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- uncountableHeavy-stock paper that is commonly used in books that show reproductions of artwork.
Place the cardboard shape created on a piece of artpaper and trace its outline with a pencil.
2009, Joash Moo, Frank Lee, Art in Life Lower Secondary, →ISBN, page 453 more examples
Further, in the prior artpaper pulp heaters, the circulation or travel of the pulp through the vat or tub not entirely satisfactory.
1930, WN Sherwood, Paper-pulp beater (US Patent 1,780,845)Of the stretched films according to this invention, the transparent stretched film is useful as a wrapping film; The translucent stretched film is useful, as tracing paper, a poster for an electric sign, a wrapping film, a film for print lamination, or the like; and the opaque stretched film is useful, as artpaper, photographic paper, wrapping paper, paper for an envelope, makeup paper, paper for a note, paper for a map, and so forth.
1984, Yozo Ohba, Takashi Toyoda, Masaaki Yamanaka, Fukashi Hashimoto, Tetsuji Kakizaki, Stretched film (U.S. Patent US4483965A)(1) large sheets of the selected plastics are mounted on to suitable artboard or substantial artpaper, the top or receiving surface of the latter being glazed and the reverse surface matt.
1984, GHW Kenney, Price ticket and like displays (US Patent 4,446,640)
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