Re: Print Issue

In a message dated 23/08/00 13:23:20 GMT Daylight Time, kjones(at)adam.com.au 
writes:

> I haven't looked at the site in question here, but just thought I would
>  point out that Australian A4 paper and American A4 are different in size.
>  
>  Australian A4 is 11 and a half inches long by 8 and a quarter inches wide.
>  American A4 is 11 inches long by 8 and a half inches wide.

Paper sizes do seem to cause a lot of confusion! Actually, A4 is an 
international standard (defined in ISO 216:1975 "Writing paper and certain 
classes of printed matter -- Trimmed sizes -- A and B series") and there is 
only ONE size of A4, which is 297mm by 210mm. Anything else is not A4. The 
11in by 8.5in size more commonly used in the USA is known as "Letter".

A good explanation of the ISO 216 paper sizes is at:

www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html

This and mountains of other useless information from...
Keith Bell

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