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List:       koffice
Subject:    OT: Re: A-standard
From:       Marko Samastur <markos () elite ! org>
Date:       2000-08-25 20:17:40
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"Robert B. Easter" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Wilke Havinga wrote:
> > The A-standards work like this:
> >
> > A4 is indeed 210x297 mm (width x height, 'portrait' format). It is not the
> > same size as Letter (I believe A4 is a little heigher, but I'm not sure)
> 
> I'm no printing expert, but I have experienced that A4 and letter are not the
> same.  I was installing a2ps, apsfilter, gs, and related things on my Slackware
> box and initially set everything to A4 thinking that was somekind of standard I
> should be using.  I have typical 8.5"x11" paper that you'd buy anywhere.  When
> I printed a fullsize page with A4, the bottom would cut off and end up on a
> second page.  When I set things to letter, the printing on 8.5x11 worked
> normally with a full page fitting nicely on one page like it should.  I am also
> pretty sure that when it was in A4 mode, I told the program I was printing from
> to use A4.  So A4 would seem to be longer than letter.

This seems to be getting a bit off topic, but what a hell :) A4 is what
is normally used in Europe, Letter format is what is used on the other
side of the Atlantic. As can be seen by a little bit of calculation,
letter is wider, but shorter than A4.

Marko

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