Coated paper (Art Paper), also known as coated printing paper, is called pink paper in Hong Kong and other regions. A variety of fine drawing papers, densely textured, with a smooth coated paper coated with a kaolin compound coating on one or both sides of the paper.

Coated paper is a high-grade printing paper made from base paper coated with white paint. It is mainly used for printing covers and illustrations of high-end books and periodicals, color pictures, various exquisite product advertisements, samples, product packaging, trademarks, etc. Coated paper is one of the main papers used in printing factories. Coated paper is a common name, and its official name should be printing coated paper. It is very commonly used in real life today. The beautiful wall calendars, posters sold in bookstores, book covers, illustrations, art books, picture albums, etc. are almost all made of coated paper, as well as various exquisitely decorated packaging, paper handbags, and labels. , trademarks, etc. also use it extensively. Coated paper is a paper made from coated base paper after coating and decoration processing. The surface is smooth and delicate. The coating is divided into double-sided and single-sided. The paper is divided into glossy and matte (matte) coated paper. Commonly used coated paper is divided into various thickness specifications from 105 grams per square meter to 350 grams per square meter. The size of a single sheet of coated paper in sales is generally divided into two sizes: large (889mm × 1194mm) and medium (787mm × 1092mm). The price of coated paper per ton is about 7,000 yuan to 7,500 yuan, and a 200-gram piece is 889mm × 1194mm. The price of large-sized coated paper is about 2 yuan.

The cloth-grained coated paper is pressed with an old blanket. In addition to the smooth surface and high whiteness, it also makes the printed graphics and pictures It has a three-dimensional effect, so this coated paper can be widely used to print pictorials, advertisements, landscape paintings, exquisite wall calendars, portrait photos, etc. Coated paper includes glossy coated paper and matte coated paper. Generally speaking, matte paper refers to matte coated paper, and coated paper refers to glossy coated paper. The printing price of the two is the same, but the printing process requirements of matte paper are slightly higher. It is easy to cause overprinting; the surface of "matte pink paper" is non-reflective, has good ink absorption, and the printing ink is relatively thick, so the drying time is longer; but if you print with a certain kind of ink, you can completely solve the problem of long drying time. (This ink is slightly more expensive than regular ink).