OT - A4 Paper source?

[Dazed_75]

On 8/16/07, Ben Francom <bfrancom at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 8/16/07, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the tip.  Kelly does not stock it but will cut it from 8.5x14"
> > legal stock.  They quoted me $18.62 (or thereabouts) plus tax for 2 reams.
> > So cheaper than Staples basically even though they are cutting to size and
> > wasting a good chunk of paper.
> >
> > Why is this so weird when almost the entire world uses A4 paper?
> >
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> Glad you found something that will work.  I don't know why there isn't
> more A4 around.  Isn't A4 pretty standard in the rest of the
> world?.....Maybe it's like US standard and Metric.???  Anyway, to bring it
> back on topic, though very random:  From what I remember, Hylafax (Linux Fax
> Software) clients like WHFC and jhylafax both default to A4.


Yes, and an interesting article on the subject can be found on wikipedia.
The URL is:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size

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