Find out about Cocoon technical information
Its guarantees, certifications, specifications and our recommendations to get the best performance from this paper range.
Printing and handling guidelines
Store at room temperature (17-23°C), at a relative humidity of 50%, from 24 to 48 hours before use.
Unwrap the paper only at the last moment before printing and rewrap it immediately after the print run.
For re-cutting:
- keep the paper fibre direction (// to the large size) perpendicular to the printing direction.
- for grammages > 135 g/m², plan a rejection cut.
For litho 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)
Printing techniques:
• Gloss & Silk: guaranteed for litho printing, suitable for silk screen, suitable for most digital
press systems, including HP Indigo.
• Offset: Cold set web offset, heat set web offset, sheet fed offset. All inks suitable for uncoated
papers.
• Preprint: Cold set web offset, heat set web offset, sheet fed offset, laser printing. All inks
suitable for uncoated laser papers.
• Jet: Guaranteed for high-speed colour inket printing.
• Office: Suitable for use in mono and colour laser printing, copiers, fax machines, inkjet,
preprint and digital.
Finishing techniques:
• Gloss & Silk: foil blocking, embossing, lamination, all varnishing.
• Offset & Preprint: foil blocking, blind embossing, all varnishing.
• Office: foil blocking, embossing, lamination, all varnishing.
Suitable for perforating, drilling, die cutting.
• Folding: parallel to the paper fibre direction (// to the large size).
• Scoring : from 150 g/m², scoring with counterpart; from 200 g/m², larger scoring
needed on the back of the fold.
• Cutting : Ensure that the blade of the guillotine is sharp enough in order to avoid dust deposits.
Protect the paper against any risk of moisture during the storage period.
