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Coupled with the development of new platemaking techniques and more highly pigmented inks, improved offset papers—made primarily from bleached sulfite pulp to provide increased opacity—at last became one of the standards for good offset work.

Then, with the benchmark set, the demand for increased detail, snap and brilliance in both monotone and multicolor printing led lithographers to turn to smoother high-gloss, mineral-coated papers for even better results.