(Part 2) Best copy & multipurpose paper according to redditors

1 ream, yours for $79.99.

Ah bon

http://www.amazon.in/Double-Inches-22-Density-AA/dp/B007HX3KOQ

there you go

Most boring? Paper.

You might want to give a try to premium thick paper. For example I use 350g/m2 paper like this one (might be cheaper in a reseller near you)

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https://www.amazon.fr/DCP-3806C-Pack-125-Feuilles/dp/B001AO14NM/ref=sr_1_54?keywords=300g+Papier+A4&qid=1570199961&sr=8-54

You'll be hard pressed to find letter/legal paper in shops outside of North America. Best bet would be Amazon, it appears they have at least this option on the .au site.

I use 28lb printer paper, like this: https://www.amazon.com/Hammermill-Premium-8-5x11-Letter-166140R/dp/B00OCR0A4I/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1523980391&sr=8-3&keywords=printer+paper+28lb
You'd also need one of the special hole punchers. You can use the paper blank or print out lines/grids/dots/whatever on it before hole punching so you can use your preferred ruling.

Hammermill Great White

Graphilo is prohibitively hard to obtain, so I wouldn't recommend it on a student budget. It isn't offered anywhere in the United States, and has to be imported from Japan. It's 1296 yen for a 64 sheet A4 notebook :http://fromkobe.jp/?mode=cate&cbid=1934453&csid=0. It's available from a handful of Rakuten sellers and Japanese Amazon. However, I don't think the sheet to dollar efficiency works out - 20.25 cents per sheet, or half that per page, then you have to factor in shipping....

Edit: I saw you were talking about getting into loose sheets, and I accidentally wrote this whole post from the perspective on someone (me) transitioning from loose sheets back to notebooks. Give me a few minutes, and I'll write something on loose sheets.

TR 500 sheets: $44.90 + shipping http://www.nanamipaper.com/products/tomoe-river-paper-bulk-buy-500-sheets.html

Graphilo A4 50 sheets: 1080 yen (appx $10)

Graphilo A5 100 sheets: 864 yen (appx $8)

This is what I'm using: Xerox 24 lb Premium Multipurpose Paper, 800 sheets: $16.76 https://www.amazon.com/Xerox-Premium-Multipurpose-Sheets-428437/dp/B0096ZZ24E. I'm using their "Vitality" branded stuff, which I guess is their updated line of paper.

I hear good things about Black n Red, so I would personally recommend sticking to it. In the United States, the most cost efficient notebook for showing sheen, per page, is the Nanami Tomoe River 196 sheet notebook, at least in my opinion.

If you can import LIFE Noble Notebooks, and you like or don't mind cream colored paper, I'd recommend that to be honest. They also have a line of notebooks with white paper called "MARGIN", but they have a red line for the "margin" on even the "plain" unlined paper, similar to the red line on all notebook paper sold in the US, which turns me off. In addition, each notebook only has 80 pages compared to 100 for the Noble Note, and cost the same as the Noble Note. If you can deal with these factors, Life Paper has more value as 2x B5 notebooks will run you about 2000 yen, and will have 200 sheets, compared to Nanami TR being A5 size (i.e. smaller) and costing $25 and having 192 or 196 sheets. If you go for the LIFE paper, I'd recommend importing from Japan. And since paper is pretty heavy stuff, EMS will probably be expensive, so surface or SAL will probably be the way to go, but if you do that, you can get $10 LIFE notebooks compared to the hugely inflated price on this side of the Pacific.

LIFE has only slightly less sheen (and I do mean slightly) than Tomoe River, and overall I think LIFE paper is a better experience.

Black and Red is a more logical economy option. I've personally considered importing Oxford Campus notebooks from England, but they don't have B5 casebound notebooks in stock right now :( But those will be an even better value - each notebook being 192 pages, and a set of 5 being about $20 plus shipping. Oxford Campus is made of the same stuff as Black and Red, or so I've heard - but I prefer the formats of Oxford Campus over the formats that are available in the U.S. as Black and Red.

