A Buyer’s Guide to Pergraphica

Let’s start off with the brightest of all, Pergraphica High White. As the name implies, this paper has the highest whiteness level and is perfect for conveying brilliant, bright colours. Our High White shade is often used for image-heavy books, such as photography and art books, as well as magazines, catalogues, and corporate design tools. A more brilliant shade of white conveys a subliminal rational message, whereas a more natural undertone delivers a warmer and emotional messaging.

Pergraphica High White complies with Reg EC 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

You can’t go wrong with Pergraphica Classic White — after all, it’s a classic for a reason. The perfect middle ground between our brightest and most natural shades is easy on the eyes, and often found in the pages of irresistible coffee table books.

It is typically favoured by designers of photography books and cookbooks due to the realistic look of printed images. In contrast to the high-shine and glossy look of coated papers, you can expect a beautiful matte finish and accurate, true-to-life colours. As a bonus, matte pages emit less light reflection, meaning better readability.

Pergraphica Classic White complies with Reg EC 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

Want to convey a more natural feel with your project? Then Pergraphica Natural White is the shade for you. Still distinctly white — no creams here — this shade is favoured by brands and companies looking to convey a more organic and pure message.

Pergraphica Natural White complies with Reg EC 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

As a bonus, we have Pergraphica Ivory Rough 1.5. This one’s a little different from the other three, as it was specially crafted for text-heavy books. With a unique feel and weights of 70, 80 and 90 g/m², this is a distinctive addition to our portfolio.

The ivory shade is gentle on the eyes and allows for extended comfortable reading and the rough surface texture projects a pure look. Intended for publishing applications, this paper guarantees excellent printability when offset printing at full machine speed.

The 1.5 in the name stands for the bulk of the paper, meaning that it possesses the look and feel of a higher substance at a lower weight, and thus has a yield advantage in comparison with other papers of these grammages.

Pergraphica Infinite Black is the perfect, luxurious black paper, and it is the ideal playground to unleash your creativity. Available in weights ranging from 120–350 g/m², it is free of carbon dyes, ensuring optimal compatibility with metallic and spot foils.

Its excellent printing properties and premium velvety feel guarantee that your creative print projects will not just look, but feel amazing.

Pergraphica Infinite Black performs exceptionally well with special finishes, does not dye or oxidise, and is certified for contact with food in compliance with Reg EC 1935/2004.

The standard folio format for Pergraphica Infinite Black is 70 × 100 cm LG, and is available in reams and bulk-packed.

Pergraphica Dark & Deep Colours are perfect for luxury packaging applications, book covers and liners for corrugated boxes. 

The collection consists of ten unique shades in weights from 90–400 g/m². The standard folio format for all colours is 70 × 100 cm LG, and is available in reams and bulk-packed. Reels and other formats are available upon request.

Available in ten signature colours: Stormy Grey, Magnificent Green, Magical Blue, Mysterious Blue, Precious Purple, Euphoric Pink, Noble Red, Imperial Red, Gentle Brown, and Sensual Brown.

Pergraphica Rich Colours add a pop of colour to bold and vibrant designs.

The collection consists of ten unique shades in weights from 80–400 g/m². The standard folio format for all colours is 70 × 100 cm LG, and is available in reams and bulk-packed. Reels and other formats are available upon request.

Available in ten signature colours: Glowing Yellow, Smiling Yellow, Cheerful Yellow, Idyllic Green, Joyful Green, Sparkling Blue, Imaginative Blue, Romantic Violet, Charismatic Red, and Fantastic Orange.

Pergraphica Pale Colours lend an air of freshness, and are popular within the beauty and cosmetics industry.

The collection consists of ten unique shades in weights from 80–400 g/m². The standard folio format for all colours is 70 × 100 cm LG, and is available in reams and bulk-packed. Reels and other formats are available upon request.

Available in ten signature colours: Timid Grey, Shining Pearl, Peaceful Yellow, Blissful Yellow, Curious Green, Hopeful Green, Dreamy Blue, Calming Blue, Blushing Pink, and Adorable Pink.

To ensure the highest level of colour accuracy when printing on the Pergraphica Whites portfolio, we offer Pergraphica-specific ICC profiles, which are available for download here.

ICC profiles help ensure that the colour you see on your screen and the one on the page are the same. These profiles define the colour transformations between the display on digital devices and support you to get the closest match from the colour in your designs to the printed page.

Our Catching Feels lookbook demonstrates exceptional printing results on all our Pergraphica papers, learn more about it below.

A smooth surface texture enhances a sophisticated message and conveys an elegant look and feel. Smooth and silky surfaces are suitable for high-tech products and cosmetics, for example.

A rough surface texture helps convey a pure and authentic look and feel. Natural and organic products benefit from a more haptic feel, so the natural texture of our rough papers is suitable for premium packaging projects.

Pergraphica Rough is also popular among art books and books with painting reproductions, where the surface of the paper evokes and reinforce the texture of the brushstrokes, as well as notebooks for a luxurious and vintage feel.

