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PULP AND PAPER DICTIONARY

This page contains definitions of the terms, words and phrase commonly used in pulp and papermaking, printing, converting and paper trading.

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QUARTER-FOLDED       Folding into quarters, by folding in half once along one axis, and then folding in half once along a perpendicular axis.  Most common for paper napkins .  Also see folding .

QUILTING OR QUILTED EMBOSSING       Embossing which gives the general impression of a quilt, usually by incorporating pattern features which suggest a network or lattice of continuous or connected stitching lines, and with open areas between the stitch lines that appear to puff up as a quilt often does.  Quilting is often combined with spot embossing.  Also see overall embossing and micro embossing.