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. > >> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author) >> Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above >> message by Gene Heskett are: >> Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
