In Europe, paper for inkjet and laserprinters is all in A-sizes now and only
g/m2 quantities are on the boxes, also the paper sold by HP here. This has been
a reversion that I welcomed very much. I still remember all those boxes of non-
metric tractor paper stacked high in computer shops and on selling stalls
during computer shows in the eighties and the early nineties. The dot matrix
printer, which had spread this virus into A-paper territory is definitely on
the way out and so the letter and other non-metric tractor paper sizes have
almost gone too. They are left for the dwindling number of people who have dot
matrix printers. I still have a box with 800 tractor sheets of 12 inch paper in
my place. This spring I bought an HP 720 inkjet printer and reverted at once to
A 4. Only those $#*+@# dpi are still alive and kicking.
Han
Quoten Norman Werling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Jesus,
>
> Thanks very much for suggesting this dialogue. Do the packages of paper
> show everything in Spanish only or in English and Spanish? If in Spanish
> only, are mm dimensions only shown or are the inches and its fractions shown
> along with millimeters. If the last, which is in parentheses?
>
> I have before me right now a package of Hewlett Packard "letter' size paper
> labeled as having been "Made in U.S.A." Everything is also translated into
> French, so I assume that they also market this specific packaging in Canada,
> but not in Latin America.
>
> The following information is shown grouped in these ways:
>
> High Brilliant
> 90
> Tr�s brilillant
>
>
>
> Medium Weight 20 lb.
> Grammage moyen (75 g/m^2) I can only show square meters this way.
>
>
>
> 8.5" x 11"
> 216x279 mm (4,54 kg/M) No kidding, a capital M.
>
>
> Cont: 500 Sheets/Feuilles
>
> Norm
>
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