{"id":1523,"date":"2022-03-06T15:51:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-06T15:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.banana-print.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2024-06-14T12:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T11:33:41","slug":"what-is-ncr-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banana-print.co.uk\/blog\/what-is-ncr-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is NCR Paper & How Does It Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Handwritten copies with NCR paper
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NCR paper has its origins in a love story. In the 19th century, Italian inventor Pellegrino Turri invented \u201ccarbonated paper\u201d to enable his beloved, the blind Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzano, to write love letters without smudging her hands (and, one assumes, to leave less proof of their liaison). There\u2019s an opera in there somewhere, but that\u2019s a subject for another time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carbon paper has been used for hundreds of years to make an exact copy of something written or traced. It changed to a blue underlayment that was both hard to use and a source of dust that could cause respiratory issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCR\u2014or No Carbon Required\u2014paper is an excellent modern option without those drawbacks. Also called carbonless forms or carbonless copy paper, we\u2019ll go into what NCR paper is, what it\u2019s good for, and everything you need to know before buying your first pad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is\u00a0NCR Carbonless Paper?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Introduced in the 1950s, NCR paper, or ‘No Carbon Required,’ was quite a step forward. NCR forms were a new way to make copies of handwritten, typed, or printed documents. Plus, it was an alternative to carbon paper, which was messy, fragile, and emitted a potentially harmful blue dust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coated in a mixture of safe, non-toxic chemicals, NCR paper today captures and transfers writing without the need for dusty, messy carbon paper. NCR pads and forms provide an excellent alternative and a truly seamless way to copy important documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Does\u00a0Carbonless Paper\u00a0Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On NCR carbonless paper, the back of the top sheet, called the CB, is coated with pressure-sensitive microcapsules containing chemicals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those chemicals alone are not sufficient to make a seamless copy. The second sheet of paper, layered under the coated back top sheet, is also coated with a separate mix of chemicals. When those chemicals come into contact with those on the second sheet of paper, or CF sheet, the transfer of colour occurs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, this also allows for the creation of multiple copies of the same document simultaneously through the use of a coated front and back pad\u2014commonly known as a CFB. This way, writing will transfer through multiple carbonless sheets. CFBs differ from the two-part CB and CF systems only in the number of sheets used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits of Carbonless NCR Paper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NCR carbonless paper is an excellent addition to any office or organisation, as it has a wide variety of uses. Some benefits of carbonless paper include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n