artpaper

art +‎ paper

artpaper (uncountable)

1. Heavy-stock paper that is commonly used in books that show reproductions of artwork.
   • 1930, WN Sherwood, Paper-pulp beater (US Patent 1,780,845):

     Further, in the prior artpaper pulp heaters, the circulation or travel of the pulp through the vat or tub not entirely satisfactory.

   • 1984, Yozo Ohba, Takashi Toyoda, Masaaki Yamanaka, Fukashi Hashimoto, Tetsuji Kakizaki, Stretched film (U.S. Patent US4483965A):

     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, GHW Kenney, Price ticket and like displays (US Patent 4,446,640):

     (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.

   • 2009, Joash Moo, Frank Lee, Art in Life Lower Secondary, →ISBN, page 45:

     Place the cardboard shape created on a piece of artpaper and trace its outline with a pencil.