I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but then
I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...T1BE_sk_lg.jpg
However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs dusting
down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they putt
about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have letterhead
paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...0-be_sk_lg.jpg
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets of a
special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

"Zak" wrote:
It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

Flat, on a shelf, in a dry cupboard.

"Zak" wrote in message
...
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but then
I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...T1BE_sk_lg.jpg
However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs dusting
down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they putt
about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have letterhead
paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...0-be_sk_lg.jpg
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets of a
special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

why not get a box file and put say 15 to 20 sheets of each type in it and
keep it to hand near your comp. This will keep the paper dust and damp free.
Put the remaining resealed reams somewhere warm and out of the way.

i used to have that problem, in the end i just used a normal letter
tray type thingy and put a very thin towel over the top.

i suppose you could use anything similar, if it has a piccy of your
favourite team/person animal on it as well you might not feel it looks
so cheap :-)

In article , lid
says...

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

Not silly at all. Many printers can be temperamental when it comes to
feeding paper that is damp, or dusty.

I use a slightly bigger than A4 plastic storage box with a 'snap-on'
lid. It stores a ream of 500 sheets easily.

The Viking code is H2D-9LC. This is for the smaller one. Just search for
"Really Useful Box" if you want the entire range.

On 17 Dec 2006, Tx2 wrote:

In article , lid
says...

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4
computer paper.

Not silly at all. Many printers can be temperamental when it comes
to feeding paper that is damp, or dusty.

I use a slightly bigger than A4 plastic storage box with a
'snap-on' lid. It stores a ream of 500 sheets easily.

The Viking code is H2D-9LC. This is for the smaller one. Just
search for "Really Useful Box" if you want the entire range.


I checked the box out at http://snipurl.com/1547v.

Still has a problem of easily getting sheets out from the lower reams.

On 17 Dec 2006, Zak wrote:

I have got several reams of different types of paper.

Not sure what made you select the newsgroups, but it looks like the second
in a "how many posts can be made" challenge, from some bunch of kids.

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"Zak" wrote in message
...
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

You can get drawer sets similar to these -
http://www.manufactum.com/group/1892...ls.2866.0.html

quite easily - we've bought from WHSmith (cardboard) and Ikea (wooden) in
the past.

each drawer will take a ream of paper.

In article , lid
says...

Still has a problem of easily getting sheets out from the lower reams.

So get a box per ream, as I have.

"Zak" wrote in message
...
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but then
I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...T1BE_sk_lg.jpg
However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs dusting
down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they putt
about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have letterhead
paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...0-be_sk_lg.jpg
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets of a
special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

OMFG, when did they let you out! Store paper in a warm room where it isn't
damp. Put them any way you like and only open one packet at a time. Was it
a trick question or are you trying to advertise a product?

"Tx2" wrote in message
T...
In article , lid
says...

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

Not silly at all. Many printers can be temperamental when it comes to
feeding paper that is damp, or dusty.


That is a classic engineers line, one that hasn't a clue how to fix a
printer with a knackered feed system! I hear that all the time. They
always turn up and then get on the phone to a friend asking what to do. It
doesn't make any difference which way round or which way up you put standard
paper either. If you have a cheap printer made by Brother or a Kyocera then
it shows - especially when you get through 1000+ sheets per day. They don't
last long but out of the two the Kyocera is slightly better. The network
variety of course.

Zak wrote:
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

Grab the wrapper and tear off the last inch, all the way round, at
the end. Stack them anywhere flat.

On the off chance the ends do get slightly damaged, feed the other
end first.

Seems to work well.

regards, Ian

Thus spaketh john:
"Tx2" wrote in message
T...
In article , lid
says...

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

Not silly at all. Many printers can be temperamental when it comes to
feeding paper that is damp, or dusty.


That is a classic engineers line, one that hasn't a clue how to fix a
printer with a knackered feed system! I hear that all the time. They
always turn up and then get on the phone to a friend asking what to
do. It doesn't make any difference which way round or which way up
you put standard paper either. If you have a cheap printer made by
Brother or a Kyocera then it shows - especially when you get through
1000+ sheets per day. They don't last long but out of the two the
Kyocera is slightly better. The network variety of course.


Damp paper cause it to curl when through a laser printer and can jam,
whether the printer is an el-cheap or a heavy duty one, it is always
wise to fan paper too as paper cut with poor / blunt blades can cause
the edges to fur and the paper to stick. Also damp paper isn't ideal
when printing with inkjets.

