Point taken. There's also the very relevant issue that I can't possibly use (or store) more than a tiny fraction of their minimum order of 12500 sheets. The best solution is to convince my employer's office supplies buyer to stock this size for the whole lab. This implies convincing enough other engineers to print their A-series drawings on A-series paper to create enough demand to justify stocking this size. So far, even if I put a pad of A3 paper by the printer and explain that this is the logical size for metric drawing, engineers still continue to print their metric drawings on 11x17" paper. Since we all still also work with inches drawings, people prefer to print everything on inches paper than to reload paper into the printer.
John On Sunday 28 September 2003 04:54, Terry Simpson wrote: > Would you be kind enough to contact the supplier and say that to them? I > made a call to Xerox special supplies department and I think some of them > expended some effort on finding the supplier. I was hoping that they might > eventually respond by adding A3 to their normal supplies list. > > If would not want the supplier to think that the call about A3 was a waste > of time. If you could just speak to them and say that you are exploring > suppliers to bid for your next purchase, then I am sure that they will > appreciate it and continue to believe that the market for A3 does exist. > > John S. Ward wrote: > >Not yet, because I had already purchased a several-month supply from > >the $100/ream supplier. > > > >On Saturday 27 September 2003 03:13, Terry Simpson wrote: > >>John S. Ward wrote: > >>>I would like to point out my goal of finding a domestic > >>>supplier of A3 paper. > >> > >>Did you get in touch with the supplier that I obtained?
