What is cast coating? Explain this type of coating. What kind of paper is coated with this process? 

What effect is called “rimming” (in the dryer section)? Why can this be an issue, and what is done to keep its impact to a minimum?

Pigment content (in %) of coating colors is around 

which of the properties below are determining coated sheet properties 

What function does the felt have in the press section? List two functions.

Blade coaters, air knife coaters, and roll coaters are three commonly used coating devices. Describe how you expect the surface of paper to look for each of them. (They create differences in surface pattern and uniformity of coating thickness.)

Complete the following sentence.  Hard nip calendering results in paper with ______ thickness but variation in ______.

Supercalendering is often used on coated paper. What effect does supercalendering have on the coated paper surface?

What is a shoe press? What does it accomplish?

The fan pump is fed from the so-called stuff box. What is the function of the stuff box, and why is it so important for the final paper product?