no...printer paper is usually pretty decent paper....which means it is hard to tear off so I don't use it for paper piecing. I use phone book pages (yep...I have a vintage stack of them") or else paper that is of poorer quality like that off white paper you get in kid's drawing pads. I do also have some official paper piecing paper....but that is expensive....but...if I am printing a paper piecing pattern, I use that. Oh....and I have something called something like "stich and ditch" It is a light weight paper that comes on a roll and tears really easily. I used to use when I did those fancy stitches some of our machines have. It stabilized the fabric and prevented puckering but tore off easily after.