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I'm needing a heavy, thick feeling cardstock to print a project on through my Dell 962 AIO. I'd like to find something economical $$$, as I will need 125 sheets. I bought some Wausau cardstock from Office Max that was a 90# weight, but I don't like. It feels flimsy and since my project is two sided, I can see through it fairly easily.
Does anyone have any cardstock suggestions that will work through a printer?
Gracias!
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According to the catty, SU cardstock is 80 lb weight. I bought Georgia Pacific cardstock at Walmart ($5 for a pack of 150 sheets, 8 1/2" x 11"), and it's 110 lb. If you stamp both sides, you can still see through, but it isn't too bad.
I'll be glad to send you a sample, just PM me.
Cardstock, cover weight, paper is defined as anything over #65. Most of SU is #80. Yet I am amazed at the difference between #80 across different manufacturers. I'm not sure why the component parts of paper making just don't add up the same way. There are even some of SU papers that feel more like a #65 weight, yet they are very opaque and you can't see through them (a pack of gable green I got not too long ago). If you have a paper store in your area, go there to check out the paper by the sheet. You can see and feel the differences between different brands/weight. If you don't, you can try an online place that sells paper by the sheet like www.marcospaper.com . You could call them and ask the weight of certain lines of paper, they should be able to help select the heaviest of what the carry.
According to the catty, SU cardstock is 80 lb weight. I bought Georgia Pacific cardstock at Walmart ($5 for a pack of 150 sheets, 8 1/2" x 11"), and it's 110 lb. If you stamp both sides, you can still see through, but it isn't too bad.
I'll be glad to send you a sample, just PM me.
monica
Thanks to everyone with their responses on this one. I etalked to the two sites marcos and kristin with the cardstock co. and they were both great. However, for sake of timing and $$$, I decided to try Monica's suggestion with the GP paper. While not perfect, it is adequate for the job I need. Monica, thank you for the suggestion. I wouldn't have known to try it otherwise!!
Again, thanks to all, and I really appreciate it. This paper is for a mailing announcing my new business, and I am grateful!!
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The higher the number, the heavier the paper. But you can't just compare numbers - you also need to know what KIND of paper it is in order to tell how thick it is & compare it to other paper.
When you see paper described as 80# (or whatever), that means that a ream (500 sheets) of the paper weighed 80 lbs. in its original "parent sheet" size, before it was cut down.
The original size of text sheets is 25x38.
So if 500 of the 25x38 sheets weighs 80 lbs, the paper is called 80 lb. text paper.
The original size of cover sheets, on the other hand, is smaller (20x26). So 80# cover stock is actually heavier than 80# text because it takes fewer square inches of the cover paper to make 80 lbs.
Here's some info from paperzone.com:
Basis Weight
The Basis weight is the number of pounds that one ream of parent sheets weighs. Fifty-pound paper means one ream (500 sheets) weighs 50#. Reams come in different-sized sheets, though. Book-paper and text-paper sheets are 25" X 38". Bond paper is 17" X 22". Bristols are 22 1/2" X 28 1/2" or 35". Covers are 20" X T26".
Now, I will add a bit to Spammie's reply. Different 80 pound papers are different--and not only because of the difference between text and cover. Different papers can be compressed more or less. This will make one paper thicker than the other, even though they are the same weight. Compression makes the fibers tighter together, and usually makes the paper smoother. That is why 40 sheets of 80 pound ultrasmooth paper is often thinner than 24 sheets of 80 pound colored paper. Smoother paper folds nicer and has a "slippery" feel. The less compressed paper does not fold as well across the "grain" and has a "heavier", slightly "nubby" texture.
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