Georgia-Pacific 24Lb Inkjet And Laser Paper

[vikingmedic]

Im wanting to make my own inserts for my travelers notebook and Ive seen people say the HP 24lb Laser paper works really well. My local Walmart has reams on the Georgia-Pacific 24lb Premium inkjet and Laser paper. I was wondering if this is about the same quality as the HP stuff. Its $6 for a ream so I was thinking about picking up one or two if anyone had expierence with it and if it would be FP friendly. Right now I only use fine non pens and noodlers heart of darkness or Diamine Oxblood but Im looking at getting some of the Noodlers libertys elysium as well. At some Id like to get into flex nibs as well if the paper is good enough for it. Thank you every one in advance.

[BaronWulfraed]

If it says "inkjet" it may NOT going to be the best.

 

Inkjet papers tend to be coated with a substance meant to hold the fine dots sprayed by inkjet printers. But as a result, they tend to blur and spread when used with a liquid ink.

 

The "Inkjet & laser" designation could mean the coating is thinner than normal for inkjet, or otherwise is one that will not leave residue in a laser printer.

 

I can't really speak for writing on the paper with a pen -- usually no more than a few margin notes get scribbled on the output from my inkjets. My normal paper is Office Depot Bright White 24# 96 brightness -- which runs closer to $10 a ream, and I use way too much of it; and they don't sell in 5 or 10 ream cases.

 

Most of my writing is done on Levenger 3x5 note cards; I used to do a lot on the back side of business cards, but since Avery changed to a double-sided inkjet formulation, said quick notes tend to be rather blurry compared to the older single-sided stock. Oh, and signing the checks for the monthly bills, which are generic (VersaCheck) check paper.

[AlohaLani787]

I'm not happy with 28# Georgia Pacific Super Premium Bright Ink Jet & Laser Paper. As BaronWulfraed noted, it does "blur and spread." I tested it with a Parallel 1.5 pen.

 

The paper that works beautifully, but is heavy, is HP Premium32. No feathering with the wet red ink cartridge in the 1.5 pen and barely discernible with a black cartridge in the 6mm Parallel pen.