Various paper quantity sizes have been and are being used. Although there is no unit of S.I. such as quires and bal , there are ISO and DIN standards for rim . The expressions used here include the US Customs unit.
Video Units of paper quantity
Unit
- Write paper measurements
- 25 sheets = 1 quire
- 500 sheets = 20 quires = 1 ream
- 1,000 sheets = 40 quires = 2 reams = 1 bundle
- 5,000 sheets = 200 quires = 10 rim = 5 bundles = 1 bale
- 'Short' paper measurements
- 24 sheets = 1 'short' quire
- 480 sheets = 20 'short' quires = 1 'short' ream
- 960 sheets = 40 'short' quires = 2 'short' reams = 1 'short' bundle
- 4,800 sheets = 200 'short' quires = 10 'short' reams = 5 'short' bundle = 1 'short' bale
- Poster and print measurements
- 516 sheets (= 21Ã,½ 'short' quires) = 1 rim printer
- 1,032 sheets = 2 ream printers = 1 printer bundle
- 5,160 sheets = 5 printer bundles = 1 bale printer
- Cover and index paper
- 250 sheets = 1 ream
Maps Units of paper quantity
Quire
Paper quire is a paper quantity measure. The usual meaning is 25 sheets of the same size and quality: 1 / 20 of the 500 sheet reams. Quires of 25 sheets are often used for machine-made paper, while 24-sheets quires are often used for handmade or special paper from 480-sheet reams. (As the old English and US sizes, in some sources, the quire was initially 24 sheets.) Quires of 15, 18 or 20 sheets have also been used, depending on the paper type.
Nomenclature
The word "quire" now comes from OE "quair" or "guaer", of OF "quayer", "cayer", (cf. modern Fr. cahier ), from L. quaternum , "by crawling", "quadruple". Then, when the bet switches to paper and it becomes possible to easily sew 5 to 7 sheets at a time, the "quaire" association with "four" quickly disappears.
History
In the Middle Ages, quire (also called "gathering") was most often formed from 4 sheets of vellum or folded parchment, which were 8 leaves, 16 sides. The term "quaternion" (or sometimes quaternum) refers to such a quire. A quire made of one folded sheet (ie 2 leaves, 4 sides) is a "bifolium" (plural "bifolia"); "binion" is a quire of two sheets (ie 4 leaves, 8 sides); and "quinion" is five sheets (10 leaves, 20 sides). This last meaning is preserved in modern Italian terms for quire, quinterno in carta .
Previously, when paper was packed in paper mills, the top and bottom quires consisted of slightly damaged sheets ("outsides") to protect good quires ("inside"). These outer quires are known as "quires cassie" (from Fr. cassÃÆ' Â © e , "broken"), or "cording quires" and have only 20 sheets to quire. The printer William Caslon in a book published in 1770 mentions both queries 24 and 25 sheets; he also explains the waste of printers, and sort and recycle corrupt cassie sounds. A French guide in 1826 about typography complains that cording quires (usually containing some paper that could be saved) from the Netherlands barely have a good sheet.
This is also the name for a booklet that is enough to be made from one quire of paper. Simon Winchester, in The Surgeon of Crowthorne , quotes a particular number, defines quire as "an eight-page book." Some European words for quire store the meaning of "paper books": Ger. Buch von Papier , And. bog papir , Du. bock papier .
In binding an empty book, quire is a term that denotes 80 pages.
Ream
The rim paper is the number of sheets of the same size and quality. International standards organizations define the rim as 500 identical sheets. The 500-sheet rim (20 quires 25 sheets) is also known as the 'long' rim, and gradually replaces the old 480 sheets, now known as the 'short' rim. Ream 472 and 516 sheets are still up to date, but in retail outlets are usually sold in the 500 rim. As old British and US units, the perfect reel is equivalent to 516 sheets.
Some special types of paper such as tissue paper, fat-resistant paper, handmade paper, and blotting paper are still sold (mainly in the UK) in 480 sheets of rim (20 quires 24 sheets). However, the commercial use of the word 'rim' for the amount of paper other than 500 has now been abandoned by standards such as ISO 4046. In Europe, the DIN 6730 standard for Paper and Board includes the definition of 1 A4 80gsm (80 g/m 2 ) paper is equal to 500 sheets. Nomenclature
The word 'rim' comes from the Ancient French reyme , from the Spanish resma , from Arabic rizmah "bundle" (paper) i> rasama , "collect into bundles". (Moorers bring cotton paperwork to Spain.) The initial variety of rymes (end 15c.) Indicates the influence of the Netherlands. (cf. riem ), perhaps during the reign of the Spanish Habsburg in the Netherlands.
History
The number of sheets in a ream has varied locally over the centuries, often in accordance with the size and type of paper sold. Rim 500 sheets (20 quires 25 sheets) were known in England in 1594; in 1706 a rim was defined as 20 quires, either 24 or 25 sheets to quire. In the 18th and 19th centuries of Europe, the size of the rim varied greatly. In Lombardy a ream of music paper is 450 or 480 sheets; in English, Dutch and German 480-sheet reams are common; in Veneto it is more often 500. Some paper manufacturers count 546 sheets (21 quires out of 26 sheets). J.S. Bach manuscript manuscripts in Weimar are ordered by a 480 sheet reams. In 1840, a rim in Lisbon was 17 quires and 3 sheets = 428 sheets, and double rims were 18 quires and 2 sheets = 434 sheets; and in Bremen, blotting or packing paper is sold in ream 300 (20 quires 15 sheets). The medieval Milan-Italian dictionary of the nineteenth century has an example for
In England in 1914, paper was sold using the following rim:
- 472 sheets - Mill rim (18 quires short 24 sheets 'inside', 2 cording quires 20 sheets 'out side')
- 480 sheets - (20 short quires 24 sheets) - now called the 'short' rim (As the old English and US sizes, in some sources, the previous rim is the same as 480 sheets.)
- 500 sheets - (20 quires 25 sheets) - now also called 'long' rim
- 504 sheets - Stationer rim (21 quires short)
- 516 sheets - rim Printer (21 ½ short quires) - also called 'perfect ream'
Rim 500 sheets are mostly used only for newsprint. Since the end of the 20th century, a 500-sheet ream has become a de facto international standard.
Bundle
Paper bundle is the number of sheets of paper, currently standardized by 1,000 sheets. The bundle consists of 2 reams or 40 quires. As the old UK and US size, previously equal to 960 sheets.
When referring to chipboard, there are two standards in the US.
In general, a package of about 50 pounds of chipboard is called a bundle. Thus, a 22-point chipboard bundle (thickness 0.022 "24" ÃÆ'â € "38, with each sheet weighing 0.556 pounds, contains 90 sheets.
However, the chipboard is sold in size 11 "ÃÆ'â €" 17 "and smaller packaged and sold as a 25 pound bundle.
Bale
Paper bale is the number of sheets of paper, currently standardized as many as 5,000 sheets. A bale consists of 5 bundles, 10 rim or 200 quires. As the old UK and US sizes, previously equal to 4800 sheets.
See also
- Paper history
- Print history
- Paper density
- Paper size
- Book size
- Octavo
Note
References
External links
- ream (rm) in A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
- ream in the Online Quartile (have not seen also quire on the same site for historical evidence of the 500-sheet rim in early 1590.)
- Heavy beam (Measurement) in EncyclopÃÆ'Â|dia Britannica
- Reference of Paper Dictionary
- 'Paper thickness reference guidelines
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