Pat: No, I've never encountered that or any other hybrid size. I must try setting my Xerox printer to letter-size length and A4 width and see if it regards that as an error. I'll shorten a few A4 sheets to load in the tray. (I'm going out right now, so I'll have to do it later.)
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Pat Naughtin >Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 02:45 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26780] RE: Metric Paper size > > >Dear Bill and All, > >Did you ever come across a 'mongrel' paper that was metric in one direction >and inch-foot in the other. I seem to remember 'letter' paper that was >210�millimetres wide (~ 8�1/4 rather than 8�1/2 inches) and 11 inches long. >I think that it was made this way so that both A4 and the 'mongrel' paper >would share the same width and therefore drive mechanisms in a printer. I >recollect that the printer I had at that time was an Epson, but I can't >recall the name of the paper suppliers � it was probably about 10 >years ago.. > >Cheers, > >Pat Naughtin LCAMS >Geelong, Australia >-- > > >on 2003-09-02 07.42, Bill Potts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> A3 is 420 mm x 297 mm; A4 is 297 mm x 210 mm. >> >> For a full discussion of A series sizes, click here: >> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html. >> >> Note that, although A and B series sizes are specified in >millimeters, they >> have nothing specifically to do with SI. Rather, they are >defined by an ISO >> standard -- ISO 216. >> >> It's some time since I was there (1989), but I seem to remember >some 8.5" x >> 11" paper in Venezuela. That could be true for other countries >at the northern >> end of South America, where there is some U.S. influence. >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >> john mercer >> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 13:21 >> To: U.S. Metric Association >> Subject: [USMA:26768] Metric Paper size >> >> Hello everyone I have a question. What is the size of A 3 and a 4 paper. Is >> 8.5 by 11 inch paper only used in Canada and the States? Thanks for your >> time. >>
