How Board Envelopes Can Make Business And Personal Mailings Easier

If you were to step in any supply closet in any office there would most certainly be bored envelopes in there

. Board envelopes were created for the business mailer who needed something larger than a traditional or letter size envelope. Often when a business has mailings, such as contracts, they do not want them to be bent or misshapen in any way. These full size board envelopes provide protection to the document and also allow one to insert a full 8 X 11 piece of paper without being folded.

Though these envelopes come in many sizes and colours, the most popular is the manila board back envelopes. They come in a standard 115 gsm hefty duty style and for extra security; the seams are hot glued as well. Unlike regular envelopes, these do not require moisture to close, one can simply pull the self-adhesive cover and the envelopes will close themselves.

The gsm simply stands for grams per square meter. This is how paper weight is determined. As each square meter of paper will have a certain weight, this formula is used to calculate how much the total weight of the paper, or in this case board envelope weighs. The gsm is important, because it shows you what kind of quality you are purchasing. An envelope with 115 gsm is not going to be as sturdy as an envelope with a 120 gsm. While the differences seem minor, when mailing important documents, it can mean a lot. To make it easy to understand a telephone page uses a paper weight of around 60 gsm and they are relatively thin. A piece of printer paper is around 80 gsm, but photo print paper is around 250 gsm. The photo paper is a very heavy paper with the glossy front and it ranks the highest in paper weight. Therefore when looking at envelopes and the paper weight, one can easily see the security needed and those with lower weights may lack the security some documents need.

When selecting the envelopes you want, there are many choices, such as: Envelopes can be made with peel and seal flaps, tuck flap or thumb-cut closing - or even no flap at all, with a window or without and with an easy open strip or not. Many people actually use these heavy style envelopes each and every day to mail a cd or dvd, because they are heavier in content they protect the items being mailed. Todays options open many doors with colours and styles. Here are some of the envelope mailers popular sizes:

125 x 125

145 x 125 x 12

235 x 162

229 x 162

305 x 215 x 15

330 x 248

Many people wonder why they should pay the extra expense and use a board envelope, the simple fact is they offer an extra layer of protection, which cannot be found with other envelopes. Here is some of the most popular board envelopes, which can be found on todays market:

115gsm Manila Basket Weave

120gsm White Kraft

115gsm Manila Basket Weave

120gsm White Kraft

The gsm simply stands for grams per square meter. This is how paper weight is determined. As each square meter of paper will have a certain weight, this formula is used to calculate how much the total weight of the paper, or in this case board envelope weighs. The gsm is important, because it shows you what kind of quality you are purchasing. An envelope with 115 gsm is not going to be as sturdy as an envelope with a 120 gsm. While the differences seem minor, when mailing important documents, it can mean a lot.

by: Mark Glendale

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