A check off list at the copier works well. Ask the users to set aside unacceptable copies or jammed sheets for each batch, then compare results between the two types of paper. Adjusting Specifications You may not have to adjust your existing specifications at all, except to include the recycled content standard. If you must specify brightness, a minimum of 80 should satisfy your needs. Opacity is more important than brightness today because double-sided copies must be legible.
Every agency uses copy paper.
Most jurisdictions have long-term contracts in place. Paper is delivered on request by the supplier or from jurisdiction warehouses. No one has time to waste un-jamming printers and copiers. Paper should also feed smoothly through printers and fax machines without crooked margins, overlapping or dusting. Nine of the responding twenty-two agencies use recycled paper in copiers and printers and reported no problems.