The Evolution of Paper, Printing and Writing

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In the past people wrote or carved symbols on stones or clay to leave behind some important achievements of their culture. Thousands of years had passed they invented a more elaborate way to write and this time on papyrus and animal skins and then a few centuries later they also made some engravings on copper or bronze. As time went on people became more sophisticated with the advent of new discoveries and new technology, they discovered how to make paper from wood pulp. Today, however, our society has become so advanced that we even made at least 50 different kinds of paper and all of which are of the best quality than what we had before.

Here are some of the few that we will be discussing in this article and they are synthetic paper, which is made from wood pulp and oil resin. Synthetic paper is best used for digital printing and it is already the second most demanded paper material in the market today. There is also vinyl paper which is almost made in the same way, but it adds nitrogen into the mixture of vinyl resins, plasticizers, and AZO compound to get the desired material. Another great paper material is the decal paper, it is a layered paper and other materials pressed together to make decal paper. It is great for marking things or makes stunning decorations of sorts on your car, boat, airplane or any of your favorite items since they come in all shapes and sizes. There’s also waterproof paper which is made from special coatings and fibers to enable it to resist water or moistly conditions. Waterproof paper is great for outdoors, packaging, writing in rainy or moistly weather, making labels and tags as well as some crazy art like raincoats and bird feeder which is a DIY craft. Repositionable sticker paper is also among the favorites, especially in company meetings, school presentations, scrap booking and card making. Sticker papers are also made almost the same way as other special paper and they are lined and coated with adhesives to retain their sticky properties.

There are other impressive papers that sometimes we have not heard of before like azurelaid paper, base paper, cast coated paper, chromo paper, fluorescent paper and many more. Although their names may appear strange or irrelevant, they are actually indispensible in our daily lives, especially in the industry and manufacturing sector. These many kinds of paper like other raw materials make up the backbone of our perpetually busy society.