Hammermill Color Laser Gloss Paper

[RKSMT]

Has anyone had any experience with Hammermill Color Laser Gloss paper or this?

 

I perfer to do my writing on loose leaf paper and I also perfer to write on blank pages, so copy paper is perfect for me, the cherry on the top is buying reams of paper is the cheapest form to paper. However copy paper up til now has not been the most fountain pen friendly paper. I supprisingly was able to get my best paper out of a staples, bright white, 28 lbs., laser paper ream, but it the spread is just a little much, not bad but I want better. Every other copy paper I've tried has a real spread problem, even this Office Depot laser "pro" 28 lbs. paper I just got. I mean I know a broad nib should write thick, but I feel like I'm writing with a marker.

 

I'm hoping the "gloss" in this Gloss paper will make the paper a little ink resistent and help with the spread issue, plus its 32 lbs. so maybe that'll help. If it won't, is there any other suggestions as to what I can do to get cheap, blank, loose leaf paper. I would actually like it in 8.5x11 plus 11x17 forms, so I can make a coptic stitch notebook out of the 11x17. It needs to be coptic stitch for the same reason I perfer loose leaf paper, I like for the writing surface to be flat, traditional notebooks bother with the bulge in the middle or spirals on the side.

[stonezebra]

I have and like HP Premium Choice Laserjet 32# (also comes in 24#) and this Double A. Both are smooth and work well with fountain pens. I use mostly broad nib pens. If you PM me your address I'll send you a couple of sheets to try out. Both are occasionally on sale at the big box stores. (making the assumption you live in the US as your Amazon link were for the States) *thanks for the reminder AAAndrew to mention the other weight)

[AAAndrew]

I've not tried the Hammermill, but I, like stonezebra, really like the HP Premium Choice Laser paper.

 

At my work they use this Discovery paper and it works quite well too. Lighter weight than the HP, really heavy ink will show through more than with the HP, but economical. The color is a nice white, but not blinding, or gray.

 

The link is to their 11x17 size and it's $50 for a carton, (with free shipping if you're in the US) which should last you for quite a long time. That's 2500 sheets, and if you bind in half, that's four pages per sheet. How long will it take you to write 10,000 pages? Or 5,000 if you write on only one side? And if you're in Europe, that's a European brand so should be easy to find there.

[gryphon1911]

I know this is an older thread, but I just picked up a ream of this paper at Staples yesterday.

 

On it's own it holds ink well, dries relatively fast. I even ran some through a laser printer to add 7mm ruled lines and it still did well with the fountain pens after.

 

I tested the following pen and ink combinations. I noticed no bleed through or feathering of any kind.

 

Noodler's Ahab with Noodler's Habanero

Pilot Metro fine nib with Namiki Blue cartridge

Pilot Metro medium nib with Namiki Green cartridge

Franklin-Covey Freemont medium nib with Franklin-Covey black ink cartridges

Pilot Varsity blue ink

Pilot Plumix blue ink

Rotring Artpen 2.3mm calligraphy nib - took the longest to dry, but eventually did.

 

The colors are way more saturated, which is probably to be expected.

 

It almost feels like you are writing on glass. I thought there might be some issues with the ink not being able to get on the paper, but that was not the case for any of the pens.

 

Also, please forgive my poor calligraphy skills. I've been practicing only a few weeks.

 

[sodiumnitrate]

I know this is an older thread, but I just picked up a ream of this paper at Staples yesterday.

 

On it's own it holds ink well, dries relatively fast. I even ran some through a laser printer to add 7mm ruled lines and it still did well with the fountain pens after.

 

I tested the following pen and ink combinations. I noticed no bleed through or feathering of any kind.

 

Noodler's Ahab with Noodler's Habanero

Pilot Metro fine nib with Namiki Blue cartridge

Pilot Metro medium nib with Namiki Green cartridge

Franklin-Covey Freemont medium nib with Franklin-Covey black ink cartridges

Pilot Varsity blue ink

Pilot Plumix blue ink

Rotring Artpen 2.3mm calligraphy nib - took the longest to dry, but eventually did.

 

The colors are way more saturated, which is probably to be expected.

 

It almost feels like you are writing on glass. I thought there might be some issues with the ink not being able to get on the paper, but that was not the case for any of the pens.

 

Also, please forgive my poor calligraphy skills. I've been practicing only a few weeks.

 

IMG_20160210_122249.jpg

 

 

Thanks for sharing! Which paper is this, if I may ask?

[FP_ink]

Hey, I know this is a very old thread, but did you ever find good printer paper in 11x17? I'm having the same issue now, as someone who both writes with fountain pens and binds books. I wish grain direction wasn't such a problem!