Paper having improved pinhole characteristics and papermaking belt for making the same

A papermaking belt having a paper-contacting side and a backside opposite said paper-contacting side, said papermaking belt comprising:

• a reinforcing structure having a paper-facing side and a machine-facing side opposite said paper-facing side, said reinforcing structure having air permeability not less than about 800 cfm and Fiber Support Index not less than about 75;
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• a framework joined to said reinforcing structure and extending outwardly not more than about 6.5 mils from said paper-facing side of said reinforcing structure, said framework having a first surface defining said paper-contacting side of said papermaking belt, a second surface opposite said first surface, and deflection conduits extending between said first and second surfaces, said first surface comprising a paper-side network and paper-side openings, at least about 40% of the area of each of said paper-side openings being not less than about 45 mils in each of its dimensions measured in the X-Y plane at the level of said paper-side network, and said second surface comprising a backside network and backside openings, said paper-side openings and said backside openings defining said deflection conduits;
• said reinforcing structure comprising a first layer of a plurality of interwoven yarns having a top dead center longitude remaining within 1.5 yarn diameters of said paper-facing side, and a second layer of a plurality of interwoven yarns, said first and second layers being substantially parallel to each other and interconnected in a contacting face-to-face relationship by tie yarns.