Glossary of Printing Terminology
Originals / Copies
When we give you a quote, we refer to your originals and your copies. Originals can often be miscounted if they are double-sided.
'Number of originals' means the number of A4 (or A3), pages that you want to have copied. Thus one double-sided piece of paper equals two originals. Number of copies' is the number of finished documents you would like us to produce.
Paper Sizes
Here is a brief overview of standard paper sizes.
- A4 is standard photocopy and printing paper. A4 paper is 29.7 x 21 cm. Folding A4 to DLE is usually used for document such as newsletters and involves the A4 paper being creased in two places, usually one-third of the way down the page.
- A3 is twice the size of a sheet of A4, 29.7 x 42 cm.
- A2 is twice the size of A3, 42 x 59.4 cm.
- A1 is twice the size of A2, 59.4 x 84.1 cm.
At CopyNZ Print, the largest we can copy is A3 and the largest we laminate is A1.
About Paper Thickness
Paper is measured for thickness in grams per square meter. A normal piece of photocopying paper is 80 gsm. One normal piece of paper measuring 1 meter by 1 meter will weigh 80 grams. If paper is thicker, it weighs more. 100 gsm paper is slightly thicker than 80 gsm paper. 120 is a good thickness if you have a double sided document and don't want to see the typing on the other side. CopyNZ Print photocopiers can photocopy onto a maximum of 250gsm. We can fold 120gsm and thicker on our folder. Below that, we manually fold each item.
Sending Documents via Email or FTP
We have both Mac and PC computers and can accept files from both. We are continually updating our software. Please contact CopyNZ Print to find out if your file format is supported. For documents with many graphics, complex layout, or for large pictures by themselves we advise that you send them to us as a PDF file. We accept files via email, and we are happy to download very large .ZIP file bundles from your FTP site.