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The '''paper industry''' deals with the creation and processing of paper, and related goods like books.
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The '''paper industry''' deals with the creation and processing of paper sheets, and further processing into quires and scrolls.
  
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{{Quote|text=We have three branches for the release: papyrus, paper (from cloth plants) and parchment.  Papyrus is easier to use if you can find it on the map (you make sheets directly at the farmer's workshop.  Otherwise you'll have to set up a mill+press for paper (mill to slurry, press slurry to sheet), or go through the parchment process:  calcium carbonate stones at kiln -> quicklime, quicklime at ashery -> milk of lime, hide + milk of lime at tanner -> parchment sheet.  Currently in the game, a parchment sheet is called a "vellum sheet" when made from a cow (of any age).  Otherwise, it is called "<animal> parchment sheet".  These materials can currently only be use to make quires or scrolls (with rollers).  Then you can bind the quires into codices with bindings.}}
 
  
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=== Raw material ===
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There are three kinds of raw material that can be processed into paper sheets:
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*[[Papyrus_sedge|Papyrus]]
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*Cloth plants
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*animal [[skin|hide]]
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=== Processing ===
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Papyrus can be directly made into papyrus sheets at a [[farmer's workshop]]. Cloth plants are [[miller|milled]] to slurry in a [[mill]], then [[pressing|pressed]] to sheet in a [[screw press]]. Processing animal hides is more complex; you need to produce quicklime from calcium carbonate stones at a [[kiln]], then process the quicklime to milk of lime at an [[ashery]]. Finally, the hide and and milk of lime are used in a [[tanner's workshop]] to create a parchment sheet.
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If the hide is from a cow, it's called "vellum sheet", otherwise it will take on the name of the animal (i.e. pig parchment sheet, sheep parchment sheet).
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=== Finished goods ===
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The sheets are then used to make quires or scrolls (with rollers). Quires can be bound into codices.
 
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Revision as of 11:55, 2 December 2015

This article is about the current version of DF.
Note that some content may still need to be updated.

The paper industry deals with the creation and processing of paper sheets, and further processing into quires and scrolls.


Raw material

There are three kinds of raw material that can be processed into paper sheets:

Processing

Papyrus can be directly made into papyrus sheets at a farmer's workshop. Cloth plants are milled to slurry in a mill, then pressed to sheet in a screw press. Processing animal hides is more complex; you need to produce quicklime from calcium carbonate stones at a kiln, then process the quicklime to milk of lime at an ashery. Finally, the hide and and milk of lime are used in a tanner's workshop to create a parchment sheet. If the hide is from a cow, it's called "vellum sheet", otherwise it will take on the name of the animal (i.e. pig parchment sheet, sheep parchment sheet).

Finished goods

The sheets are then used to make quires or scrolls (with rollers). Quires can be bound into codices.

Primary
Beekeeping · Farming · Fishing · Gathering · Meat · Poultry · Stone · Wood
Secondary
Alcohol · Armor · Arms · Ceramic · Extract · Finished goods · Fuel · Furniture · Gem · Glass · Metal · Paper · Soap · Textile
Tertiary
Quaternary