Not usually a problem when in a dry warm country, but when in countries
like the UK where it is often cold and damp then it is, worth wrapping
any unused paper up in a couple of plastic carrier bags.


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On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:15:24 GMT, Zak wrote:

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

FWIW, I use these boxes from Lakeland

http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/pro...omeoffice!7950

They are nice and solid to protect the paper, don't take up too much
room and hold enough to make them useful.

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"Zak" wrote in message
...
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but then
I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...T1BE_sk_lg.jpg
However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs dusting
down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they putt
about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have letterhead
paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...0-be_sk_lg.jpg
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets of a
special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?


Probably a little OTT but what about a photography darkroom paper safe,
designed to be light proof, which should also be dust proof, have a look on
ebay at item number 300059783611to see what i am talking about.

In article ,
says...

That is a classic engineers line, one that hasn't a clue how to fix a
printer with a knackered feed system!

If you say so.

The manufacturers of printers would argue otherwise, and my own personal
experience of using damp/dusty paper in both domestic and business
printers would seem to disagree also.

I hear that all the time. They always turn up and then get on the phone
to a friend asking what to do.

You hear it all the time? How many printers do you have, and why are
engineers always turning up?

It doesn't make any difference which way round or which way up you put standard
paper either.

Define standard paper, and has it been pre-printed or not, because
actually, it can make a difference, particularly at the domestic to
lower-end commercial printer.

Do you know precisely how a separator pad works, and why? Do you know
why the feed rollers on scoop mechanisms are channelled as opposed to
pick rollers being textured? True or False : some printers work on
detecting the weight of a sheet of paper to feed?

I'd be interested to learn what printers you use which enables you to
use 1000+ sheets a day.

In fact, I'd be interested to learn with what authority you speak about
printer repair other than that of a seemingly disgruntled end-user who
bought a job lot of the wrong type.

In article ,
says...

Grab the wrapper and tear off the last inch, all the way round, at
the end. Stack them anywhere flat.

You of course mean the packaging..... :-)

buy an old nightstand with drawers


"Zak" wrote in message ...
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but then
I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...T1BE_sk_lg.jpg
However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs dusting
down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they putt
about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have letterhead
paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...0-be_sk_lg.jpg
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets of a
special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

In article ,
says...
In article ,
says...

Grab the wrapper and tear off the last inch, all the way round, at
the end. Stack them anywhere flat.

You of course mean the packaging..... :-)

....otherwise you wouldn't have typed wrapper!

[gets coat and exits]

Zak wrote:
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but then
I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...T1BE_sk_lg.jpg
However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs dusting
down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they putt
about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have letterhead
paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...0-be_sk_lg.jpg
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets of a
special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

You can get multi drawer stationery cabinets designed to do exactly this.

Google "multi drawer A4 stationery' .Bisley fo some nice 6 drawer units
for about 80 quid.. or you can go to 12-15 draers at a commesnurtare
height and price.

Each drawer takes a ream or so..

OFTEN to be found in skips and secondhand office clearouts

Or ebay shops..see here?

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/NUOE

On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:02:01 UTC, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

You can get multi drawer stationery cabinets designed to do exactly this.

Google "multi drawer A4 stationery' .Bisley fo some nice 6 drawer units
for about 80 quid.. or you can go to 12-15 draers at a commesnurtare
height and price.

That's exactly what I use...the Bisley one at about 100 quid.

OFTEN to be found in skips and secondhand office clearouts

I inherited mine from my father...!
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"Tx2" wrote in message
T...
In article ,
says...

That is a classic engineers line, one that hasn't a clue how to fix a
printer with a knackered feed system!

If you say so.

The manufacturers of printers would argue otherwise, and my own personal
experience of using damp/dusty paper in both domestic and business
printers would seem to disagree also.

I hear that all the time. They always turn up and then get on the phone
to a friend asking what to do.

You hear it all the time? How many printers do you have, and why are
engineers always turning up?


He's just a troll dude, his job or whatever varies depending on what group
he posts in. He also claims to sell car parts sometimes... Just ignore
him, he really has nothing better to do with his 'life'.

--
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Formerly DanTXD

Zak wrote:

I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.


I have a very similar issue where I use a variety of specialist labels,
each of them on A4 sheets. I only need to use then occasionally, but
need them always to hand.

I made up some 3mm sheets of MDF with wooden battens on edge around
three of the sides. An appropriate number of those units can be made for
all the different types and they can be stacked very neatly.

