--- title: Understanding Paper Weight and Brightness | Office Plus Blog description: Paper Weight Paper Brightness The brighter the paper, the more vivid and crisp your letters, images and colours appear. The brightness of a piece of paper is typically expressed on a scale from 1 to 100 with 100 being the brightest. However, levels usually range from 84 to 100, which are adequate for most digitally… --- [The Office Central Blog](https://blog.officecentral.com) # [Understanding Paper Weight and Brightness | Office Plus Blog](https://blog.officecentral.com/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness) Written by [Admin](https://blog.officecentral.com/author/admin) | Oct 20, 2015 4:00:00 AM # Understanding Paper Weight and Brightness Posted on [October 20, 2015](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness/) by [OfficePlus](https://blog.office-plus.ca/author/cisopsocial/) i 2 Votes # Paper Weight # Paper Brightness The brighter the paper, the more vivid and crisp your letters, images and colours appear. The brightness of a piece of paper is typically expressed on a scale from 1 to 100 with 100 being the brightest. However, levels usually range from 84 to 100, which are adequate for most digitally printed applications. Brightness levels of 94 to 98 are most often used. Most companies use the US Scale. ### Share this: - [Email](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness/?share=email&nb=1) - [Print](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness/#print) - [Facebook](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness/?share=facebook&nb=1) - [Pinterest](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness/?share=pinterest&nb=1) - [Twitter](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness/?share=twitter&nb=1) ### Like this: Like Loading... ### *Related* [Tips for Choosing the Right Paper Roll for You!](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2020/11/24/tips-for-choosing-the-right-paper-roll-for-you/)November 24, 2020In "Office Tips" [Everything You Need to Know About Shredding](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2020/10/06/how-to-choose-your-shredder/)October 6, 2020In "Office Tips" [Going Green During Your Office Spring Clean](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2013/04/15/going-green-during-your-office-spring-clean/)April 15, 2013In "Go Green" This entry was posted in [Office Tips](https://blog.office-plus.ca/category/office-tips/) and tagged [officetips](https://blog.office-plus.ca/tag/officetips/), [Paper](https://blog.office-plus.ca/tag/paper/), [paper brigthness](https://blog.office-plus.ca/tag/paper-brigthness/), [paper weight](https://blog.office-plus.ca/tag/paper-weight/), [printing paper](https://blog.office-plus.ca/tag/printing-paper/) by [OfficePlus](https://blog.office-plus.ca/author/cisopsocial/). Bookmark the [permalink](https://blog.office-plus.ca/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness/). [View full post](https://blog.officecentral.com/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness) ```json { "@context" : "http://schema.org", "@type" : "BlogPosting", "author" : { "@type" : "Person", "name" : "Admin" }, "dateModified" : "2022-03-31T16:08:31.182Z", "datePublished" : "2015-10-20T04:00:00Z", "headline" : "Understanding Paper Weight and Brightness", "image" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 686, "url" : "https://20000079.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/20000079/Imported_Blog_Media/paper-weight-comparison-printing1-2.jpg", "width" : 640 }, "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.officecentral.com/2015/10/20/understanding-paper-weight-and-brightness", "publisher" : { "@type" : "Organization", "logo" : { "@type" : "ImageObject", "height" : 60, "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png", "width" : 60 }, "name" : "The Point & Other Matters" } } ```