Reddit mentions: The best copy & multipurpose paper

For "prints" - I'm able to make 300 that have substantial amount of white space...as in not completely full color edge-to-edge, but illustration, or lots of colored text & boxes on white background. But I find to print 2 A2 cards on a sheet with a full bleed is about 30-40 seconds or so. I haven't used a stopwatch or what not, but I usually just let the printer do it's thing, I run off and do errands like the dishes, and just come back to make sure the ink isn't streaking if it's warned me that it's low. Usually a sign the ink is low is if there's like a skip in the print, or a very thin line...or if a color like magenta is done then the print will be lacking the pink tones.

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I get everything from Amazon, and currently I've found these to work great:

• Hammermill 80lb Cover (it's very velvety feeling and takes ink well, not super stiff but a good overall cardstock weight). It feeds VERY WELL through the printer.
  
  
• Accent Opaque 120lb Cover I bought 1200 sheets of this. It's VERY stiff board and really adds substantial weight to greeting cards, and takes color very well. The only downside is because it is very thick, every so often the printer won't grab the paper to feed through if you try to pre-load 5+ sheets of it. I have to do 2-3 sheets at a time for the printer to be able to grab it. There's also 100lb as well that's slightly thinner and good for cards and feeds a little better but I got the 120 because I had some weird Amazon coupon to make it much cheaper than the 100.
  
  
  I've also found great color with the other following papers:
  
  
• Hammermill 24# paper Excellent for just daily printing - I found 20# to be very thin but still doable! But love the 24# because the colors turn out nice and smooth.
  
  
• Canon Luster Photo Paper This paper is amazing for photography prints...I'm not too keen on glossy types but this makes the color feel richer and the luster texture helps to hide any small jpeg articfacting or imperfections in the file/print.

Graphilo is prohibitively hard to obtain, so I wouldn't recommend it on a student budget. It isn't offered anywhere in the United States, and has to be imported from Japan. It's 1296 yen for a 64 sheet A4 notebook :http://fromkobe.jp/?mode=cate&cbid=1934453&csid=0. It's available from a handful of Rakuten sellers and Japanese Amazon. However, I don't think the sheet to dollar efficiency works out - 20.25 cents per sheet, or half that per page, then you have to factor in shipping....

Edit: I saw you were talking about getting into loose sheets, and I accidentally wrote this whole post from the perspective on someone (me) transitioning from loose sheets back to notebooks. Give me a few minutes, and I'll write something on loose sheets.

TR 500 sheets: $44.90 + shipping http://www.nanamipaper.com/products/tomoe-river-paper-bulk-buy-500-sheets.html

Graphilo A4 50 sheets: 1080 yen (appx $10)

Graphilo A5 100 sheets: 864 yen (appx $8)

This is what I'm using: Xerox 24 lb Premium Multipurpose Paper, 800 sheets: $16.76 https://www.amazon.com/Xerox-Premium-Multipurpose-Sheets-428437/dp/B0096ZZ24E. I'm using their "Vitality" branded stuff, which I guess is their updated line of paper.

I hear good things about Black n Red, so I would personally recommend sticking to it. In the United States, the most cost efficient notebook for showing sheen, per page, is the Nanami Tomoe River 196 sheet notebook, at least in my opinion.

If you can import LIFE Noble Notebooks, and you like or don't mind cream colored paper, I'd recommend that to be honest. They also have a line of notebooks with white paper called "MARGIN", but they have a red line for the "margin" on even the "plain" unlined paper, similar to the red line on all notebook paper sold in the US, which turns me off. In addition, each notebook only has 80 pages compared to 100 for the Noble Note, and cost the same as the Noble Note. If you can deal with these factors, Life Paper has more value as 2x B5 notebooks will run you about 2000 yen, and will have 200 sheets, compared to Nanami TR being A5 size (i.e. smaller) and costing $25 and having 192 or 196 sheets. If you go for the LIFE paper, I'd recommend importing from Japan. And since paper is pretty heavy stuff, EMS will probably be expensive, so surface or SAL will probably be the way to go, but if you do that, you can get $10 LIFE notebooks compared to the hugely inflated price on this side of the Pacific.

LIFE has only slightly less sheen (and I do mean slightly) than Tomoe River, and overall I think LIFE paper is a better experience.

