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US does not use the ISO standard sizing for page size. Instead they use what is now called 
ANSI Standard which is a nrename of the old subset of the sizes developed by the 
American Forest and Paper Products Association. 

A good link to see the comparison of the various sizes is at 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size


Name              in × in              mm × mm 	Ratio 	Alias 	Similar ISO A size
ANSI A 	8½ × 11 	216 × 279 	1.2941 	Letter       A4
ANSI B 	17 × 11            279 × 432        1.5455 	Ledger[2]
                        11 × 17 	432 × 279                    Tabloid     A3
ANSI C 	17 × 22 	432 × 559 	1.2941                  A2
ANSI D 	22 × 34 	559 × 864 	1.5455                  A1
ANSI E 	34 × 44 	864 × 1118 	1.2941 	                 A0

Each increase in ANSI paper size doubles the area. ANSI E size is big. I have used that size 
to print PCB layouts at a 10:1 ratio along with schematics. ANSI E size printers are 
expensive also. 

james

On 13 Apr 2008 at 22:13, Kevin Diggs wrote:

> Jim Hickle wrote:
> > We have some 11x17 paper that my wife uses for spreadsheets, but we
> > never called it "A3".  It's "that real big paper hanging over the
> > top shelf".
> > 
> > 
> 11x17 paper is also called "B" or Ledger. It is similar in size to A3
> but wider and shorter (I think). I think that the relative size
> difference is similar to the difference between 8.5x11 (aka "A" aka
> Letter) and A4.
> 
> I think the American sizing system had sizes "A" through "E". The
> European system had A4 through ??? A0?
> 
> kevin
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