Our standard papers within the range span 90–160 g/m², which are the typical weights you would generally find in coffee-table books, premium stationery and marketing materials.

These grammages are suitable to most applications including book cores, magazines, notebooks, posters, brochures, envelopes, packaging solutions like folding boxes and boutique bags, and many, many more.

Anything 200 g/m² and up is classified as a board, or a paperboard. Higher grammages are suitable for a variety of different applications, spanning marketing materials, business cards, packaging, books and more.

More specifically, they are ideal for book and magazine covers, calendars, company catalogues, manuals, product brochures, menus, invitations, as well as folding boxes, and boutique bags — if this sounds like your project, then browse through the suggestions below.

Our highest grammage (400 g/m²) is made up of two laminated sheets of 200 g/m². This means that the paper benefits from two “top-sides” for perfect consistency, ensuring that both sides of a single sheet are equal in quality.

The uses for 400 g/m² are similar to our overall high grammage portfolio, but additionally, this weight is a very popular choice for corporate design projects, like business cards and compliment cards.

With its bulk and opacity, Pergraphica Ivory Rough 1.5 is the perfect paper for text-heavy premium book applications.

The ivory shade grants it a warm, natural feel that allows for comfortable reading and the high opacity makes it less see-through. Its rough surface texture projects a pure look, and its excellent printability enables offset printing at full machine speed.

This special addition to our portfolio is ideal for text-heavy books, as well as cookbooks with few images and travel guides with an emphasis on text.

Offset printing, an analogue printing technique also called lithographic printing, is the traditional method of using plates to print images and text onto paper. This printing method is favoured by designers due to its extremely high print quality, as well as the choice of special inks and finishing possibilities. Offset printing is also the more cost-effective solution for larger scale print jobs.

The excellent runnability of the entire Pergraphica range enables offset printing at full machine speed, making this optimal for large print runs.

Regarding formats, our three main Pergraphica Whites are available in folio sheet sizes most commonly used by modern offset machines (reels are available on request), Pergraphica Ivory Rough 1.5 in folio and reels and our Pergraphica Colours in folio. Pergraphica Whites and Colours are also available in reels on request.

Digital printing is an excellent option for projects with small print runs and personalised designs. The number one benefit of digital printing is that it offers customisation down to the last sheet and newer machines are catching up to the high-quality properties of offset printing. Some are even capable of offering pantone colours, metallic inks and special finishes.

The two main digital printing technologies are laser (also known as toner) and inkjet printing, and Pergraphica delivers excellent results on both. Each one offers up different advantages depending on your project, and our team of experts is happy to advise on the best solution for you.

Our Pergraphica Whites are available in SRA3 format, for all your digital printing needs.

In addition to laser, inkjet and offset printing, we also have specially designed grades certified for HP Indigo machines.

Of the different digital printing technologies, HP Indigo is the closest to offset printing, making this another popular printing choice for designers. In comparison with toner machines, HP Indigo is better at reproducing accurate and consistent colours, allowing for special ink colours and finishes, and tailoring the colour profile for any paper it prints on.

Choose from our special HP Indigo certified grades below.

Foiling has an undisputable appeal — it looks luxurious, enriches the sensory experience, and distinguishes your creative paper projects by adding texture, shine, relief and depth. Hot foils perfectly contrast the natural texture of uncoated papers as the shiny, metallic layer stands out against the matte, rough surface of Pergraphica.

This draws the eye to specific details of a design and retains the viewer’s attention — which is key in luxury packaging, branding materials and even some premium books.

With hot foil stamping, the choice of paper is key to a successful outcome, as fine detailed elements can be more challenging to achieve on deeply textured natural papers. Pergraphica’s exceptionally strong and consistent surface means excellent hot foiling results on both our rough and smooth papers.

All Pergraphica papers achieve remarkable hot foiling results, but for that extra premium feel, you can’t go wrong with our Pergraphica Colours.

Embossing and the reverse, debossing, are techniques used to impress (or depress) a design or motif onto paper. This raised relief is as appealing visually, as it is to the touch, and you can’t help but run your fingertips over them.

These popular special finishes are a great way to add visual appeal to a project and make it three-dimensional, as well as to create braille texts and tactile lettering for the blind and visually impaired, making beautiful paper projects accessible to all.

Embossing and debossing can also be effectively combined with other effects, like hot foiling or micro-engraving, to elevate designs even further.

For maximum effect when embossing or debossing, we recommend using papers with a weight of 300 g/m² and up.

Varnish is a liquid finish — available in gloss, matte, and UV — applied to seal in and protect the ink on the printed surface. Spot varnish is a great way to highlight the contrast between matte and gloss surfaces, and looks great overlaid on the natural texture of our Pergraphica papers. You can apply a varnish coating to a particular element of your printed piece, such as a logo or photograph, while leaving the rest of the piece untouched for a lovely tactile experience.