Black and Red is a more logical economy option. I've personally considered importing Oxford Campus notebooks from England, but they don't have B5 casebound notebooks in stock right now :( But those will be an even better value - each notebook being 192 pages, and a set of 5 being about $20 plus shipping. Oxford Campus is made of the same stuff as Black and Red, or so I've heard - but I prefer the formats of Oxford Campus over the formats that are available in the U.S. as Black and Red.

Edit: I was actually really, REALLY hoping that the Apica premium CD notebooks would be good. They're $8 per notebook, so about 20% less than LIFE. However, the tiny amount of bleedthrough drives me insane - which makes me so sad, since these notebooks are perfect in every other way - super smooth, white paper (and you can get them in cream version too), lay flat binding, less showthrough, etc. If you look very carefully on some of my images, you can see the bleedthrough on Apica paper. Some people can deal with this - I personally can't. Some inks work better for this too - such as Pilot Blue-Black or Sailor Jentle Souten. These inks won't bleed through. However, when I'm spending this much on paper, I expect it to handle any ink I throw at it, so I'm really sad right now.

You will definitely want to buy better paper when attempting to print photos. All inkjet printers will produce similar low quality results when printing on paper that is not specially engineered for use with inkjet printing. Depending on your project, there are many types of media at varying price points that may be used:

The cheapest option are plain papers with the "ColorLok" logo. ColorLok papers are treated with an additive to perform better than plain paper with inkjet printers. You should see a small but visible improvement in contrast, sharpness, and color richness. These papers are ideal for everyday printing and business use, and are very near to the cost of plain paper.

http://www.colorlok.com/

https://www.amazon.com/HP-Printer-Paper-ColorPrinting24-Packaging/dp/B000FIDPAY/

A better option would be basic coated inkjet paper. This will give you a huge improvement in contrast and color richness, while maintaining the light weight and matte feel of plain paper. Epson Matte Presentation paper is very economical and will give you the ability to print near photo-realistic quality prints at a minimum of cost.

https://www.amazon.com/Epson-S041062-Matte-Presentation-Sheets/dp/B00004TS2L/

More papers are available from Epson in different sizes, thicknesses, and finishes (matte/semi-gloss/glossy) at additional cost.

Not the lines paper your looking for l, but I’ve fallen in love with this paper: FIDELITY Onion Skin White Paper - 8 1/2 x 11 in 10 lb Bond Smooth 100 per Package https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009R4WZFI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_pqywDbBV0KV8T

Super thin so the letters show up so nicely. Multiple sheets give a gauzy glowing effect and it’s like and folds easy.

The other day I was writing poetry on it and crinkling it up then un-crinkling. The paper didn’t tear at all. Super strong for how thin it is.

Well, a solid black to begin with. The J Herbin Black they recommend is just over $9 on Amazon. For a nice shine, there's Diamine Quartz Black, which is $8 on ebay. If permanence is a concern, Sams Club sells Parker Quink for around $7.70 if you're not a member. Then maybe a sample collection from Jet.com, Xfountainpen, or Goulet. If there's a color captured in a photo that you want to write with, there's Tekker Inks for custom jobs for quite cheap.

As for paper, I'd go with 32lb HP Poly or Hammermill Laser or Color Copy. Use the custom dot generator and make a PDF to print out copies (I recommend doing this with a laser printer with built in duplex for your sanity). Rhodia and Kokuyo Campus make great notebooks if you want something premade and trusted.

Just to give a reference for page length, Amazon's documentation for their Hard Drive Storage Cloud Service is about 1000 pages. This is just for the storage cloud service, let alone the other 50+ services.

I think the tendency throughout the world now is for page length to be longer. Why is this? Better word processing options, better printers, better document collaboration (so more people can add more stuff), etc.

BTW if I had to guess, probably all documentation for AWS's cloud computing platform is probably around 100,000 pages. To be put this in perspective, the first Harry Potter book was about 75k WORDS.

TL;DR: I think page length used to be a good metaphor for judging how complicated something is, but as technology and document creation strategies have changed, it's becoming not as relevant.

EDIT: now that I'm stacking reams of Amazon Basics paper in front of me, I'd say that stack is about 1500 pages. I hope you bought your paper in bulk :)

I made my first insert the other day. It wasn't perfect, but I'm pretty happy with the result.

I used 320g Kraftpaper as the cover with 60g/m^2 Clairefontaine copy paper. I'm not super happy with the bright white paper, but using a fineliner, I don't have much ghosting or bleeding, so at least I have that going for me.

I ordered it on amazon here and here. Those are German links, so they probably don't help a ton, but at least you can see the specifics on the products.