Edit: I was actually really, REALLY hoping that the Apica premium CD notebooks would be good. They're $8 per notebook, so about 20% less than LIFE. However, the tiny amount of bleedthrough drives me insane - which makes me so sad, since these notebooks are perfect in every other way - super smooth, white paper (and you can get them in cream version too), lay flat binding, less showthrough, etc. If you look very carefully on some of my images, you can see the bleedthrough on Apica paper. Some people can deal with this - I personally can't. Some inks work better for this too - such as Pilot Blue-Black or Sailor Jentle Souten. These inks won't bleed through. However, when I'm spending this much on paper, I expect it to handle any ink I throw at it, so I'm really sad right now.

I was in a similar situation - ~150 guests but not a huge favor budget. What we did was we bought two packs of seed paper. (Paper you can plant to grow wildflowers). We also bought a flower shaped hole punch (10 bucks or so). We then put about 4 or 5 of those seed paper flowers into gift bags - not necessarily these ones, we got purple ones but along those lines. We then made little tags for them (also out of the seed paper).

It wasnt too expensive (whole thing cost around $50 or so) and i really liked the idea - I found it on the knot but wanted a cheaper way to do it.

I think you are on the right track with this one. Mirrors would be too dangerous, but why not experiment with something like this (there are different reflective factors) http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Store-24-Mirror-Finish/dp/B0034JYMEY

I'm a fan of older HP printers, the newer ones have lots of firmware/software issues. I would avoid new HP products and go with the Brother. Take that with a grain of salt, I have no idea what the Brother is, that's just how much I dislike the newer HP printers.

Photos from high resolution photo Inkjets will usually be better than most laser printers. The ink spreads out slightly as it dries, the toner from a laser printer does not, resulting in richer looking photos. For printing on laser, look for high DPI (Dots Per Inch). Sometimes you'll have to adjust the driver/printer settings to take advantage of the highest DPI setting the printer offers. Brighter and/or heavier paper will also give you more saturated looking prints. Look for 28 lb., 98 brightness paper, this one is good.

Some brands of recycled paper might be a viable alternative.

If you didn't need it right away, this ebay seller is selling some that looks pretty good:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAM-Paper-8-1-2-x-11-Recycled-28-lb-Paper-Husk-Genesis-100-Pack-/231343282074?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35dd22579a

It is a US seller but it appears as though shipping might take a while.


Or here is some hemp paper sold in large uncut sheets:
http://www.amazon.com/Large-Sheet-Hemp-Paper-Size/dp/B001HH6AHC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1416022969&sr=8-1&keywords=hemp+paper+sheet

Le papier qui va bien pour imprimer vos bulletins : https://www.amazon.fr/Discovery-Paquet-500-Papiers-A4/dp/B001AO1XKQ/

Mais Amazon c'est le mal, et naturellement de nombreux autres fournisseurs existent. J'aime bien https://www.bureau-vallee.fr/papeterie-et-fournitures-de-bureau/papiers/papiers-blanc.html mais j'ai un Office Dépot pas loin…

I just print in a handwritten looking font on this: https://www.amazon.com/Southworth-Parchment-Specialty-inches-894C/dp/B0013CKJ7S/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_229_t_2

Super easy, no messing around with wet paper, and for $24 you get 500 pages which I've had for years and not gone through yet.

Double A paper used to be readily available. Now it can only readily be bought in USA from Amazon. The paper is bright white, the thickness is good, using a fine nib I can if I choose write on both sides, although 24lbs just gives enough heft without being too crazy. With prime shipping I think 5 reams are $35.

Oops I lied Double A is 22 lbs. I have been using an HP 24 lb which was a gift. I love the Double A more.

https://www.amazon.com/Double-Inches-22-Density-AA/dp/B006LU77M2

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009ZMOL9A?pc_redir=1395583693&robot_redir=1

That's the stuff but that's a whole case of it. Really good price in my opinion. One problem is that it isn't perfectly consistent. There will be small spots of paper that absorb tons of ink and feather but otherwise its very well behaved.

You can get [28lb 3-hole punch laser printer paper] (http://www.amazon.com/Hammermill-Digital-Punched-Bright-102500/dp/B00NCBKNXI?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00) and print out the line ruling yourself (plenty of online resources that will let you create guide sheets for free).

here you go: https://www.amazon.com/HP-Everyday-Letter-Bright-200010C/dp/B00U03706E/

edit: actually a hard drive would store more now that I think about it

The only tablet and stylus you need to start learning to draw.