It is incorrect to use *Inch sizes* and call them Metric Paper sizes. Instead I had suggested to Indian Standards several years ago to normalise the sizes to breadth x length ratio as 1:1.5 instead of 1:sqrt 2 between A4, A3, A2 sizes. There are some trimming losses BUT in the long run these shall be SOFT METRIC and *not HARD metric conversions* from inch-pound to metric sizes.Hello everyone I have a question. What is the size of A3 and A4 paper. Is 8.5 by 11 inch paper >>only used in Canada and the States? Thanks for your time.
A2 Size: 420mm x630mm
A3 Size: 280mm x420mm
A4 Size: 185mm x280mm (instead of 186.66666667) to rationalise by trimming
A5 Size: 125mm x185mm (instead of 123.33333333) etc.
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From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [USMA:26788] RE: Metric Paper size Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 11:11:24 -0700
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.
>>
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