Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --------------18620C0600219EE30781BDB1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit KPETERS wrote: > perhaps a dumb question, but I keep running into "A4" size prints, > etc, etc. What are the "inch" equivalents to these "A-series" size > prints? Can someone clarify this? Are these standard "European" size > prints, and if so, does the "A" stand for anything?? Thanks, Kent A > 4 should really be written as DIN A4, DIN stands for Deutscher > Industrie Standard = German Industrial Standard. > An A4 sheet mesures 297mm x 210mm. This is approx. 11.7" x 8.3". > However it should really be used with the metric mesurement. > > An A4 sheet, is 1/2 the area of an A3 sheet which is 1/2 of an A2 > sheet and so on. > there is also a B size. For example a B4. This is the envelope size to > fit an A4 sheet in to it. The most common envelope size is B5. This > again has half the area of a B4 size. > > Regards, Horst Schmidt > > > > > > > > > - --------------18620C0600219EE30781BDB1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <P>KPETERS wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <FONT SIZE=-1>perhaps a dumb question, but I keep running into "A4" size prints, etc, etc. What are the "inch" equivalents to these "A-series" size prints? Can someone clarify this? Are these standard "European" size prints, and if so, does the "A" stand for anything?? Thanks, Kent</FONT> A 4 should really be written as DIN A4, DIN stands for Deutscher Industrie Standard = German Industrial Standard. <BR>An A4 sheet mesures 297mm x 210mm. This is approx. 11.7" x 8.3". However it should really be used with the metric mesurement. <P>An A4 sheet, is 1/2 the area of an A3 sheet which is 1/2 of an A2 sheet and so on. <BR>there is also a B size. For example a B4. This is the envelope size to fit an A4 sheet in to it. The most common envelope size is B5. This again has half the area of a B4 size. <P>Regards, Horst Schmidt <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML> - --------------18620C0600219EE30781BDB1--