Glossary of Printing Terms:
Ream

A unit of measurement for sheets of paper.

Though formerly defined as a 480 sheets, in the U.S. the term now refers to 500 sheets or, in the case of a so-called printer’s ream, 516 sheets, regardless of the paper’’s size or weight.

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