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Listed below are TAPPI Standards that have recently gone out for ballot to the corresponding Standard-Specific Interest Group (SSIG). The date in parentheses is the closing date for voting.

T 537 om-21 Dirt count in paper and paperboard (optical character recognition - OCR) (July 18, 2025)
T 556 om-21 Bending resistance of paper and paperboard by single-point bending methods (July 18, 2025)
T 562 om-21 CIE whiteness and tint of paper and paperboard (45/0 geometry, C/2 illuminant/observer) (July 18, 2025)  
T 563 om-21 Equivalent black area (EBA) and count of visible dirt in pulp, paper and paperboard by image analysis (July 18, 2025)  
T 657 sp-21 Sampling of fillers and pigments (July 18, 2025)  
T 826 om-21 Short span compressive strength of containerboard (July 18, 2025)
T 829 om-21 Score quality test (July 18, 2025)  
T 831 om-21 Water absorption of corrugating medium: water drop penetration test (July 18, 2025)

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