carbonless

No smudgy transfer needed

Carbonless describes paper or forms designed to make copies without carbon paper.

Carbonless forms use chemical coatings that transfer marks to sheets beneath when pressure is applied: Fill out all three copies of the carbonless form.

The term also describes processes or products that produce no carbon emissions: carbonless energy sources.

forms

invoices

Itemized payment demands

packing slips · credit notes · receipts · service agreements · contracts · manifests · proposals · vouchers · record-keeping

paper

pressure-sensitive

Reacts to applied force

perforated · handwritten

Opposites
carbon content/presence

carbonlesscarbon

Sixth element, atomic symbol C

carbonaceous · carbon-based · carbon-rich

copy paper technology

carbonlesscarbon paper

Ink-coated duplicating sheet

carbon copy · carbon · messy · smudgy · traditional

Phrases
Family

carbon, carbonated, carbonation, carbonate, carbonize, carbonic, hydrocarbon, bicarbonate, carbons

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G