TS 1690

TS 1690 is a terminology standard for paper. It belongs to the early series of vocabulary documents intended to establish a common technical language in paper and paperboard work, and it was later superseded by TS ISO 4046. As a vocabulary standard, it focuses on defining concepts rather than prescribing manufacturing or test procedures.

In paper technology, clear terminology matters because the same everyday word can refer to different stages of the process, different product forms, or different physical characteristics. Vocabulary standards help distinguish core concepts such as raw material, intermediate forms, finished paper products, surface treatment, and use-based categories. That makes specifications, catalogues, laboratory records, and technical correspondence easier to interpret consistently.

How paper vocabulary supports technical communication

Paper and paperboard form a broad family of products with differences in fibre structure, basis weight, thickness, finish, and end use. A terminology standard does not define how to make or test these products; it organises the language used to describe them. In practice, this reduces ambiguity when professionals compare grades, write procurement documents, or read older technical literature that uses historical wording.

Document type and historical context

This TS 1690 listing is a withdrawn standard whose scope is limited to paper terms. Its main value today is as a historical terminology reference and as part of the path that led to the later ISO 4046-based vocabulary. For users working with archived specifications or long-running paper technology records, it provides a snapshot of how the subject was formally named and organised at the time.