Varnishes are available in glossy and matte finishes, to suit the style of your design. UV varnish is fixed with an ultraviolet light, giving the surface an exceptional gloss, as well as being resistant to rubbing.

Laser cutting and engraving allows you to personalise your project with text, logos, patterns and other visuals, which can be marked on the surface of the page or cut out.

All our Pergraphica papers were extensively tested with CO₂ lasers, offering excellent results in a single run, so you can benefit from versatility, precision and speed.

Due to the low odour and noise of CO₂ lasers, they can be used in any environment – making it easy to bring brilliant laser designs in-house.

Designers don’t just think outside the box. They think about the box. Folding boxes are one of the most popular applications within the premium packaging sector.

Our Pergraphica Whites are the best choice for packaging that will be printed in full colour, whereas our Pergraphica Colours are ideal for projects with a premium look and feel that will be embellished with special finishes. Pergraphica Infinite Black and Pergraphica Mysterious Blue are two popular choices used for luxury packaging — the former is also food contact safe, so it can be used in food packaging applications.

With the exception of our special HP Indigo grades and Ivory Rough 1.5, all our Pergraphica Whites are also safe to use in contact with food.

Our papers are available in both long and short grain, so they are optimal for all folding options. For folding boxes, we recommend using Pergraphica papers in weight from 200 g/m² and up.

Browse from our suggestions below for the optimal papers for your folding box needs.

We recommend a commercial test run to ensure runnability on your converting and printing equipment. Paper performance can be influenced by machine settings, as well as converting and storage conditions.

Corrugated has never looked so glamorous. Kraft packaging and brown corrugated boxes may be the go-to for standard packages, but that makes it all the more important for luxury products to differentiate themselves from the norm. Corrugated liners are durable and rigid, making them the perfect protective casing for champagne and perfume bottles, but these premium products deserve elevated packaging.

More and more brands are demanding premium coloured corrugated liners, and with Pergraphica, you don’t have to worry about colour matching the external packaging to the interior, or have concerns about the difference in haptics. Thanks to our vast portfolio of both low and high substances, you can create seamless, unified packaging from the same shade.

Both Pergraphica Colours and Whites have been tested extensively and excel at this application, performing exceptionally as corrugated liners and fluting.

Our Pergraphica Whites are the perfect choice for publications rich in photography and illustrations, as they convey brilliant, bright colours that are true-to-life. From our brightest to our most natural shade, you will always end up with accurate and stunning images.

Due to the natural finish, the pages emit less light reflection, allowing for better readability.

Pergraphica Ivory Rough was specially crafted for text-heavy publications. The ivory shade grants the paper a warm, natural feel that allows for comfortable reading and the high opacity makes it less see-through at lower weights. Its rough surface texture projects a pure look, and its excellent printability enables offset printing at full machine speed.

The opacity of a paper describes how much light can be seen through it — the higher the opacity, the less light. This is important to keep in mind when printing on both sides of the paper, so you won’t see what is printed on the reverse side.

Our papers are available in a range of weights up to 400 g/m², making them ideal for book covers and end covers. The natural texture of our papers guarantees a premium hardcover finish and, with 31 colours to choose from, there’s the perfect shade for every book.

Long gone are the days when bookbinding was just a decision between softcover and hardcover, based on your budget. Binding methods have become design statements, harking back to the manual craft tradition of the trade, while using efficient, industrial processes. 

The right binding technique can make your book stand out, from visible thread-stitching to lay-flat binding techniques and many more. These statement bindings perfectly pair with the look and feel of Pergraphica, creating a sensual experience for your readers.

We’re all about pushing boundaries with design, but as far as paper is concerned, it’s important not to go against the grain. Therefore, we offer both short and long grain directions, to suit all cutting and folding needs for book specialists. Simply note your requirements when purchasing.

Paper is the natural choice for many food products, but not all papers are suitable for contact with food. Only certified papers are safe to keep food in pristine condition.

Food packaging needs to store and transport items safely, but it also needs to be suitable for printing and converting in a way that does not impact the food. This includes a change in taste, colour, texture, or odour, or (even worse) containing any elements that can affect the consumer’s health.

Pergraphica Infinite Black and our Pergraphica Whites (with the exception of Ivory Rough and our special HP Indigo grades) are certified for contact with food in compliance with Reg EC 1935/2004.

As a global standard, the Cradle to Cradle Certified® Products Program* is the most advanced standard for safe, circular and responsible materials and products. It makes it easy for you to find and purchase products that contribute to circularity and promote sustainability.

Obtaining the comprehensive Cradle to Cradle Certified® Product Standard at the Bronze level cements our commitment towards — and pledge to improve — creating papers for perfectionists, which includes a focus on paper production and responsibility for our climate impact.

* Cradle to Cradle Certified® is a registered trademark of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

Our full spectrum design paper is made in Austria and fulfils the strict international standards set by FSC™ (FSC-C015522) and EU Ecolabel.