Office Products Specs Explained

Plain explanations of office products specs on Wiki Shopping, such as sizes and ratings, and what each one changes when you choose a product.

Bar chart of the 633 printers on Wiki Shopping that state a printer type. Inkjet and laser are tied as the largest groups with 201 printers each, followed by photo with 153 and ink tank with 78.

Inkjet vs Laser Printers: Printer Types, Explained

Inkjet printers spray liquid ink and suit photos and light use; laser printers fuse toner powder and suit fast, high-volume text printing.

Bar chart of labels per sheet for five Avery templates, from 80 for template 5167 down to 1 for template 5165.

Label Sizes and Avery Numbers, Explained

An Avery number like 5160 names one exact sheet layout, 30 address labels of 1 by 2-5/8 inches; match it, the printer type and the finish before you buy.

Bar chart of US line spacing by ruling. Wide ruled is 8.7 mm, college ruled 7.1 mm and narrow ruled 6.4 mm.

Notebook Paper Types, College vs Wide Ruled

College ruled lines sit 9/32 inch apart and wide ruled 11/32 inch, dot grid swaps grid lines for dots, and gsm is the paper's weight in grams per square meter.

Bar chart of paper shredders on Wiki Shopping by cut type. Cross-cut is the largest group with 42 shredders, followed by micro-cut with 30 and strip-cut with 10.

Paper Shredder Security Levels, P-1 to P-7

Shredder P levels come from DIN 66399 and cap each shred's size, from 2,000 square millimeters at P-1 to 5 at P-7; micro-cut reaches the higher levels.

Bar chart of ballpoint pens on Wiki Shopping by point size. 1.0 mm is the largest group with 15 pens, followed by 0.5 mm with 9 and 0.7 mm with 2.

Pen Point Sizes, 0.5 vs 0.7 vs 1.0 mm

The millimeter figure on a ballpoint or gel pen is the ball diameter, so 0.5 mm writes finer than 0.7 mm, and 1.0 mm is usually sold as medium.

Bar chart of pencils on Wiki Shopping by type. Mechanical pencils are the largest group with 24, followed by wooden lead pencils with 15 and mechanical pencil leads with 5.

Pencil Grades and Lead Sizes, Explained

H pencils are hard and light, B pencils soft and dark, and HB (a US No. 2) sits in the middle; mechanical pencil leads come in sizes such as 0.5 and 0.7 mm.

Bar chart of pages needed for a year of planning by layout. Two pages per day needs 730 pages, one page per day 365, two pages per week 104 and two pages per month 24.

Planner Formats, Daily vs Weekly vs Undated

A daily planner gives each day a page or two, a weekly planner shows the week on two pages, and an undated planner lets you start any time.