Paper grade
Numerical and terminological description of paper contrast:
numbers 0 -1 soft; number 2 normal; number 3 hard; numbers 4 very hard.
(see Contrast grade paper & Multigrade) ...
Fixed grade - or graded - black-and-white papers are available in different contrast grades, numbered 0 to 5, with 0 being the softest, or least contrasty paper grade and 5 being the hardest, or most contrasty paper grade.
The Darkroom Equivalent: Paper grade and processing have the contrast and the tonalities right where they should be.
When To Use It: If you want great results, but don't want it to take all day.
grade
to determine a type, category for various papers and cloth.(Paper grade categories are bond, uncoated book, coated book, text, cover, board, and specialty).
Paper grades & filtration for black & white
Building a budget darkroom
Duplicating Slides
Rotary Processing
Solarization
Push and pull processing
Build your own film and paper dryer
Choosing An Enlarger ...
A type of head of an enlarger that has a set of three colour filters (cyan/magenta/yellow) that can be adjusted to make a colour print from a negative or transparency It can also be used to produce different paper grades using special variable ...
" Then the printers have to go back and figure out what combination of paper grade and dodging and burning will produce the combined result desired. This is the ideal working relationship.
 See also: Grade, Print, Contrast, Photograph, Image
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