I have used the product for a long time. Most of the time it's just dandy. Once I had a couple of reams that had some glue from the wrapping that caused some of the pages to stick together. I have had no problems ever with the paper that comes inside a plastic wrapper. And the easy-open feature of the plastic wrapper makes it quite tolerable if not environmentally sensitive.
We use this for letters and to make color copies and print color documents and also an occasional color picture. Of course I wish it was priced more inexpensively but on sale it is a very good buy.