Customer Reviews for Staples - Recycled Pastel Multipurpose Paper, 20 lbs., 8.5" x 11", 400 Sheets/Ream - Assorted
Customer Rating
5
Easy on the Eyes
on October 9, 2013
Posted by: Paula K.
The softer cream color of this paper makes it much easier on the eyes while still making the printed material clear and precise. I've switched away from bright white paper for use in my home printer because I find the cream to be a much better choice. I use printer paper primarily to print out records of on line orders and payments. With the cream toned paper the record is still crisp and clean but doesn't promote eye watering glare. The cream color gives a softer and in my opinion classier look to my records.
I gave this as a gift to the three kids in the family who enjoy making craft projects. I always get one ream of white and one each of two other colors. They enjoy it much more than if I had given them each a fancy food item or a gift card. Since they are always making birthday cards scrap book pages and odd-construction novelties they have a constant need for stationery supplies. Whenever we go to visit we always try to have the three reams of paper in a gift bag because it is a guaranteed hit. By now they have gotten enough different colors that they easily share even their favorites since they are never in danger of running out during a burst of creative energy.
I purchased this along with the hot lime paper which was available in 24# wt. i use this color for medical forms for a local medical office. Since the form is printed on both front and back and hand-written on both sides the 20# wt is just too thin. It was not available in 24# wt - disappointed -- but purchased it anyway as they had to have the forms in that color.
I really like the color spread of the pastel copy paper. I would like to see even more copy paper colors. I might expand the color range by looking at the bI rights or other choices that are available at Staples. Right now I think I have almost all the copy paper colors. I use some copy paper colors more than other copy paper colors which is to be expected. I have used the pastel copy paper as a background and the brights copy paper as the main paper in some invitations I created with my daugter.
The two best things about Staples Pastel Colored Paper are the variety and the price I was able to purchase it for. I am not certain just how many colors there are but a dozen seems to be in the neighborhood. They give you a lot of options depending on your actual color needs. Pink yellow light blue tan and the list goes on. The pricing was incredible as Staples will run these with a full rebate from time to time so your actual cost is nothing more than the sales tax assuming you did the rebate on-line and thus even save on postage.