For Editors that Print their own Newsletters!!!

[R W Burgess]

This is to let you guys know that you should shop around for your paper needs when your region prints it's own newsletter, especially if your newsletter is in color.

I used to use only brightness "84" paper in my early days of printing and bought it from WalMart. Hard to beat their prices. But then, in trying to better my newsletter appearance, I started using "98" or even "110" at one time. Just for the front page though, as it was very expensive. Generally, I've found that a quality brightness paper would also require that I buy a 24 pound or better to even be able to get the brightness I wanted which ran up postage fees.

Recently, I have found that The Quill Company has "97" brightness paper that is still rated at 20 pounds, a big help if your newsletter is pushing six complete pages. Doesn't take much to require that extra 23 cents postage at the post office...BUMMER! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

The point I'm trying to make is that some large supply companies give large quanity discounts with very good brightness quality that you can't buy at a WalMart. E-mail me if you have any more questions or prices requests. I feel uncomfortable giving out prices on this post unless a board member okays it. Thanks! The Winter Rummage Box is also out. Look for it! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Wayne

[Jon37]

Is this a Quill-only brand? If not, what is the brand? We may be able to find it at our local Staples or Office Depot. I was under the impression that Quill is a mail-order company and if so, the postage on that paper is gonna add a dollar or so to the cost.

[R W Burgess]

Jon, Postage free, if you buy enough, generally over $45.00. . I bought a case the last time. Ok, the deal until June 30-05 is 10 reams--$35.94. This paper is a 97 White( very bright) 81/2x 11" and a 20# paper which helps with the postage of your newsletter. I ordered out of the large catalog and even got a free clock/radio this month. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> We buy our printer cartridges, paper clips, even the printer itself with the 5 year warrenty. I'm very happy with this company. They even have representatives that seem to know what they're doing! <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Check it out. Wayne

[Jon37]

The new Staples catalog shows a "Bright White Multiuse Paper", 20 lb., #96 brightness, for $5.26 per ream or $29.99 for a case of ten reams. That's $3 per ream, and (if you have a Staples nearby) there's no waiting or postage. Just discovered this. So I'm going to take your advice and try some of this high-brightness paper and see if I can get away with it, for 2-sided inkjet printing. If it works, then I guess I can get my 12-page newsletter AND read it, too!

This just in: I went to Staples and they don't have the paper in stock. Evidently you can only get it by ordering through the catalog. But then I went across the street and found an ever better paper at Office Depot: 104 brighness, 20 lb. multipurpose paper. It's under $4 per ream and cost about $3 per ream in cartons of 20. Haven't tested it but it sounds like a alternative to other papers, in terms of light weight and non bleed-though.

<span style="font-style: italic">ADDENDUM (May 29, 2005): I bought a ream of the Office Depot "104 brightness" paper and used it in my last newsletter. I use a deskjet printer and print at the lightest ''saturation'' level. While one could definitely see that there was printing on the other side -- a photocopy of one of my pages would reveal ''ghost'' images in the background -- the whiteness made your eye ignore the bleed-though. I plan to continue using this paper. The slight loss of graphic purity is more than counterbalanced by the addition of a sixth sheet to my newsletter without the necessity of additional postage.</span>