Volume 2, Number 5
Dec 1989

Alkaline Papers

• Readers of this Newsletter who are totally committed to the use of alkaline paper on every possible occasion will be glad to hear that there are nine brands of envelopes made of alkaline paper listed on p. 113-114 of the Competitive Grade Finder, the first two of which are comercial envelopes: Jaguar Envelopes, from Unijax, Inc.; and PCA Envelopes, also from Unijax.
• The LDS Distribution Center in Salt Lake City has alkaline lined paper for three-ring notebooks. It is at 1999 W. 1700 South, zip 84104.
• Restoration Source (3666 South 2455 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84109) has developed an attractive lined sheet for journals kept in three-ring notebooks. The paper is a very light grey, and the ink is a darker grey; a line for the date is in the upper left corner and a box for page number is in the upper right. The paper is Fox River's Technaclear.
• Weyerhaeuser Paper Company has added a warm natural shade to its line of Cougar Opaque printing papers. Because it also can be used in their photocopying machine, BookLab, an edition binding and conservation service in Austin, Texas, is using it to make bound photocopies of brittle books. (The last two issues of this Newsletter, and probably this me too, are printed on white Cougar Opaque.)
• Hammermill Tidal DP is currently the largest-selling mill-branded dual purpose sheet in the industry, according to a statement from the company quoted in the October PIMA,. (Tidal MX has been phased out.)
• Another Hammermill paper, besides the four mentioned in the last issue, that comes in colors (pale to media) is Fore 9000 DP (now Fore DP). In fact, all Hammermill colored papers are now manufactured alkaline, though there may still be some acid stock an the merchants' floors and in the swatch books. Also, Hammermill Bond is now formulated so that it will run in laser printers and copiers, as well as in xerographic copiers, in all 17 colors and white.