The one challenge would be the 4 hole punch and the binders. Other than
that yes most modern printers will print A4.
Mike Millet wrote:
Hmm. Would it be possible for the US to convert to A4 without any
troubles as most printers would read and be able to use it though? And
if so would it be a major change or would people barely notice other
than the paper being slightly wider ?
On 10/2/06, *Martin Vlietstra* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[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]
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]
<mailto:[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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