I only use it for scratch paper. Laser printers have much more complicated paper paths than inkjets, and I've not had an inkjet printer in 10+ years.

Seconded. I have no qualms about reusing inkjet paper but I think it's been more than 10 years since I owned one.

Be careful! I've used inkjet paper by accident in a couple of my laser printers. It usually works out OK, but the printers are much more likely to jam using inkjet paper.

They usually warn you to only use paper designed for laser printers, and for good reason.

No, I meant I never worried about using the back of an inkjet print in an inkjet. I don't refeed anything other than labels through my laser--and that only through the bypass path.

I just remembered that at our office, we use an inkjet printer to put Bates-stamp numbers, dates, etc. on incoming paper docs in some instances. Obviously very much second-hand paper by the time it's been through the mail and arrives at our office.

I re-use paper from the laserjet in the photocopier using the single sheet bypass. Occasionally it jams if the pages are fed through too quickly but the photocopier is a workhorse that's been going strong for 15 years. Very rarely I will re-use paper in my laserjet through the bypass but only to condense a large document.


I found a stack at the office years ago and did the same thing. It was fun ripping the strips of holes off but not as much fun as popping bubble wrap. Sadly my dot matrix stash is long gone.