Re: Translation between mil and gsm

[Rob Geraghty <the_harper@yahoo.com>]

Ernst Dinkla <ernst@dinkla.demon.nl> wrote:
> Japan is metric from top to bottom. More than Europe
> even. It is for your 'convenience' they use those
> imperial and traditional units.

Not my convenience.  Australia is also metric.  It's
only the USA which is the last bastion of the imperial
measurement system (funny, since they were so
desperate to get away from everything else English ;).

> Wouldn't it be a nice suggestion to ask all those US
> paper suppliers to put the gsm = gr/m2 numbers on
> their packages as well.

Sounds like a great idea to me!  At least then we
could compare the european papers with the north
american ones.  From what I can see however, gsm
doesn't *necessarily* equate to thickness. 
Standardisation on gsm would be a nice start though!
(as would a statement from Epson about what paper
thickness their printers will feed)

Rob


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