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It saves a lot of resources on the supply side, not on the consumption side. So it does lead to lower prices for consumers, just indirectly.
by tankenmate 4y ago
It saves a lot of resources on the supply side, not on the consumption side. So it does lead to lower prices for consumers, just indirectly.
- thrdbndndn 4y agoSorry I wasn't clear. My point is that, since majority of the demand is A4/letter, in letter's case, they can still use certain size of big rectangular paper and cut them into letter. The fact these larger paper can't be cut into other shapes doesn't really matter on supply side because they're not going to. If they need some other odd shaped papers, just like metric B-series, they do that separately.
- pornel 4y agoMass printing isn’t done on A4 directly. It’s done on printing machines of a larger size and then cut and folded as needed.
- thrdbndndn 4y agoI get that, I'm saying that precisely will make the size of a single page (A4 or letter) or its ratio irrelevant in practice.
- tankenmate 4y agoThe benefit for A* and B* sizes is that you can buy a roll of A0 or B0 and then print directly and then you can cut to any A* of B* without any offcuts. For documents that need bleed to edge you have RA* and SRA* sizes.