Tim, Well, of course this is what one is used to..
Here in the Netherlands (Europe) if one would need different sizes then A1 - A5 one has to specially order it. All is standardized to the A sizes, with the added advantage that if A5 is needed, and you don't have it on stock, you just cut A4 in half.. >From our perspective the A standards reduce the need to stock all those sizes >(letter/legal etc.). Of course the prices are here just contrary to your >experience. Rob. On 30 jul. 2017, at 23:01, Tim-L--Elmira-NY wrote: > On 07/30/2017 10:10 AM, jonathon wrote: >> >> On 29 July 2017 10:04:21 AM GMT-07:00, Tim-L wrote: >> >>> I use to know a guy in Canada and he stated they use the metric system and >>> he used A4 paper [8.27" by 11.69" >>>> In Canada our standard is letter (8.5" x 11"), legal (8.5" x 14"), tabloid >> Officially, Canada uses A, B etc sizes. Unofficially it uses letter etc. As >> a practical matter, people use whatever the local stationary store offers, >> which appears to depend upon locale. >> >> jonathon > > That clears it up. I once had to make and print A4 size documents. I am > glad that Canada also uses letter size sheets. It saves me from having to > stock A4 again. > > The Office and/or paper supply stores charge a high premium to purchase A4 > paper. I buy a ream of Letter size for under $4 at my grocery store, but the > online site I buy 90% of my paper has A4 paper for $11 plus shipping. > > As for a link to LibreOffice, Writer is the default package I use to create > posters from letter size to 11x17 size. I really save the 13x19 paper for my > own family's needs. > > If I cannot use LibreOffice, then I have to go to Inkscape. But LibreOffice > does 95%, or more, of my poster and sign needs. Thanks to my finding > LibreOffice all those years ago when I was looking for a replacement for > not-upgrading OpenOffice.org. > > . . . . . . . . > > In my apartment home office "paper wall" - 55" by 54" in size - has shelf > upon shelf of paper from 4x6 inches to 13x19 inch paper in white, color, card > stock, and various types of photo paper. Right now A4 paper is not needed > anymore. > > All my old, faded, white paper goes to my grand nephew and grand niece as > coloring sheets. > > Can you believe that 13x19 photo paper costs a lot less that 11x17 photo > paper - if you can find it. I print so much paper I have to buy from a ream > to several per month when I do a heavy print cycle. I have to buy an inkjet > printer every 6 to 10 months - alone with the 3 different numbered ink-tank > cartridges - 2 for Canon photo printers and 1 for the HP wide format printer. > I rarely use a laser toner cartridge a year. > > People in the same apartment tower[s] I live in sees my different printers > and paper wall and sees no reason to have all this "stuff". Then they ask me > to print something for them is a paper color that most people never have > printed on before. They expect me to buy a half-ream the new color for 10-20 > sheets. I do my best to steer them to the closest color I have in stock. > That is one reason I stock so many paper types and colors. They just do not > get why until they need printing from me. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
