International Language Environments Guide for Oracle® Solaris 11.2

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Updated: July 2014
 
 

Differences in Paper Sizes

Within each country, a small number of paper sizes are commonly used. Normally, one of those sizes is much more common than the others. Most countries follow ISO Standard 216: “Writing paper and certain classes of printed matter-Trimmed sizes-A and B series.”

Internationalized applications should not make assumptions about the page sizes available to them. The Oracle Solaris system does not provide any support for tracking the output page size. This tracking is the responsibility of the application program. The following table shows common international page sizes.

Table 1-6  Common International Page Sizes
Paper Type
Dimensions
Countries
ISO A4
21.0 cm by 29.7 cm
Everywhere except U.S.
ISO A5
14.8 cm by 21.0 cm
Everywhere except U.S.
JIS B4
25.9 cm by 36.65 cm
Japan
JIS B5
18.36 cm by 25.9 cm
Japan
U.S. Letter
8.5 inches by 11 inches
U.S. and Canada
U.S. Legal
8.5 inches by 14 inches
U.S. and Canada