Within each country a small number of paper sizes are commonly used, normally with one of those sizes being 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 Solaris system provides no support for tracking output page size; this is the responsibility of the application program. Table 1-5 shows Common International page sizes.
Table 1-5 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 inch by 11 inches |
U.S. and Canada |
U.S. Legal |
8.5 inch by 14 inches |
U.S. and Canada |