Paper size (was Re: Response to Sun documentation/support gripe)
Bruce K. Haddon
mcvax!cgch!wbkh at uunet.uu.net
Thu Feb 16 05:41:14 AEST 1989
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
R-1045.3.28/WRZ/FO
+41 61/ 697 8027 Ciba-Geigy AG
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