I was running low on paper for my LaserJet printer, so I dropped into my local Ben Franklin Variety Store. Previously I’d seen some reams of paper there for a good price, but now that I needed some, I couldn’t find them. The only plain paper
I saw were little packages of 100 sheets each for $2.79. In big, all-caps letters, the packages proclaimed: Multi Purpose Paper: Ink Jet &
Laser Printers. I balked at the price — equivalent to $13.95 a ream — but I was in a hurry so I finally relented.
When I got home and opened the package I wasn’t very happy. Packaged, the paper looked perfectly suitable for my business purposes. The white color was very bright, and the package says it is 20 lb. weight — just what I wanted. But the paper feels
noticeably ...