HP C6817A Professional Brochure & Flyer Paper - 50 Sheets

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.5 x 0.9 inches ; 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SSS1
• Item model number: C6817A
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #4 in Office Products > Office Supplies > Paper > Business Paper Products > Brochure Paper
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Gloss-coated on both sides, this professional-grade paper is designed for two-sided inkjet printing. It produces bright colors, vivid images, and crisp black text that will not show through. The paper is perfect for printing color brochures, flyers, newsletters, and other business and sales materials, and it works great with all inkjet printers.

Product Description

Original HP supplies. The science behind brilliant printing. HP papers are matched with HP printers and print cartridges to bring exceptional quality to all your printing creations; photos, brochures, flyers, presentations, reports and more. Use with laser and ink jet printers, copiers, or quick print services.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars HP changed the product - for the worse. Ignore all reviews more than 3 months old., June 5, 2009

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Marshall Peterson (Lawrenceville, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP C6817A Professional Brochure & Flyer Paper - 50 Sheets (Office Product)

I've been using HP's Glossy Inkjet Brochure Paper (C6817A) for several years, and up until my most recent order, it's been terrific. Good color rendition, fast drying time, great hand. Unfortunately, though they kept the name and the product ID number, they changed everything else about the product. It doesn't take ink well (everything looks pale and washed-out, even rich black), and the hand is horrible. It actually squeaks. Didn't care about drying time, since the pages went straight from the printer to the recycle bin, and the box went straight back to Amazon. The former version of the product was the only decent 2-sided glossy inkjet I'd ever found. Now there are none.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent short term solution for small businesses, May 16, 2000

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tropic_of_criticism - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP C6817A Professional Brochure & Flyer Paper - 50 Sheets (Office Product)

Despite the unfortunately small size of this paper (it's letter rather than the more useful legal size) this paper is great for particular uses: if you're just starting up a company or don't anticipate the need for big print runs (more than 200) of the brochure you're printing; if you *really* need full color printing on double-sided glossy paper but can't afford to do it commercially; if you have no need to bleed your images to the edge of the panels/page; and if you don't anticipate displaying the brochures in areas where water/moisture damage is possible

For some people, these are obviously some fairly serious limitations.

Brochures are, after all, usually subject to some mishandling and people frequently carry them into rain. By virtue of the printing technology, water may smear the print into illegibility. Likewise, businesses frequently do need to bleed to the edges of the paper just to maximize the use of the paper. Most ink jet printers, however, cannot, because of on-board, unalterable instructions print all the way to the edges of a letter-sized piece of paper.

But, again, if you're just starting up--or if you're printing for some non-profit organization--this paper shouldn't be overlooked. It *does* produce great results, and the slick feel of the double-sided glossy paper is just like that of much more expensive, professionally printed brochures. To be sure, you want to ween yourself off this paper eventually in order to project a more solidly professional image. But as a short term solution, this is arguably better than one-color professional printing on ordinary paper. And it's definitely better than any other ink jet solution.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great for Graphics and Text -- not so good with photos, April 15, 2001

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Seth Jayson (Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP C6817A Professional Brochure & Flyer Paper - 50 Sheets (Office Product)

This stuff produces laser-sharp text and graphics, but if you are interested in really fine photo production, look elsewhere.

At photo settings, the ink soaks into the paper and blurs the images. You need to try to use a combination of photo dithering (to keep the detail) but also medium to higher speed, so that it will lay down a minimum of ink and get it out fast.