Paper Ordering Guide for Athens Customers
Paper Types
At Athens, our strength is in our partnerships. We are proud to be a chosen distributor for the best domestic and global paper brands - and we back that with over 10,000 products, 14 distribution hubs serving 16 states, and sales experts who understand both products and applications. At Athens, handshakes count and hard work matters. Count on our team to help you find the right materials at the right price, with the responsive support your customers deserve.
Commercial Printing Paper
Commercial paper is the core stock used across high-volume print production, from marketing collateral and direct mail to books, manuals, and business forms. Choosing the right grade, finish, and basis weight helps you balance print quality, runnability, and cost for both offset and digital applications.
Products Include
- Coated papers in all grades
- Uncoated papers in all grades
- Writing papers
- Text and cover papers in a wide range of brands, colors and finishes
- Digital substrates for all makes and models of equipment
- Ink Jet
- Synthetic papers
- Board
- Copy paper
- Carbonless
- Label stock
- Precut tabs
- Envelopes
We Can Also Help You With
When you partner with Athens, you gain more than access to products. We work with you to build purchasing strategies that reduce costs, support sustainability goals, and create long-term consistency for your operation.
- Supply chain stocking solutions
- Made-in-America products
- Eco-friendly papers
Mills We Represent
Athens is proud to be an authorized distributor for the paper industry's finest manufacturers. Our partnerships with these mills give you access to a broad range of grades, weights, and specialty options backed by real product expertise.
- Beveridge
- Burgo
- Condat
- CTI
- Domtar
- Finch
- French Paper
- MACtac
- MetsaBoard
- Mohawk
- Monadnock
- Navigator
- Neenah
- Nekoosa Coated Products
- Pixelle
- Polyart Group
- Rolland
- Simpson Security Papers
- Suzano
- Sylvamo
- Wausau Coated Products
- WestRock
- Xerox
- Yupo
Digital Paper for All Applications
Athens stocks a broad line of digital papers and substrates for common production environments including HP, Xerox, Kodak, Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, and other dry toner equipment.
Digital Categories
- Coated sheets
- Uncoated sheets
- Writing papers
- Text and cover
- Films and synthetics
- Magnets
- Labels
- Carbonless
- Converted products including ID cards with carriers
- Roll stock
- Cut Sheets
Athens ProDigital - High Value at a Great Price
Athens ProDigital is a high quality coated paper available in gloss and silk finishes in text and cover stock.
Inkjet Papers for Commercial Digital Presses
You've invested in production inkjet equipment. Now you need paper that runs clean, prints beautifully, and performs consistently. Athens helps commercial printers choose compatible inkjet papers from best-in-class manufacturers that support speed, color, and finishing performance without guesswork.
Built for Production Inkjet
Production inkjet presses can demand more from paper than traditional offset presses.
Surface treatment. Absorption. Smoothness. Formation.
Small differences affect color vibrancy, drying, and finishing. We help you select papers designed specifically for:
- High-speed cut-sheet inkjet presses
- Roll-fed inkjet systems
- Direct mail programs
- Books and manuals
- Marketing collateral
- Inserts and transactional print
Not All Paper Runs the Same
We help you answer questions about optimal paper selection for your specific equipment and production requirements. Our paper specialists understand the nuances of different substrates and can guide you to the right choice.
Cut Sheets in All Sizes and Weights
Athens is one of the largest distributors of cut sheets in all sizes, weights and grades in the Southeast. Every paper we stock was chosen for quality and jam-free production.
Cut Sheet Options
- 20 lb., 24 lb., 28 lb. and 32 lb. bond in all sizes
- White or colored sheets
- All grades
- Eco-friendly options including post-consumer fiber content
- Watermarked options
- Acid-free papers for archival printing
- Made in the USA papers
We provide papers for all types of equipment including:
- Laser and ink jet copiers
- Plain-paper fax machines
- Digital imaging equipment
- Small offset presses
We also provide complete stocking solutions for offices and facilities.
Specialty Products
Athens Gloss and Silk
Athens Gloss and Athens Silk are papers that perform. Both are available for offset and digital. With over 15 million pounds of inventory in our system, you can get what you need when you need it, quickly and at an economical price.
This blue-white sheet has exceptional brightness, and is available in gloss and silk finishes. It is stocked in four text weights and five cover weights, and available in skids and cartons.
Exceptional Value at an Economical Price
- Text weights: 60 lb., 70 lb., 80 lb., and 100 lb.
- Cover weights: 67 lb., 80 lb., 100 lb., 111 lb., and 130 lb.
- Brightness of 91
- Virgin fiber from responsibly-managed forests
- Above average bulk and stiffness for a luxurious feel
- Digital sheets have 10% PCW
Envelopes in Every Size, Style and Type
Athens is your go-to source for envelopes in all styles with standard products in all categories.
Envelope Types
- Commercial envelopes in all sizes, with and without windows
- Announcement envelopes in either A-series sizes or baronials
- Catalog and booklet envelopes
- Specialty envelopes for collections, ordering, remittance and charitable applications
- Packing list envelopes
- Coin envelopes
- CD Mailers
- Bubble mailers
- Polymailers
- Interoffice mailers
Manufactured Envelopes
- Open side and open end styles available
- Sizes range from 3" x 5" to 12" x 15.5"
- Single or double window styles
- Closure options including re-moistenable adhesive, latex, clasp, string & button, and peel & seal
- Printing options
Standard Envelope Brands
We offer all envelopes from the following well-known brands:
- Cenveo
- French
- Leader
- Mohawk
- Monadnock
- Neenah
- Papercone
- Quality Park
Supply Solutions for Publishers
Athens provides paper procurement solutions to reduce your costs and optimize supply chain.
Markets We Serve
- Corporate accounts
- Book publishing
- Magazines
- Inserts
- Direct mailers
- Packaging
- Financial enterprises
- Pharmaceutical
Customized Solutions Include
- Inventory management
- Consignment
- Just-in-time deliveries
- Stocking programs
- Customized reporting to monitor purchases and shipments
- Made using Green Energy
- Elemental Chlorine Free
- Carbon Neutral manufacturing
Mills We Represent for Web Paper Solutions
- 9 Dragons (FBB)
- American Eagle
- Athens Gloss & Silk OE
- Badger Paper
- Boise Cascade
- Burgo
- Catalyst
- Chenming
- Domtar
- Evergreen
- Finch
- Flambeau River
- French Paper
- Georgia-Pacific
- International Paper
- Kruger
- LECTA/Condat
- Metsa Board
- Miquel y Costas
- Mohawk
- Neenah
- Norpac
- Norske Skog
- PDL/Bollore Thin Papers
- Pixelle
- Port Hawkesbury
- Potlatch
- Resolute Forest Products
- Rolland
- Sappi
- Scheufelen
- Sopercel
- Suzano
- Tembec/Kallima
- Twin Rivers
- WestRock
- White Birch
The Athens Paper Promise
We learn about your business to understand your needs, operations, target audience and environmental policies.
Program Outcomes
- Consistent product consistency to support your brand
- Unified paper procurement across all business units
- Volume purchasing benefits
- Capacity and allocation protection
- Postal analysis and waste reduction
- Consolidation of paper grades
- Environmental audits
- Strategic account status
Diversity Purchasing Solutions
For clients with diversity spending goals, we have partnered with Bright Paper Company. They have full access to our paper lines and can develop the right procurement solution to meet all your paper needs on a national basis.