Lo lus "specialty paper" tsis maj nce txiaj mus txog thaum tom qab xyoo 1960; nws kuj yog qee zaum hu ua "specialty processed paper." Lub hauv paus pib ntawm daim ntawv tshwj xeeb tuaj yeem taug qab mus rau xyoo 1945, thaum Lub Tuam Txhab Nyiaj Sau Npe Hauv Tebchaws (NCR) hauv Tebchaws Meskas tau ua tiav cov ntawv tsis muaj cov ntawv luam tawm. Tom qab ntawd, ib qho txuas txuas ntxiv ntawm lwm cov ntawv tshwj xeeb tau qhia, nthuav dav dav thiab hloov pauv cov kev xav ntawm cov ntawv dab tsi tuaj yeem yog. Raws li cov ntaub ntawv raw, ntau lawm tsis txwv rau cov nroj tsuag fibers; tsis yog-cov fibers cog-xws li inorganic thiab hluavtaws fibers- tam sim no kuj tau siv dav. Raws li txoj cai, dhau ntawm qhov yooj yim interwoven fiber matrix, cov ntaub ntawv no tuaj yeem ua tiav ntxiv lossis muaj qhov sib ntxiv ntawm ntau txheej txheej. Ua haujlwm tau zoo, lawv tuaj yeem tsim tau raws li cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb thiab cov phiaj xwm kev siv{10}}muaj peev xwm uas tsis muaj kev xav yav dhau los. Txawm li cas los xij, txoj kev loj hlob ntawm cov ntawv tshwj xeeb tau ntsib ntau yam teeb meem, suav nrog cov peev txheej peev txheej, cov khoom siv nruj me ntsis, thiab cov txheej txheem tseem ceeb. Tsis tas li ntawd, ntau hom ntawv tshwj xeeb muaj cov ntawv thov nqaim thiab kev xav tau ntawm kev lag luam qis. Yog li ntawd, kev lag luam tseem tsis tau ua tiav qhov tseem ceeb hauv lub sijhawm luv luv thiab tseem yog thaj chaw siav rau kev lag luam ntxiv thiab kev tshawb nrhiav.
Cov khoom tsim tawm hauv tsev ntawm cov ntawv tshwj xeeb tseem qis, poob qis ntawm kev ua tau raws li Tuam Tshoj cov kev xav tau tiag tiag. Txawm hais tias muaj ntau yam kev siv, kev ua tau zoo tshaj, thiab muaj txiaj ntsig ntxiv nrog rau cov ntawv tshwj xeeb, cov ntawv me me hauv tsev - mus rau - nruab nrab - cov ntawv mills - thawj cov neeg tsim khoom hauv cov haujlwm no - tsis tshua muaj kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov tsev kawm tshawb fawb. Qhov tsis muaj kev sib koom tes no ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj rau kev nce qib ntawm Tuam Tshoj cov ntawv tshwj xeeb kev lag luam. Cov tuam txhab ntawv tshwj xeeb yuav tsum yog li ntawd koom nrog kev npaj ua kom zoo, coj lawv cov kev siv zog rau kev sib txawv ntawm cov khoom thiab kev tsim kho tshiab; Los ntawm kev ua li ntawd, lawv tuaj yeem ua tsis tau zoo los ua kom muaj kev vam meej thiab vam meej niche rau cov ntawv tshwj xeeb hauv tsev kom muaj sia nyob thiab vam meej.