ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 15397 Firstedition 2014-02-01 Graphic technology Communication of graphic paper properties Technologie graphique-Communication des proprietes des papiers graphiques Reference number ISO 15397:2014(E) LSO IS02014 ed without license from IHS Not for Resale IS015397:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56.CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax+41227490947 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web.www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2014- All rights reserved No reproduction or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS015397:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Termsanddefinitions .2 4 Listofrequired criteriaforcommunication of paper properties .5 5 Iso standards related to required criteria .6 5.1 Sampling and general information useful for technical communication 6 5.2 Brand name and paper mill .6 5.3 Grammage .7 5.4 Bulk and/orthickness .7 5.5 Roughnessfor evaluation of surfaceproperties .7 5.6 Gloss. 7 5.7 Opacity 8 5.8 Brightness and whiteness ofunprinted paper .8 5.9 Colour measurement of paper white point in printing conditions (D50/2°) 5.10 Colour measurement ofunprinted paperinoutdoorconditions (D65/10°) .10 5.11 Supported colour gamut in the context of prepress design 10 5.12 Fluorescence inthe contextof prepress 10 5.13 Storage conditions, influence of aging and testing conditions for proofing substrates 11 5.14 Bending resistance (bending stiffness) for Sheet-Fed Offset printing substrates .11 Bibliography .12 orStanda ili license from IHS Not for Resale