Small note paper

[mke]

Anybody else likes to use the backside of receipts from cash registers (or similar printers) for small notes? 😉

The information paper printed out when I borrow books from the library is even better. I get more paper than I could ever use.

 

(Influenced by my father and by my professor who always used received envelopes or other paper.)

 

[Sailor Kenshin]

Guilty as charged.

[inkstainedruth]

I do sometimes, if it's a receipt for something I paid cash for, rather than for something bought using a credit card.

I also sometimes use the backs of envelopes especially if it's for something like making shopping lists or "to do" lists for myself.

Ruth Morrison aka instainedruth

[mhguda]

Yes.

Sometimes I will even cut up grocery bags or packing paper, and use that. Some of that is surprisingly good.

[lamarax]

Yes, that's how I've found out that the cheap thermal paper used in cash registers, can be surprisingly smooth and resilient to feathering and bleeding with most fountain pen nibs (if a bit smudgy) 😀

 

On a related note; I believe Tomoe River was originally meant for cheap mass printing as well (as in mail order catalogues, TV guides etc). Certainly its texture feels reminiscent to the touch (although not a thermal paper at all).

 

[mke]

5 hours ago, lamarax said:

On a related note; I believe Tomoe River was originally meant for cheap mass printing as well

 

A few years ago, until 2019?, there were two kinds of Tomoe River, one was for printing, the other for writing.

 

You still can buy batches of 4000/8000 sheets at Rakuten, size A4, B4, to make your own notebooks. Unfortunately, only 52g/m2.

B5 8000: https://item.rakuten.co.jp/auc-shikisai/50607/  18000 Yen

A4 4000: https://item.rakuten.co.jp/auc-shikisai/50602/  11800 Yen

B4 4000: https://item.rakuten.co.jp/auc-shikisai/50603/ 17200 Yen

Caution: this is the offset printing presses and simple rotary presses printing paper. I think it can be used for writing too. Tell me if I am wrong.

 

They also have smaller batches and they have sizes which are slightly larger than those mentioned to make sure that your notebook pages are exactly B5,A4,B4.

 

Regarding 68g/m2, I was told in 2019 that this paper is expensive to make so it is not in stock. You would need to contact the maker for investigating the availability of it.