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At one point on an international project I had to fly a box of UK A4 to the USA in my luggage so the Americans could check their software could cope with the d
by zabzonk 10mo ago
At one point on an international project I had to fly a box of UK A4 to the USA in my luggage so the Americans could check their software could cope with the different size. It did, but lugging it around was a pain - paper is heavy!
- mitthrowaway2 10mo agoI wish we could buy A4 paper in North America! I find it surprising it's not available even in specialty stores. The rest of the world uses it!
- ExoticPearTree 10mo agoYo do know all the jokes about how the US would anything as a measuring system except the metric system? Same with paper.
- tanjtanjtanj 10mo agoI don’t know what specialty stores you’re talking about but A4 is readily available at most stationary stores, or anything related to letter writing, pens, or paper. I got the A5 notebook I’m currently using at Barnes and Noble, they also have A4. Heck, I’m pretty sure you could get a sheaf of it at any number of office supply stores right now if you wanted.
- lproven 10mo ago* stationery :-) Unless you have mobile paper shops. Could be handy, but seems a bit niche.
- tanjtanjtanj 10mo agoWell I've never seen one move!
- kevin_thibedeau 10mo agoKodak used to have an industrial printer partnership with Heidelberg. They would test their printers with pallet loads of A4. Most I've ever seen in the US.
- bombcar 10mo agoYou may need to look for 8.27" x 11.69" - https://www.staples.com/hammermill-copy-plus-8-27-x-11-69-copy-paper-20-lbs-92-brightness-500-sheets-ream-105500/product_24448136 https://www.staples.com/hammermill-copy-plus-8-27-x-11-69-co... Or you can buy a ream of legal-size and have a printshop slice it down (which is how I got ahold of B4 or B5 IIRC).
- slowmovintarget 10mo agoFor printers? I buy A4 notebooks all the time. I use fountain pens, so many of the notebooks and even loose paper with the proper sizing (coating, that is) usually come in EU sizes. Tomoe River... Clairfontaine... etc.
- mystifyingpoi 10mo agoCouldn't they... just cut it according to A4 dimensions?
- zabzonk 10mo agoAn interesting question, but I think it would be very hard to do it accurately. Also, some of the reports the needed to print during testing were looong.
- sitharus 10mo agoI had the reverse, we had to get a ream of US Letter and corresponding envelopes sent over so we could ensure the layouts printed properly. Also some chequ… “checks” which were fascinating.