present invention can comprise one or more plies having the same or different wood pulp characteristics in the various plies for example one of the plies can be formed from hardwood pulp and another of the plies can be formed from softwood pulp alternately the pulp in one ply can have a different csf and or weight weighted mean length than the pulp used in the other ply the fibrous or pulp component of the papers of the present invention can consist entirely of wood pulp or consist essentially of wood pulp the term u201c consisting essentially of u201d as used herein is meant to allow for addition of small amounts less than about 10 weight percent of additional components these additional components can include secondary fibers such as organic or inorganic staple fibers having a denier of at least 0 7 which may be blended with the wood pulp examples of suitable fibers that can be blended with the wood pulp include viscose polyester polyamide carbon and others other additional components including but not limited to powders flakes and pigments can be added in the paper composition typically at levels between about 1 and 10 weight percent using methods known in the art in order to achieve the desired density a paper of the present invention can be calendered using methods known in the art after it is formed calendering can be conducted in line immediately following the paper forming step or as a separate step.