My printer will not feed newsprint if I put it in where I put the regular paper, but will copy to it fine if I feed it in the manual feed tray one paper at a time. This is whether I am using it as a copier or a printer.
I don't like using the regular paper because it's harder to remove, especially if you have a spot were you have several lines of stitching coming together. I get rather picky and end up using my tweezers to get every bit out that I can - I keep telling myself its OK to leave those tiny pieces, but then I see them and they bother me.