| AFA | Art For Approval |
| A-flute | 1/4″ thick, 33 flutes per linear foot |
| AQ Gloss | Aqueous coating applied to the coating side of packaging overtop printing to seal in the ink with a glossy finish |
| AQ Satin | Aqueous coating applied to the coating side of packaging overtop printing to seal in the ink with a satin finish |
| B-flute | 1/8″ thick, 47 flutes per linear foot |
| BTO | Built To Order |
| C1S | Coated 1-side |
| C2S | Coated 2-sides |
| CCNB | Clay Coated News (Gray) Back |
| CCWB | Clay Coated White Back |
| C-flute | 3/16″ thick, 39 flutes per linear foot |
| Chipboard | Compressed paperboard material |
| CNK | Coated Natural Kraft |
| CYMK | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, a color standard model use in color printing which uses the aforementioned four colors to create tones for use in ink printing. |
| D/W | Double-Wall, typically B/C-flute which is 5/16″ thick |
| Delivered Price | Freight built into warehouse pricing to deliver from warehouse to customer |
| Detroit Style | Detroit style pizza is a rectangular pan pizza |
| Drums | Heavy duty cake circles and pads, most often used for heavier, tiered cakes such as wedding cakes. These are B/C-flute and 1.5″ thick |
| ECT | Edge Crust Test, a compressive strength test used to classify paperweights |
| E-flute | 1/16″ thick, 90 flutes per linear foot |
| Flexo Printing | Printing style which used flexible printing plates which can be used on nearly all substrates |
| FTL | Full truckload, 48 pallets fit double stacked on a 53′ standard, dry trailer. |
| Full Bleed | When the custom printing covers 70% or more of the item/box surface |
| GCMI | Glass Containers Manufacturers Institute, a color standard collection of sixty coded colors availble for use as ink in printing processes for packaging. |
| GSM | Grams per square meter in reference to paper weight |
| HSC | Half Slotted Carton/Container |
| Inside Print | When the interior of a box/unit has printing/art |
| K/K | Kraft/Kraft |
| Landed Price | Freight built into container direct pricing to deliver direct to customer |
| LC | Locking Corner |
| LTL | Less than truckload |
| Offset Printing | Printing style with a glossy exterior finish |
| PET | Polyethylene terephthalate, a compound used in coating packaging for grease resistance |
| PMS | Pantone Matching System, a color standard system used in color matching to create ink in a wide variety for use as ink in printing processing for packaging. More versatile than CYMK printing. |
| PT | Stands for point, the point system in packaging is determined by the caliper thickness of the substrate. One point equals 0.001″ |
| RSC | Regular Slotted Carton/Container |
| S/W | Single-Wall, meaning there is one layer of fluting for the corrugated material, can be in various flute types |
| SBS | Solid Bleach Sulfate |
| Scalloped | Refers the scalloped pattern used on edges of our cake boards and pads labeled scalloped |
| SE/AB | Seal End Auto Bottom |
| Sicilian Style | Sicilian style pizza is a type of rectangular pizza often with thicker crust than a standard pizza |
| SUS | Solid Unbleached Sulfate |
| TT/AB | Tuck Top/Auto Bottom |
| W/K | White/Kraft |
| W/W | White/White |
| Will-Call | Refers to a delivery method in which the customer picks up items from the seller’s facility |
| Wrap Around | Bakery circles and pads which are double wall fluted and the foil on these wrap around to the bottom of the board/pad. Thes are B/C-flute and 1/4″ thick |
Get your custom boxes in these easy steps!
Step 1:
Simply call 888-400-3455, email [email protected]
Step 2:
Send us a high resolution logo or graphic. Our designers will begin designing a box for you!
Step 3:
You receive your proof.
Step 4:
Once you approve your box design and place an order, we get to work and your boxes will be distributed within weeks!
Quality Guarantee!
At W Packaging, we understand that packaging is a key component of the marketing plan for any business and pizza boxes are an efficient and effective way to promote our customers business. We provide the best quality custom print product.
