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In the US, letter size paper is the norm. That's why we use it. Letter size is the norm in the US because the paper size system in the US has practical econom

In the US, letter size paper is the norm. That's why we use it. Letter size is the norm in the US because the paper size system in the US has practical economic advantages over the A/B system used elsewhere. The economic advantage is that larger sheets can be cut into smaller sheets...letter is half 11x17, 11x17 is half 22x17, and so on. But it's actually more than that. Because 8.5 x 11 can be finished from 9x12, 11x17 from 12x18... This means standard size rolls from paper mills. It means printers can inventory only large sheets and get standard sizes from them. All of that tends to make printing cheaper and easier and more accessible. Anyway, if you want a special size paper, a paper cutter is perhaps the simplest thing that might work. It will let you take paper size matters into your own hands, though at the risk of losing a finger tip or thumb. Good luck.

simonblack 4y ago
The economic advantage is that larger sheets can be cut into smaller sheets...letter is half 11x17, 11x17 is half 22x17, and so on. That's exactly the same advantage with the 'A' and 'B' series, etc. A2 is exactly half the size of an A1, A3 is exactly half the size of an A2, A4 is exactly half the size of an A3, A5 is exactly half the size of an A4, ......... This means standard size rolls from paper mills. Once upon a time, that was true. Nowadays, most paper rolls are imported into the US. Most paper rolls produced and used around the world are standardised on metric, not imperial sizes, and as such there are larger economies of scale when using the 'A' series instead.
eternityforest 4y ago
Paper cutters are actually safer than scissors now, if you get the slide type instead of those insane guillotines.