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Re: Storing Instruction booklets...
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Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:25:00 GMT
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Thanks for all the help...
I was also wondering how you store your LEGO catalogs... they are about 1/2
the size of a big instruction booklet.
Thanks,
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Zlatko Unger
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3B6984BD.3305@mindspring.com...
> Frank Filz wrote:
> >
> > Gary Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > "Simon Bennett" <simon.bennett@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > > news:GHEs6M.Bon@lugnet.com...
> > > > I really do feel for you North Americans if you
> > > > can't get A sized stationery.
> > >
> > > This is what I had in mind:
> > >
> > > http://www.2001officesupply.com/new02802.html
> > >
> > > ...but these are for 8.5" x 11" publications, too short for A4 • instruction
> > > manuals. :(
> > >
> > > Anything A4-sized is extremely rare in the US, with the notable • exception of
> > > Lego instruction manuals. But they're printed abroad, so it comes as • no
> > > surprise.
> > >
> > > The ISO paper sizes really are more efficient than the hodgepodge of • paper
> > > sizes we have. For those that don't know, all sheets of ISO paper • have
> > > length equal to the width times the square root of 2. Thus if you cut • a
> > > sheet in half, the result is two sheets with the same proportions.
> > >
> > > A0 = 1 square meter
> > > A1 = 1/2 square meter
> > > A2 = 1/4 square meter
> > > A3 = 1/8 square meter
> > > A4 = 1/16 square meter
> > > A5 = 1/32 square meter
> > >
> > > etc., all the way down to A10.
> > >
> > > The advantage comes from economy of scale. No paper is wasted when • carving
> > > up A0 sheets into any smaller sheet size. Also, since every sheet has • the
> > > same proportions, artwork designed for one sheet size does not have to • be
> > > cropped when it's scaled to another sheet size.
> >
> > US Paper can also be cut in half to form the next paper size, however
> > the aspect ratio changes every other paper size.
>
> Actually, I didn't say that quite correctly. There are two aspect ratios
> which alternate, so every other paper size has the same aspect ratio.
>
> > 8.5"x11" = A
> > 11"x17" = B
> > 17"x22" = C
> > 22"x34" = D
> > 34"x44" = E
> >
> > E is the largest size I've heard of in relation to plotters.
> >
> > --
> > Frank Filz
> >
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>
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> Frank Filz
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