Hp Premium Choice 32Lb Paper In The Uk?

[ajlmarques]

Greetings...

 

I've been trying to find a good option for everyday loose leaf blank paper and around FPN everybody seems to rave about the HP Premium Choice Laser Paper 32lb.

 

Can I find it in the UK? I would have assumed so, but brands will be brands and it seems that particular designation is not available around here (either that or I'm looking in all the wrong places). 32lb should be designated as 120gsm in Europe.

 

I've tried this one and it is absolutely horrible - feathers and bleeds like crazy, even with dry fine writers.

 

Looking further I've found this other one. However, it seems to me that the just the packaging is different but I see no difference at all from description of product. And "Premium Choice" is nowhere to be seen. In the US, for example, staples has the "Premium Choice" version.

 

Any ideas? Or alternatives for moderately priced blank loose leaf paper that can take wet writers?

 

 

[David_W]

I've got IQ Selection 80gsm by Mondi in my laser printer, which takes fountain pen ink pretty well. There is a 100gsm version. This paper is available from Viking Direct, though the current pricing isn't very attractive.

 

Amazon UK has Clairefontaine DCP in various weights. I've not tried this but have mentioned it a couple of times here recently. One person commented that it's not the same "hard" finish as Rhodia or Triomphe, but Stephanie (biffybeans) stated it was OK for fountain pens in her review. At the moment, you can get the 500 sheet 100gsm pack, the 250 sheet 120gsm pack and 125 sheet 210gsm pack (I'd class this last one as a fairly heavy card) at reasonable prices from Amazon UK. Some of the other pack sizes and weights were on sale for stupidly high prices.