I can highly recommend the vendor who supplies my A4 paper. They can also provide A3 and any other A-series or B-series paper size. Their A4 paper is *exactly* 210 mm X 297 mm (more accurately cut than some A4 sheets I've received in international correspondence, whose dimensions often vary up to +/- 0.5 mm).
I can't recall their prices offhand, but they're low enough that it's a virtually negligible amount for me and I'm far from being well-to-do. Here is their contact information: Graphic North Printing Co. Wayne Clark, President 157 Old Steese Highway Fairbanks, AK 99701 Tel: (907) 452-1907 *** Fax: (907) 452-3916 *** E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have no financial stake in them. I'm just a *very* satisfied ustomer. -- J. Jason Wentworth ----- Original Message ----- From: John S. Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2003 9:13 AM Subject: [USMA:26752] Metric paper sizes & technical drawings? > Hi, > > I'm a scientist/engineer working for NASA. The metric system is used > extensively at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but inch-pounds are still > dominant. > > Our metric technical drawings are normally drawn for metric paper sizes > (A0-A4), and we generally follow international drawing practices for metric > drawings. Yet strangely enough, all our printers and plotters are loaded > with inches paper sizes, and when the metric drawings get printed they are > usually resized to fit the inches (A, B, C, D...) size paper. Worse yet, our > purchasing department doesn't even know what A3 paper is, and can't find a > vendor to buy it. > > At least our metric drawings are REALLY metric, following international > standards for the title block, tolerances, etc. But I've noticed that the > few metric drawings we get from American companies are drawn with > inches-style title blocks, parts, tolerancing, and paper size. > > So my questions are: > > - Are there any US companies that use metric paper sizes? > - How common is metric paper usage (A4, A3, etc.) in recently metricated > countries? > - Where in the U.S. do you get affordable metric size paper, esp. A3? (I'm > paying about $100 / ream!) > - Are there any other American engineers besides me designing entirely > hard-metric? > - Do engineers in recently metricated countries draw on metric sheet sizes, or > inches sizes? > - Do engineers in recently metricated countries use hard-metric parts, or do > they simply convert inch-pounds parts to metric numbers? > > John >
