Hong Kong. But not many people know it in the mainland. Why? Because of lack of communication with each other.

The English original name of Art Paper is art paper, which is a common name of imported products. This kind of paper was first developed by the British in the middle of19th century. White fine porcelain clay is mixed into pigment, which is evenly coated on the surface of base paper (coated on one side or both sides) to make high-grade printing paper. Because its process is like a woman smearing powder on her face, it is called art paper.

Actually, art paper was translated into art paper in China as early as 1930s. Because in Europe, when this paper was used to print beautiful famous paintings, the printing plate was corroded by copper plates. Therefore, according to the convention of naming by use, the art paper used for copper plate printing is called copper plate (printing) paper. Colleagues in the printing and papermaking industry in Chinese mainland call coated paper coated paper, not art paper.

By the way, some books and periodicals are not accurate enough to translate coated paper into coated paper or enamel paper. The former is mistaken for coated paper and should be translated into four pages, while the latter should be waxed paper (called Ricoh paper in Taiwan Province Province).