I made some 'drawers' deep enough to hold an entire ream, while others
only hold 50 sheets or less.

On 17 Dec 2006, john wrote:


"Zak" wrote in message
...
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4
computer paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at
any one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as
high quality letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but
then I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like
this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu.../YELT1BE_sk_lg.
jpg However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs
dusting down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time
they putt about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would
have letterhead paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...DR100-be_sk_lg
.jpg However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50
sheets of a special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

OMFG, when did they let you out! Store paper in a warm room where
it isn't damp. Put them any way you like and only open one packet
at a time. Was it a trick question or are you trying to advertise
a product?


I am the OP. I guess it's a trick question if you don't read it
properly! :-)

Check once again about why more than one needs to be open at the same
time.

Are you serious about "any way" because that would include standing the
ream on its long or short edge.

Are you trolling with such answers?

the way we do it here is to put the papers in a lightbox, the heat from
the bulb keeps the papers crisp and damp free all year long, but if
power costs are exhorbitant where you live, do the storage like 6 hours
everyday and when you're working, not when the power should be off.
thanks
david
Zak wrote:
I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4 computer
paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at any
one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as high quality
letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but then
I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like this
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...T1BE_sk_lg.jpg
However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs dusting
down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they putt
about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have letterhead
paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/pictu...0-be_sk_lg.jpg
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets of a
special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?

On 17 Dec 2006, Zak wrote:

I am in the UK.

Sounds silly but I am looking for a good way to store my A4
computer paper.

I have got several reams of different types of paper. However at
any one time I might need only a few sheets of one type such as
high quality letter paper.

(a) I could store the still-wrapped reams ontop of one another but
then I end up crumpling the sheets when I try and slide them out.

(b) I could put the wrapped reams into stacking letter trays like
this However, after a week or two the paper gets dusty and needs
dusting down. Ugghhh.

(c) I have seen offices use similar trays to (b) but this time they
putt about 50 sheets of paper in each tray. (EG, they would have
letterhead paper, follow-on sheets, plain sheets, etc).
However, I am not using all me paper quite so fast so 50 sheets
of a special type might sit there for ages.

It sounds silly, but what is a good way to store paper?


After all the suggestions (thank you) the winner is something like
one of these expanding files ...

.... http://www.vikingdirect.ie/pictures/...3766_sk_lg.jpg

Yup, different to what I had been thinking but actually quite
effective.

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:04:54 GMT, Zak wrote:

On 17 Dec 2006, Zak wrote:




After all the suggestions (thank you) the winner is something like
one of these expanding files ...

... http://www.vikingdirect.ie/pictures/...3766_sk_lg.jpg

Yup, different to what I had been thinking but actually quite
effective.

Pffft!

Thes are better although I dont pay their prices

http://tinyurl.com/yhs877

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:04:54 GMT, Zak wrote:



... http://www.vikingdirect.ie/pictures/...3766_sk_lg.jpg

Yup, different to what I had been thinking but actually quite
effective.

By the way if you would have waited till next thursday..Lidl are doing
a stationary promotiion...
A4 size pkt of of two for 2.99GBP

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:19:55 UTC, SirBenjamin
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:04:54 GMT, Zak wrote:



... http://www.vikingdirect.ie/pictures/...3766_sk_lg.jpg

Yup, different to what I had been thinking but actually quite
effective.

By the way if you would have waited till next thursday..Lidl are doing
a stationary promotiion...

Most of their promotions don't move around much. Until they're purchased
anyway.

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On 2006-12-21 16:19:55 +0000, SirBenjamin said:

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:04:54 GMT, Zak wrote:



... http://www.vikingdirect.ie/pictures/...3766_sk_lg.jpg

Yup, different to what I had been thinking but actually quite effective.

By the way if you would have waited till next thursday..Lidl are doing
a stationary promotiion...
A4 size pkt of of two for 2.99GBP

I'm moved at hearing that...

In message , SirBenjamin
writes
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:04:54 GMT, Zak wrote:



... http://www.vikingdirect.ie/pictures/...3766_sk_lg.jpg

Yup, different to what I had been thinking but actually quite
effective.

By the way if you would have waited till next thursday..Lidl are doing
a stationary promotiion...
A4 size pkt of of two for 2.99GBP

Better not tell the Indians



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In article , lid
says...


After all the suggestions (thank you) the winner is something like
one of these expanding files ...


Yes, after all that, it was a silly question.