On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Guillermo S. Romero / Familia Romero wrote: > rockwlrs@xxxxxxxxxx (2001-03-29 at 1111.26 -0700): > > Ugh, speaking of error, all so-called "letter" paper isn't necessarily the > > same size. I've had two "letter" papers vary in size by almost half a > > centimeter! > > Oooh well, another reason to use DIN papers, metric systems and such. > If countries have problems with papers, how can the put things on > Mars? /me ducks and runs ;P My guess is it's mostly cheap companies skimping out. But the error is on both sides of the "correct" standard, so I dunno. Paper marketed specifically for printers does seem to be more standardized, but I've still seen a noticable (maybe 1/16") difference between sheets. That's nothing for a printer, but it's enough to get your resolution subtily wrong. :( Rockwalrus
