Erasable paper has a glazed or coated surface which is almost invisible, is easily removed by friction, and accepts typewriter ink fairly well.
Because the coated surface does not absorb ink, documents printed on erasable paper are prone to smudging.
For example, in prohibiting the use of such paper for manuscript submissions, the Linguistic Society of America refers to "Eaton's 'Corrasable Bond' and similar brands.
[4] In a 1992 Comics Buyer's Guide column in which he provided aspiring writers with tips on composing submissions, he stated, "Don't write on anything other than standard-weight white bond paper.
[6] In the tenth chapter of Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, Esther, the main character, mentions this paper when she sets up a place to start writing a novel.