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 |