There are many false stories going around about the high cost and difficulty of printing on recycled paper. These problems did exist in the past, but most of them have dissipated thanks to strides and improvements by the paper manufacturing industry.
Improvements include:
- Cost: recycled paper today is comparable in cost to virgin paper. The cost of recycled paper can be even lower if the mill has an on-site de-inking facility, which eliminates the need to outsource that part of the recycling process.
- Printing difficulties: The cleaning and screening process used to manufacture recycled paper is comparable to virgin pulp processing. The strength of a premium recycled sheet is equivalent to a virgin sheet. Another printing issue in the 90s was the difficulty some printing companies had running recycled papers through high speed machinery.
- Again, improvements in the recycled paper domain have eliminated those difficulties, making the printing process almost indistingiushable from the process used to print on virgin pulp stocks.
- Color and brightness: a common complaint about recycled paper in the early 90s was that it looked dull, dingy and gray. Recycled papers today are available in whites and are almost indistinguishable from their fibre counterparts. Additionally, the color range of recycled paper is limitless.
Todays’ recycled paper, offers quality and consistency to our demands with the additional benefit of being environmentally friendly. Everyone should start using it.
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Improvements include:
- Cost: recycled paper today is comparable in cost to virgin paper. The cost of recycled paper can be even lower if the mill has an on-site de-inking facility, which eliminates the need to outsource that part of the recycling process.
- Printing difficulties: The cleaning and screening process used to manufacture recycled paper is comparable to virgin pulp processing. The strength of a premium recycled sheet is equivalent to a virgin sheet. Another printing issue in the 90s was the difficulty some printing companies had running recycled papers through high speed machinery.
- Again, improvements in the recycled paper domain have eliminated those difficulties, making the printing process almost indistingiushable from the process used to print on virgin pulp stocks.
- Color and brightness: a common complaint about recycled paper in the early 90s was that it looked dull, dingy and gray. Recycled papers today are available in whites and are almost indistinguishable from their fibre counterparts. Additionally, the color range of recycled paper is limitless.
Todays’ recycled paper, offers quality and consistency to our demands with the additional benefit of being environmentally friendly. Everyone should start using it.
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