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Fountain pen-friendly printer paper? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by coys25@lemmy.world to c/fountainpens@wayfarershaven.eu
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I occasionally have to read & critique manuscripts for work and I find it much easier to do with a printed page. But the computer paper that we have in the office is not ideal for fountain pens - tons of bleeding and feathering.

Does anybody have experience with computer printer paper that is relatively FP friendly?

I thought I might keep a ream or two at my desk and swap out some sheets when I'm about to print something that I'll be writing on. (Something relatively budget friendly would be great too... Not planning on putting Tomoe River through the office printer!)

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[โ€“] Tash@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It may be easier to find a more well behaved ink instead of trying to get everyone else at the office to use a heavier paper. However, Rhodia, Tomoe, and Clairefontaine are your go-to papers that are fountain pen friendly. But this isn't exactly something you'd keep around to run through the office printer.

If this is a private printer and you're running a few pages occasionally, you could get a decent A4 notepad and pull pages as needed.

[โ€“] coys25@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm US based so unfortunately there's a mismatch in size. I'll probably just drop some sheets in right before I print, definitely not going to pay to replace everyone else's paper!