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From: stevem@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Steve Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HP DeskWriter question
Message-ID: <19640022@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Aug 90 16:40:06 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>I'll  put in  a vote for Neenah Bond 25% Cotton Fiber White Cockle Finish
>#02700 (Sub 20 Basis 10M M Weight).  My boss stumbled on it by accident...

I've also have very good experiences with Neenah bond 25% Cotton.  I don't
know exactly what sub-catagory of Neenah bond it was, but I found it produced
very crisp sharp text.  Also note that paper that is very white produces
good contrast giving better print quality.  Neenah bond provides this good
contrast.

Gilbert bond generally gives good results, but recently I've had batches of
paper where exactly every third sheed of paper gives slightly inferior    
quality output (the text is lighter, not quite black).  I've heard that
when paper is manufactured, it is cut and stacked in a fashion that could
result in every third, or fourth sheet being from a different part of the
roll which may have different qualities.

Several types of less expensive copier paper can also give good results.  I
use Western CopyMate High Speed Red Label copier paper (White, long Grain,
Sub 20 blah blah blah).  I haven't done extensive testing on copier paper
so I don't know which is the best.

Note:  Make sure to print on the correct side of the paper for best results.
On some papers it doesn't matter, on others, the differece is dramatic.

Steven Miller
Vancouver Division
Hewlett Packard

These opinions are my own and don't reflect HP's endorsement of any 
particular brand of paper.  These are just my personal experiences.