Blake TS-260027 Business A4 Laid Paper, 120gsm, 297mm x 210mm, High White, Pack of 50

Satisfying thickness and nice of white colour.Natural and a pleaser to write/ draw or print on

Lovely paper, crisp and has a great feel, looks professional when printed on , but.... it doesn't work well with an inkjet printer, especially when printing back to back - 2 sided sheets. The paper always come out smudged or with a shadow/ghost print.The paper is not far off photo paper in terms of the sheen on it, so i ended up having to print a 200 page double sided document by printing all the odd numbered pages only, letting them dry for 30 seconds, putting them back in the printer and then printing the reverse side (even numbered pages). Turned an easy printing job into a complete pain, however when eventually printed, the document looked great. Just a bit of a faff if you want to print double sided on. The plus side is that it is much better price that other 120gsm wove papers and looks/feels just as good.

Perhaps not quite up there with the Conqueror I purchased at same time but still great quality and accepts inkjet printing very well. Very smooth when using fountain pen. (What's a fountain pen you ask ?!) Will definitely use again

Bought to print certificates, not really usable as all corners on one edge were damaged. Shame, as good quality. Maybe if it had been delivered in protective packaging it may not have been damaged.

This has been the best paper I've had fro laser printing letters. I used Conqueror for a long time but was frustrated by the ink transfer, but this has none of that problem. Feels great, takes ink well and no smudging or transfer in an envelope. Will only be using this from now only.

All good

This is an interesting paper - and that may be good or bad, depending on what you are looking for! It's certainly bulky, with a thick feel. The brilliant white isn't so brilliant as some papers; there's a very slight creamy tint.What may sell this paper to you, or alternatively have you searching for something else, is that it has a toothy quality - a definite texture; a slightly rougher (or maybe I should say "less smooth") surface than competitors like Conqueror Wove. If you're looking for something that feels a little different, maybe for craft work, this paper could well work for you. On the other hand, for letterheadings and the like, the trend in business papers is now towards very smooth paper, and this definitely isn't that kind of paper.I tried it in my HP laser printer and the toner adhered well.So: if you want something a little out of the ordinary, for your business stationery or for craft purposes, this could well be it. It's bulky, with a different feel from many papers on the market. Matching envelopes are available in the same brand. On the other hand, if you want a standard, very smooth, business wove - you might be disappointed.The paper comes in a very sturdy box (much sturdier than Conqueror's) with a hinged lid: it could possibly be reused for storage.

The laid texture is nice and is a bit crisper and more pronounced than on some cheaper laid paper I've used before.The paper is a good solid white, and if you had no other paper at hand, that would be that. If you put it next to some cheap copier paper though, you can see that it is not quite as ludicrously white as that super-bleached stuff. If blinding your letter recipients is very important, you would need to look for brilliant white, but this is really perfectly adequately white.There is no maker's watermark in the paper which is something not explicitly stated, but was important for me (I took a gamble on this). If you are just sending business letters it probably doesn't matter to you, but if you are using laid paper in some historical sense (writing period-style letters or making old treasure maps etc) then having "MADE IN TAIWAN" as a watermark will really kill the mood. This paper has no water mark though, so when you hold it up to the light, you just see that wonderful laid paper texture.This paper has my medieval wax seal of approval!