Abbreviations
Coated printing papers
| WFC | wood-free coated paper |
| MWC | medium-weight mechanical coated paper |
| LWC | light-weight mechanical coated paper |
| MFC | machine finished mechanical coated paper |
Uncoated printing papers
| WFU | uncoated wood-free paper |
| SC | super-calendered wood-free or mechanical paper |
| MFS | machine-finished special paper |
| CIE | - | Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage = International Lightning Commission |
| DIN | - | Deutsches Institut für Normung |
| CFS | - | coated free sheet |
| CGW | - | coated groundwood |
| FWA | - | fluorescence whitening agent |
| IGT | - | Institute for Graphic Technology |
| ISIT | - | ink surface interaction test |
| ISO | - | International Standardization Organization |
| K | - | Kelvin |
| LWC | - | light-weight coated |
| MFC | - | machine finished coated |
| MFS | - | machine finished speciality |
| MWC | - | medium-weight coated |
| OBA | - | optical brightening agent |
| PPI | - | pages per inch |
| PPS | - | Parker Print-Surf |
| SC | - | super calendered |
| TAPPI | - | Technical Association for the world-wide Pulp, Paper and converting Industry |
| UFS | - | uncoated free sheet |
| UGW | - | uncoated groundwood |
| UV | - | ultraviolet |
| WFC | - | wood-free coated |
| WFU | - | wood-free uncoated |
