On 10/2/06, Martin Vlietstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mike,
In the UK it is virtually impossible to buy US letter sized paper. Prior to
metrication we had our own sizes - quarto (8 in x 10 in) and foolscap (8 in
x 12 in) (I think that these measurements are correct). Paper was one of
the first comkodities to be metricated - the stationers loved it - they
could half the number of product lines that they carried overnight.
You cannot create US letter paper from A4 - A4 is 210 mm wide and US letter
is 216 mm wide. A few years ago I had a job of testing some software that
had to run in both Germany and the US. I did not have any letter or legal
paper to hand, so I had to take some A3 and cut it to size. Guess what -
the software could not handle the legal paper!
Regards
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 1:21 PM
Subject: [USMA:37325] Re: A4 versus US Letter format
> Mike,
>
> It would be more accurate to say that A4 is a world standard letter size,
> rather than the world standard. I've heard here and elsewhere that US
Letter
> Size predominates in the Western Hemisphere and that the Japanese have
their
> own series.
>
> I use A4 paper in my printers here and at home when printing out documents
> that were set to A4 dimensions. The ream I have here in the office happens
to
> be made by Boise Cascade Corp. Generally I have obtained Hammermill A4
paper,
> as Pierre suggests. (At work I'm at the vagaries of the supply process to
> some extent.)
>
> Jim
>
> On Sunday 01 October 2006 23:27, Mike Millet wrote:
> > I don't know if this has been discussed on the list before, but as I was
> > cleaning out out printers at work the other day I noticed that all of
them
> > had a little slider to adjust for paper width and A4 as well as some
other
> > formats which I don't quite remember were listed on there. I know that
A4
> > is the world standard as far as letter paper goes but I was wondering if
it
> > would be possible for the current US 8.5x11inch letter paper to be
> > replaced by A4? I seem to recall one of my professors at college
mentioning
> > that they use A4 for submitting papers now in international journals or
> > other academic works, and it looked like A4 could fit well in most
filing
> > cabinets and copiers/faxes/scanners.
> >
> > Is it possible to do ? Do US mills still produce paper in Letter size or
do
> > they really take an A size sheet and cut it down to some weird length?
> >
> > Mike
>
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