A New Step For Copy Paper

Harding says the biggest change he's seen at Weyerhaeuser isn't with the content of the paper so much as how it's being delivered.

"Fundamentally, the paper isn't all that different," he says. "Most of [what's new] is really a size statement. Traditionally, offset presses need larger sizes with bigger runs; now with these digital presses, you can have smaller runs, and by virtue of that, smaller sheet sizes." Paper company representatives say customers are flooding them with requests for cut sizes of 81⁄2x11˝, 11x17˝ and 12x18˝.