Paper size (was Re: Response to Sun documentation/support gripe)

[Bruce K. Haddon]

In article <984 at etnibsd.UUCP> etnibsd!vsh at uunet.uu.net (Steve Harris) writes:
>    [... some stuff ...]
>    o	No, it doesn't seem Sun has any interest in changing from
>	8.5 X 11 format to 6 X 9.  Nor of providing binders.
>    [... much stuff ...]

International standard paper sizes (used at least in Europe, England,
Australia, and probably many other places where Sun sells) are:

	A4  210  mm x 297mm   (8.27 in x  11.69 in)
	A5  148.5mm x 210mm   (5.85 in x   8.27 in)  2*A5 = 1*A4

These stationery sizes suit our copiers, printers, two- and four- ring
binders, and so on.

{Just for completeness, there is an A, B and C series of paper sizes, but
they all feature that the next smaller size is exactly half of the
preceding size, rotated 90 degrees, i.e., a linear reduction of sqrt(2)}.

                             Bruce K. Haddon
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