Here is an album of my results. I made my own bujo template and if you're interested I can send you the PDF to print it. I just used A4 paper and trimmed it after folding.

Sure. Do you have a specific paper in mind?

The only "regular" paper I have is some GP Spectrum paper. It performs decently, but does feather.

I was just planning on doing the good ol' test of:

• Regular Paper
  
• CF Paper
  
• Tomoe River Paper
  
  Which should give you a pretty good idea as to the spectrum of use. But if you have a notebook or journal that uses a specific paper, let me know and I'll see if I have one in storage.

Double A paper used to be readily available. Now it can only readily be bought in USA from Amazon. The paper is bright white, the thickness is good, using a fine nib I can if I choose write on both sides, although 24lbs just gives enough heft without being too crazy. With prime shipping I think 5 reams are $35.

Oops I lied Double A is 22 lbs. I have been using an HP 24 lb which was a gift. I love the Double A more.

https://www.amazon.com/Double-Inches-22-Density-AA/dp/B006LU77M2

Being a teacher in a district that gives 0 help for supplies (Title I), please please send me paper! Pretty please?

GP Spectrum http://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Premium-Bright-Inches-998605/dp/B00BB5DK8M works well, this was recommended a while back by someone here, sorry can't remember offhand who, and I tried it and liked it. Nice bright white, behaves well with fountain pens. Not a bad price for 1500 sheets shipped, and I can use it in my laser printer too, so I don't have to order reams for both uses.

In case you live in Europe, this is really good practice paper. Cheap, doesn't bleed, and you can easily see guidelines trough with only a ceiling light. It isn't as smooth as rhodia but it is still considered smooth paper and I do prefer a bit of texture. I use this paper when having fun and don't want guidelines to be seen on final piece :)

By far the best bang for my buck that I've ever purchased has been my Hammermill 24lb Multipurpose Paper. I bought it when it was further on sale, for ~$21, but the current $27-28 is still insanely cheap. You get 2500 sheets of just thick enough paper. Without too much effort, you can then print some lines or dots onto it and have some lovely looseleaf. For context, okay-quality 20lb Five-Star paper is usually ~$3.50 for 100 sheets, or just about 3.5 cents per sheet. Assuming you'd pay ~$30 for enough ink to line every one of these pages and $30 for the paper itself, you'd still be saving money with better paper and customizable printing patterns. I mostly use mine for math class, where I prefer a blank canvas, and for other light notetaking or scrap paper.

This paper is so cheap and so worth the money. I've never had any issues with feathering, bleeding or any other common issues. 10/10.

This is what 40 lbs of paper looks like (4000 sheets of 20 lb wt. paper). You'd have to stack another two reams on top of that to hit 50. The biggest book I had to deal with in high school was The American Pageant. It's over 1000 hard-cover-bound, shiny, thin, tears-slightly-too-easily text-book pages long, and as featured here, ships at 5.4 pounds. If you had six classes, and each class had a large book like this, you'd have to carry another three textbooks' weight and size in notebooks to round up to 50 pounds. People often overestimate the weight of the bags they carried (unless they're at an airport) because "really freakin' heavy" is a metric that changes as you get older and 50 is an easy number to settle on.

that's really similar to how I make mine, except I use de-foiled backs. I use modern cards just for ease of access, but to be kinda authentic you could use Urza block foils. I foil peel the cards, and then glue on my printed faces. I'm currently printing on 15 lb paper, which is super thin, but not thin enough. I'm about to try dissolving paper so I can basically silk screen the ink straight onto the card. I'm aligning cardstock and printed paper using a 3-d printed card positioner I made, which is basically a frame that fits over the printed paper and allows me to drop the card on with perfect accuracy.

http://www.amazon.com/Laser3-Perforated-Inches-Letter-04124/dp/B000LGJ4BO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1333518816&sr=8-3

This is the best I could do for you bud. Have fun!

No problem! You can definitely self-print with sticker paper and cutting them out yourself with some scissors. Or you can draw on sticker labels that are pre-cut into rectangles already. With packing tape, you can make clear stickers, too! Here's a tutorial. Hope all goes well with your sticker adventure!

Do you already have your 12x9 paper? If you're going to be buying a ream anyways, you can get 11x17 paper, the closest to A3 size that is common in the US for about $10. It even comes shipped with amazon prime!

