A3 or A4 paper

Hey group,

I hope this isn't a stupid question! I have a camera that references to A3
and A4 size papers. What are they?

Halon

"Ken" wrote in message
...
Hey group,

I hope this isn't a stupid question! I have a camera that references to A3
and A4 size papers. What are they?

Halon



Hi Halon,

Not a stupid question at all. This explains it pretty well:

http://www.fact-index.com/p/pa/paper_size.html

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"Gisle Hannemyr" wrote in message
...
"Ken" writes:
I have a camera that references to A3 and A4 size papers.
What are they?

Standard paper sizes used the civilized parts of the world and the
United Kingdom. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
--
- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
================================================== ======================
«To live outside the law, you must be honest.» (Bob Dylan)

You can still get Foolscap and Quarto if you search, those were Proper paper
sizes, not this A stuff dumped on us by the European Union.

J

"Gisle Hannemyr" wrote in message
...
"Ken" writes:
I have a camera that references to A3 and A4 size papers.
What are they?

Standard paper sizes used the civilized parts of the world and the
United Kingdom. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
--
- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
================================================== ======================
«To live outside the law, you must be honest.» (Bob Dylan)

You can still get Foolscap and Quarto if you search, those were Proper paper
sizes, not this A stuff dumped on us by the European Union.

J

The A-formats for paper are worldwide standard in all civilized metric countries
outside the American world. The basis is a sheet of paper with 1 square meter
surface and a ratio of sides of 1 to root two, i.e. 1.41 .

If you fold it, the ratio is maintained (mathematics!!). Fold it once, then you
get A1. Fold it 4 times for A4. It is roughly 8 x 11 inches. It is a few
millimeters narrower that letter format and a few millimeters longer.

Jem Raid schrieb:

"Gisle Hannemyr" wrote in message
...
"Ken" writes:
I have a camera that references to A3 and A4 size papers.
What are they?

Standard paper sizes used the civilized parts of the world and the
United Kingdom. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
--
- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
================================================== ======================
«To live outside the law, you must be honest.» (Bob Dylan)

You can still get Foolscap and Quarto if you search, those were Proper paper
sizes, not this A stuff dumped on us by the European Union.

J

The A-formats for paper are worldwide standard in all civilized metric countries
outside the American world. The basis is a sheet of paper with 1 square meter
surface and a ratio of sides of 1 to root two, i.e. 1.41 .

If you fold it, the ratio is maintained (mathematics!!). Fold it once, then you
get A1. Fold it 4 times for A4. It is roughly 8 x 11 inches. It is a few
millimeters narrower that letter format and a few millimeters longer.

Jem Raid schrieb:

"Gisle Hannemyr" wrote in message
...
"Ken" writes:
I have a camera that references to A3 and A4 size papers.
What are they?

Standard paper sizes used the civilized parts of the world and the
United Kingdom. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
--
- gisle hannemyr [ gisle{at}hannemyr.no - http://folk.uio.no/gisle/ ]
================================================== ======================
«To live outside the law, you must be honest.» (Bob Dylan)

You can still get Foolscap and Quarto if you search, those were Proper paper
sizes, not this A stuff dumped on us by the European Union.

J

A.F. Hobbacher wrote:
The A-formats for paper are worldwide standard in all civilized metric
countries outside the American world. The basis is a sheet of paper with 1
square meter surface and a ratio of sides of 1 to root two, i.e. 1.41 .

If you fold it, the ratio is maintained (mathematics!!). Fold it once,
then
you get A1. Fold it 4 times for A4. It is roughly 8 x 11 inches. It is a
few
millimeters narrower that letter format and a few millimeters longer.

Jem Raid schrieb:

Thanks for that bit if information. I always wondered where the
nomenclature came from.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

A.F. Hobbacher wrote:
The A-formats for paper are worldwide standard in all civilized metric
countries outside the American world. The basis is a sheet of paper with 1
square meter surface and a ratio of sides of 1 to root two, i.e. 1.41 .

If you fold it, the ratio is maintained (mathematics!!). Fold it once,
then
you get A1. Fold it 4 times for A4. It is roughly 8 x 11 inches. It is a
few
millimeters narrower that letter format and a few millimeters longer.

Jem Raid schrieb:

Thanks for that bit if information. I always wondered where the
nomenclature came from.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

In article ,
says...
Hey group,

I hope this isn't a stupid question! I have a camera that references to A3
and A4 size papers. What are they?

Halon


A3/A4 are a standard used in most places except the USA!
A4 is 297x210mm
A3 is 420x297mm

Each size is made by cutting the next larger size in half (e.g.
if you cut an A3 sheet in half, you end up with 2 A4 sheets).
Because the sizes are all a 1:1.4 ratio, this keeps each one
the same shape.

HTH

In article ,
says...
Hey group,

I hope this isn't a stupid question! I have a camera that references to A3
and A4 size papers. What are they?

Halon


A3/A4 are a standard used in most places except the USA!
A4 is 297x210mm
A3 is 420x297mm

Each size is made by cutting the next larger size in half (e.g.
if you cut an A3 sheet in half, you end up with 2 A4 sheets).
Because the sizes are all a 1:1.4 ratio, this keeps each one
the same shape.

HTH