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Re: Bug#495170: Recommend PA4 paper size for PDF and PS in /usr/share/doc/



A little bit late but...

Am 2008-08-15 13:55:47, schrieb Trent W. Buck:
> Package: debian-policy
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> | By 1975 so many countries were using the German system that it was
> | established as an ISO standard, as well as the official United
> | Nations document format. By 1977 A4 was the standard letter format
> | in 88 of 148 countries, and TODAY ONLY THE U.S. AND CANADA HAVE NOT
> | ADOPTED THE SYSTEM.
> 
> -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size
> 
> I'm annoyed because some PDF and PostScript documents provided by
> packages (i.e. in /usr/share/doc) are A4 sized, and some are Letter
> sized.  Trying to print the latter on my laserjet requires me to stand
> in front of it and manually override the "PC Load Letter" request,
> sometimes for each page individually!

My Laser Printer prints for each LETTER page two pages since it does not
fit on A4.  So fixeing the PDF-Size in the debian-policy to A4 would  be
definitively an advantage for MANY users...

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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