That would let you do a proper sewing job on it. Otherwise, single sheet limits you to a perfect binding (wont last as long) or a sort of open-ended stitched style, like you mentioned already.

OP, here is a 100% post consumer recycled paper that takes the green movement to absurd heights and is super nice to boot. I think your story is at least half bullshit just like everyone else, but hey, if I can help some teenager with an attitude spite his teacher it makes me happy just a little bit.

http://www.amazon.com/Neenah-05064-Environment-Recycled-Writing/dp/B0007KNZ46

I'm a fan of older HP printers, the newer ones have lots of firmware/software issues. I would avoid new HP products and go with the Brother. Take that with a grain of salt, I have no idea what the Brother is, that's just how much I dislike the newer HP printers.

Photos from high resolution photo Inkjets will usually be better than most laser printers. The ink spreads out slightly as it dries, the toner from a laser printer does not, resulting in richer looking photos. For printing on laser, look for high DPI (Dots Per Inch). Sometimes you'll have to adjust the driver/printer settings to take advantage of the highest DPI setting the printer offers. Brighter and/or heavier paper will also give you more saturated looking prints. Look for 28 lb., 98 brightness paper, this one is good.

I typically use a linen finish paper like this one:

Southworth 25% Cotton Business Paper, 8.5” x 11", 24 lb, Linen Finish, White, 100 Sheet (P554CK)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0087D7ZBE/

If you don’t like a linen finish you could use something like:

GP Spectrum Premium 96 Ink Jet & Laser Paper, 8.5 x 11 Inches, 3-Ream (1500 Sheets) (998605)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BB5DK8M/

Obviously this is American sized paper using American weights. If I was elsewhere, I’d look for A4 paper around 89gsm.

If you buy this printing paper package from Amazon you'll get 1500 papers.

1,290,190,443 websites/1500 papers per package=860127 packages

So you'd need 860127 packages of paper for every website.

One package costs 14.99$
860127*14.99$=12893288.74$

To print one page of every website you'll need 12893288.74$.
You'll better find a good Black Friday deal

Sure, it's actually two parts though

Here's the Paper™ part

And here's the Pen™ part

Just combine them together and you're good

I honestly have no problem doing it, i just can't ensure you that everything would look perfect in the end. If you shop on amazon you can get.
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32# printer paper from Amazon: $10 for 500 sheets, print dots on it using http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/squaredots/


You get a really nice writing experience at an unbeatable price. My only problem with it is that the paper is thick enough to fill up binders faster than I'd like, so I make notepads of the stuff that I can fill up and scan onto my computer.

isometric paper is also hexagon paper, though you may want to outline it to make the hexes more clear: https://www.amazon.com/Alvin-1242-5-Isometric-100-Sheet-inches/dp/B000HF6ZE8

I used Staples Matte White sticker paper that I bought off amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MD4IYIQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


I had some sticker paper from Cricut, but it was wayyy too thick for the printer and caused the stickers to print halfway down the page all messed up lol.

You are dramatically overpaying for paper. Even if you dont buy in bulk, you can get 1500 sheets for 15 dollars, thats 1 cent a sheet and they give you free shipping. If you bought in bulk and bought from an office supply store, you could probably cut that in half, maybe even less

Um. It is. I have a pad that I picked up at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago.

what printer paper to print pointed pen practice sheets on?

im currently looking at HP Paper, Premium Choice Laserjet Paper Poly Wrap, 32lb or georgia pacific spectrum premium

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This one :D

It's called «isometric paper», you can buy it (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/Alvin-Isometric-100-Sheet-Inches-1242-5/dp/B000HF6ZE8) or download and print (e.g. http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/gp/i-m-5-a4.pdf), or draw it yourself and print.

1. get some sticker paper
   
   
2. print out pictures of your boss. maybe real or put his head on another body, your choice.
   
   
3. take apart clock
   
   
4. put stickers on clock face and bands.
   
   
5. put clock back together and hang back up.
   
   
6. wait

.02¢, or $0.0002

1500 pages cost $15.14, meaning it costs $0.01 per page. Assuming he used .02 pages to make that sign, that would be .02¢. He forgot to calculate how much he spent on ink, of course, which would make it slightly more expensive.

Pssh. Just buy some triangular graph paper.

I believe you can order whole reams of onion skin paper https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Store-Onion-Skin-White/dp/B009R4WZFI

http://www.gourmetpens.com/2013/06/review-papermillstore-onion-skin-paper.html#.WSODpHbysck

Go nuts, Pede