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| | Newspapapers weighing newsprint |
 | | The implications are significant, said speakers at last month’s Newsprint Symposium, sponsored by Technical Solutions, the joint venture of the Newspaper Association of America and Ifra. |
 | | A lightweight basis newsprint test conducted earlier this year of 10 Gannett papers yielded mixed results, she said, with some dailies meeting the publisher’s corporate quality guidelines while others fell far short, particularly in areas of bleed-through and runnability. |
 | | Papers switching to 45-gram newsprint also have to optimize their press operations, he said, recommending that papers standardize their ink, plate and consumable vendors. |
| www.newsandtech.com /issues/2005/07-05/nt/07-05_printweight.htm (861 words) |
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