1873 C. Hofmann Pract. Treat. on Manuf. Paper iv. 217 The almost total abolition of this system proclaims, beyond doubt, the victory of the super-calenders.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 734/2 For the better class or very highly-glazed papers..a subsequent glazing process is required; this is effected by sheet or plate-glazing and by super-calendering or web-glazing... The super-calender is used to imitate the plate-glazed surface.

1957 Sewage & Industr. Wastes 29 682/1 The coated paper leaves the machines dull in appearance, and it is necessary to run the paper through a supercalender to obtain a smooth and glossy appearance.

2000 Paper Technol. Feb. 11/2 Richard Hough of Bolton is marking its 200th anniversary..with the launch of a revolutionary new supercalender roll which can run up to 1000 hours between grinds.

1860 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 17 Nov. 300 reams superfine printing paper, hard-sized and super-calendered, to measure 24 by 34 inches.

1869 J. I. Mombert Authentic Hist. Lancaster County iv. 494 It consists of three large rag-engines, one seventy-two inch Fourdrinier machine, and a four-roll stack of calenders for super-calendering book paper.

1904 A. M. Smith Printing & Writing Materials (new ed.) 154 To supercalender paper, it is passed between a series of rollers called supercalenders; some of these are made of chilled iron, others of sheets of paper or of compressed disks of cotton.

1949 Paper Making (Brit. Paper & Board Makers' Assoc.) (1950) i. 33 If a good greaseproof paper is well damped and supercalendered, the gelatinous cellulose is pressed together to a compact mass, so that the gaps between fibres are reduced to a minimum.

2009 Printweek (Nexis) 29 May 74 Very glossy papers are usually coated offline and then supercalendared.