J Burrows Premium Digital Paper - Oz Members

Posted January 8, 2016 · January 8, 2016

Heads up for the Australian members. Bought the above mentioned paper from Officeworks the other day when looking for HP laser paper which Officeworks seems to no longer stock. After about half a page, I am very pleasantly surprised. It is very smooth (not quite Rhodia), no bleed through and little show through being 100 gsm.

My Sailor Pro-gear B lays down a nice wet line, a bit wider than cheaper copy paper. Pilot 823 M with Pilot black also behaves well. Platinum 3776 with fuyu-sygon (M) is a bit disappointing with feathering and line spreading.

Being $9.50 for 500 sheets, the price is very reasonable so if it disappoints after further use, I will just feed it to the printer for regular printing.

http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/j-burrows-premium-100gsm-a4-digital-copy-paper-500-sheets-jbdp100500

Posted January 8, 2016 · January 8, 2016

I haven't found any of the J Burrows products, premium or otherwise, that I have been totally happy with. it's good-ish, but you will get some inks/pens that will bleed and/or feather.

Of the copy papers from Officeworks, the only one I can recommend is Double A. It's not kept on the shelves, but you can order it online, and have it delivered for free pickup from your local Officeworks. At less than AU$6 / ream it performs as good as any of my paper that I paid $15 ~ $25 for.

Posted January 9, 2016 · January 9, 2016

I haven't found any of the J Burrows products, premium or otherwise, that I have been totally happy with. it's good-ish, but you will get some inks/pens that will bleed and/or feather.

Of the copy papers from Officeworks, the only one I can recommend is Double A. It's not kept on the shelves, but you can order it online, and have it delivered for free pickup from your local Officeworks. At less than AU$6 / ream it performs as good as any of my paper that I paid $15 ~ $25 for.

Yeah I can see that this will not behave with all ink and nib combinations. Loving the smoothness however. I will try out double A if I get a chance.

Posted February 5, 2016 · February 5, 2016

Your price is very reasonable, parnesh, I paid $6 for 100 sheets at the Coburg Officeworks just a few days ago. What attracted me was that J.Burrows sourced it from France. Anyway, I find it very smooth, they call it silky, and a very bright white. In terms of performance so far (I have only tried six pens ranging from EF to M and a couple of inks)it has slightly less feathering than the Double A I have used for years and about the same showthrough. That's next to none at all (ie you need a magnifying glass to see it), and a little. I may come to prefer it to Double A but it is four times the price. Nice to have something silky though.

Posted February 6, 2016 · February 6, 2016

Your price is very reasonable, parnesh, I paid $6 for 100 sheets at the Coburg Officeworks just a few days ago. What attracted me was that J.Burrows sourced it from France. Anyway, I find it very smooth, they call it silky, and a very bright white. In terms of performance so far (I have only tried six pens ranging from EF to M and a couple of inks)it has slightly less feathering than the Double A I have used for years and about the same showthrough. That's next to none at all (ie you need a magnifying glass to see it), and a little. I may come to prefer it to Double A but it is four times the price. Nice to have something silky though.

Is this for the 90 gsm or heavier? I have used it sparingly for a month or so going through about 25 sheets and it is something I can definitely live with for general writing paper.