The Right Paper For The Right Job

Making the Switch

Let's start with copy paper, the least expensive of the three types of paper. Can an in-plant manager save money by using copy paper for laser or color copies—or produce better black-and-white copies by using the more expensive laser or color copy papers?

"You can exchange them, but it's like the difference between hi-test and regular gas," explains Bob Hieronymus, market manager for Georgia-Pacific Imaging Papers, in Atlanta. "You can run premium gas in a Chevy, and it will work fine—but you don't need it. And you can run regular gas in a Lexus, but you won't get the best performance from the car."