Low density paper and paperboard with two-sided coating

1. A paperboard comprising:

a solid bleached sulfate (SBS) paperboard substrate having a first side and a second side, wherein said substrate has a basis weight of at least 65 pounds per 3000 ft2, and wherein said substrate is substantially free of chemical bulking agents; and

a first coating applied to said first side and a second coating applied to said second side to form a coated structure, said coated structure having a basis weight, a caliper thickness and a Parker Print Surf smoothness, said Parker Print Surf smoothness being at most 2 microns, said basis weight being less than Y 1 pounds per 3000 ft2;

wherein the first coating comprises a hyperplaty clay component having an average aspect ratio of at least 40:1;

wherein Y 1 is a function of said caliper thickness (X) in points and is calculated as follows:

Y 1=29.15+11.95 X− 0.07415 X 2.

2. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first and second coatings includes starch.

3. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first and second coatings includes coarse ground calcium carbonate and high aspect ratio clay.

4. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said basis weight is less than Y 2 pounds per 3000 ft2, wherein Y 2 is calculated as follows:

Y 2=28.41+11.73 X− 0.07324 X 2.

5. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said basis weight is less than Y 3 pounds per 3000 ft2, wherein Y 3 is calculated as follows:

Y 3=27.78+11.51 X− 0.07207 X 2.

6. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said basis weight is less than Y 4 pounds per 3000 ft2, wherein Y 4 is calculated as follows:

Y 4=26.89+11.17 X− 0.07034 X 2.

7. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said basis weight is at least Y 5 pounds per 3000 ft2, wherein Y 5 is calculated as follows:

Y 5=26.15+10.83 X− 0.06815 X 2.

8. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said Parker Print Surf smoothness is at most 1.7 microns.

9. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said Parker Print Surf smoothness is at most 1.5 microns.

10. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first and second coatings includes at least one pigment, and wherein each of said pigments in said coatings is an inorganic pigment.

11. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said substrate is a single-ply substrate.

12. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said substrate consists essentially of chemical pulp.

13. The paperboard of claim 1 , wherein the first coating comprises a pigment blend including the hyperplaty clay component and a ground calcium carbonate component, wherein at most 60 percent of the ground calcium carbonate component has a particle size smaller than 2 microns.

14. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein said basis weight is at most Y 5 pounds per 3000 ft2, wherein Y 5 is calculated as follows:

Y 5=26.15+10.83 X− 0.06815 X 2.

15. The paperboard of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first and second coatings includes a basecoat and a topcoat, wherein said basecoat is positioned between said topcoat and said substrate.

16. The paperboard of claim 15 wherein at least one of said first and second coatings further includes an intermediate coating layer positioned between said basecoat and said topcoat.

17. A paperboard comprising:

a solid bleached sulfate (SBS) paperboard substrate having a first side and a second side, wherein said substrate has a basis weight of at least 65 pounds per 3000 ft2, and wherein said substrate is substantially free of chemical bulking agents;

a first coating applied to said first side and a second coating applied to said second side to form a coated structure, the first coating and second coating each comprising at least one of an inorganic pigment and starch;

wherein the first coating includes subsurface voids defined by the first coating and having a transverse dimension of at least 6 microns;

wherein said coated structure has a basis weight, a caliper thickness and a Parker Print Surf smoothness, said Parker Print Surf smoothness being at most 2 microns, said basis weight being less than Y 1 pounds per 3000 ft2; and

wherein Y 1 is a function of said caliper thickness (X) in points and is calculated as follows:

Y 1=29.15+11.95 X− 0.07415 X 2.

18. The paperboard of claim 17 wherein at least one of said first and second coatings includes coarse ground calcium carbonate and high aspect ratio clay.

19. The paperboard of claim 17 , wherein the first coating includes a surface and at least 50% of the first coating surface has subsurface voids defined by the first coating and having a transverse dimension of at least 6 microns.

20. The paperboard of claim 17 wherein said basis weight is at most Y 5 pounds per 3000 ft2, wherein Y 5 is calculated as follows:

Y 5=26.15+10.83 X− 0.06815 X 2.