On Tuesday 29 August 2006 08:49, Nigel Henry wrote:
On Tuesday 29 August 2006 13:10, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 August 2006 05:54, Ed Greshko wrote:
> >William Case wrote:
> >> As a Canadian, I thoroughly understand what a pain in the ass it is
> >> to get stuck with somebody else's spelling.
> >
> >What is actually a pain is having to get stuck with somebody else's
> >paper size. Worked in the USA for a company with the HQ in London.
> > The USA is standardized on 8.5x11 will the HQ in London uses A4. I
> > think one can imagine the amount of work it can take to reformat
> > product brochures so they can be downloaded and printed by USA based
> > prospects.
> >
> >The difference between color and colour is nothing compared to that.
>
> I'll second that opinion. It wouldn't be so bad, except when I walk
> into Staples et all, looking for A4 size paper, they have absolutely no
> clue that the US seems to be the only user of the 8.5x11 format. And
> they cannot grok what difference it makes at all. Very very
> frustrating.
>
> --
> Cheers, Gene
According to something I found on Google about International paper sizes,
Staples, "they say", has now started stocking A4 paper, under item #
HAM103036.
I thought that the US letter 8½ x 11 might have tied in with the old UK
imperial sizes, but what I used to buy as "Quarto", is only 8 x 10, which
ties in with the 8 x 10 photographic printing paper, That I, years ago
used to use. There is one listed called "Medium Quarto" which is 8½ x
11, and ties in nicely with US letter.
Ramble over.
An educational ramble Nigel, thanks. I wonder about its quality. I'm
rather partial to the kodak brit-white 24lb stuff as its very low
maintainance in the printer.
Nigel.
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> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
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Cheers, Gene
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