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Cut-size paper — Specification — Part 1, General -purpose paper , and is being proposed for adoption  as a 
Uganda Standard.  
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 Foreword 
Development of the East African Standards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods and services are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
In order to achieve this objective, the Community established an East African Standards Committee mandated 
to develop and issue East African Standards.   
The Committee is composed of representatives of the National Standards Bodies in Partner States, together 
with the representatives from the private sectors and consumer organizations. Draft East African Standards 
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of the Community. 
East African Standards are subject to review, to keep pace with technological advances. Users of the East 
African Standards are therefore expected to ensure that they always have the latest versions of the standards 
they are implementing .  
This Draft East African Standard, DEAS  863-1:2015 , was prepared by Technical Committee EASC //TC/065 
Paper and paper products The Committee is composed of representatives from National Standards Bodies,  
regulators and academia, together with the representatives from the private sector and consumer 
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 Cut-size papers — Specification — Part 1, General-purpose paper 
1 Scope  
This Part 1 of the Draft East African Standard prescribes the requirements and methods of test for general 
purpose paper used for printing, writing, typing and duplicating.  
2 Normative references 
ISO 216:2007  writing paper and certain classes of printed matter -- Trimmed sizes -- A and B series, and 
indication of machine direction  
 
3 Terms and definitions 
For the purpose of this standard, the following definitions shall apply"..  
3 Requirements  
3.1  General Requirements 
3.1.1  The paper shall be suitably sized or unsized for satisfactory printing and writing with printing ink and 
pen ink. 
3.1.3 The paper shall be uniform in texture finish and calliper, free of lint, dust, dirt, slime spot, wrinkles, 
folds, scuff marks, and shall lie flat.  Paper shall be cut squarely on all sides, and be free of knife marking, 
ragged and torn edges. 
3.2 Specific requirements 
When tested in accordance to ISO 216 t he paper shall be within ‘A’ and ‘B’ series of sizes . 
Table 1. Requirements for cut-size paper 
SL No. Characteristi
c Requirement  
Method  
Of Test  News 
print  Bank 
Paper  Offset 
Paper  Writin
g 
Paper  Bond 
Paper  Manila 
Board  White 
Duplicating  Buff 
Printing  
(i) Grammage , 
gsm,  ± 5 %  44.6 50 60, 70, 
80, 90, 
100 50,  
55, 
60, 70  50 
60, 70, 
80, 90,  
100 125 
160, 
180,22
5, 
300 
350 65, 70, 80   
80 ISO 536  
(ii) Moisture 
content, % 
range  4-8 4-7 4-7 4-7 4-7 4-7 4-7 4-7 ISO 287  
(iii) Opacity *, % 
min 86 78 78 76 78 - 80 82 ISO 2471  
                                                      
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 (iv) Brightness*  
% min  60 70 76 70 78 76 70 - ISO 2470  
(v) Tear index , 
min 50 53 55 53 55 - 55 - ISO 
1974 -12 
(vi) Breaking 
length min  2 300  2 700  2 700  2 600  2 700  - 2 300  2 700  - 
(vii) Cobb  minute  
g/m2 - 20 20 20 20 24 - 20 ISO 535  
*Applicable to white papers and boards only.  
4 Packaging and labelling 
4.1 Packaging 
4.1.1  General — Sheets of paper shall be packed in suitable material that protects from dust, moisture, dirt 
among others during transportation and storage. 
4.1.2  Sheets of paperboard whose substance is more than 150 gsm shall be wrapped and sealed in 
packets.  Not other type of packing shall be allowed. 
4.1.3  The wrapping and sealing shall be adequate to ensure that during normal transportation, handling and 
storage, the quality and content of the reams remain within the limits specified in Table 1. 
4.1.4  The sheets of paper and paperboard shall not adhere to one another.  Reams shall only contain 
sheets that are normally identical with respect to size, grammage and colour. 
4.1.5  The number of sheets of paper in a ream shall be 500 with a tolerance of ±1 per cent. 
4.1.6  For paperboards with a grammage of 224 gsm or less, the number of sheets shall be 250 in a packet.  
For paperboards with more than 224 gsm, the number of sheets shall be 125 in a packet.  A tolerance of ± 2 
sheets % shall be given on the number of sheets. 
4.2 Labelling 
The following shall be marked legibly and indelibly on the wrapping of each ream: 
a) The name and physical address of the manufacturer or local distributor and registered trade mark. 
b) The name of the product. 
c) The size designation of the paper. 
d) The number of sheets. 
e) The grammage of the paper. 
f) The colour of the paper, if other than white. 
5 sampling and compliance with the specification 
5.1 Sampling 
5.1.1  Sampling of Boxes — To determine whether the packing and marking requirements of the 
specification with respect to boxes are met, take at random from the lot the number of boxes given in Table 2, 
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 If the boxes are on pallets, take as nearly as possible the same number of boxes from each pallet to make up 
the total number of boxes required.  Deem the samples so taken to represent the lot for the respective 
properties. 
Table 2. Selections of units 
Size of lot, n units*)  Number of units 
selected  Method of Selection  
1 to 5  All - 
6 to 399  n ± 20  At random  
400 or more  20 At random  
*In deciding the number of units to be selected, any remainder of less than 20 units shall be ignored. 
5.1.2  Sampling of Reams and Paper — To determine whether the requirements of the specification with 
respect to reams and paper are met, after inspection of the boxes  sampled in accordance with 6.1.1, take a 
ream from each of them and deem the samples so taken to represent the lot for the respective properties. 
5.2 Compliance with the Specification 
The lot shall be deemed to comply with the relevant requirements of t he specification if  — 
a) after inspection of boxes for packing and marking, not more than one defective is found. 
b) after inspection of the reams for packing and marking not more than one defective is found. 
c) after inspection the paper for defects, not more than five defects are found, and 
d) after testing in accordance with 4, no defective is found. 
6 Inspection 
6.1 Inspection of Boxes  — Visually examine each of the corrugated board boxes sampled in accordance 
to 6.1.1 for compliance with the packing and marking requirements and report the results for each box. 
6.2 Inspection of Reams  — Visually examine each of the reams sampled in accordance with 6.1.2 for 
compliance with the packing and marking and report the results for each rea m. 
6.3 Inspection of Paper — Open a ream and immediately remove from about the centre of the ream, the 
number of sheets required for the determination of moisture content. 
Take all reasonable precautions to avoid detectable change in moisture content of the sampled sheets.  
Afterwards count the remaining number of sheets in the ream, add the number removed, and report the total 
number of sheets in the ream.  From the remaining sheets in the ream, take at random 50 consecutive sheets 
and inspect both sides for: 
(i) Compliance with the requirements of 4. 
(ii) The machine direction. 
Report the number of defects found.  Repeat this procedure with the other reams samples.  Report the total 
number of defects found. 
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