Legal Size Paper
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If your business specializes in contract, legal or accounting documentation, or you simply feel like you want more room for printed spreadsheets, you could benefit greatly from using legal paper. Staples has an extensive stock of legal sized paper that comes in a variety of colors and types for any business need.
What Is Legal Size Paper?
Legal size paper is the preferred documentation for law firms and legal offices. Adding three inches of height to the standard letter size, the 8.5” x 14” sheets provide the extra room needed for signatures as well as notary stamps. This way, documents can be set up on the computer using the 8.5” x 11” space of typical copy paper for contractual language.
Where Is Legal Size Paper Commonly Used?
Legal size papers are typically used by businesses for a variety of contracts, loan agreements, brochures and other legal documents. Legal paper is often used within legal, accounting and real estate professions. It’s also ideal for printing different kinds of spreadsheets.
Legal size paper is also great for crafting, scrapbooking, presentations, work projects, copying forms and invoices or printing court documents.
What Kind of Legal Paper Should You Buy?
Here are some features to consider when purchasing the right kind of legal sized paper for your needs.
Paper Color Type
To help your business stand out from the rest, Staples has three categories of legal paper colors.
Brights
Bright-colored legal size paper draws attention to flyers, direct mail and office or school projects. It also provides a facelift to letters, invitations and other prints. Use these vibrant hues to complement your own design schemes while saving on full-color ink.
Neutral
Neutral colored legal paper can help add depth and dimension to your next project. It’s versatile and allows for multipurpose use among projects. Users can use this legal paper in a variety of printers at home or in the office.
Pastels
Pastel colors provide a soft background that makes content pop while reading or viewing. This kind of legal paper is great at absorbing ink, resulting in no bleeding or fading of the sheets and works well with inkjet printers.
Brightness Level
It is important to consider the brightness of the page, which affects the perceived sharpness of text or images. Brightness level is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 is the brightest. Typically, printer paper has a brightness in the 90s with economical copy paper sitting at 92. Staples offers several different levels of brightness to choose from for legal size papers that best suit your work or project goals.
Number of Reams
A ream usually contains 500 sheets of paper. Staples is able to provide different numbers of reams depending on a business or user’s needs.