Patrick Londema <patrick at evilplatypus.net> writes: > DIN is the German standards body that actually 'invented' the A, B and > C paper standards in 1922, but ISO copied them. DIN A4 is thus exactly > the same as ISO A4, DIN A3 is the same as ISO A3, etc. I do wonder why > XSane uses DIN is the name as it might confuse a few people and > doesn't add anything. Might be that a person from Germany made that > bit of the interface, whenever I'm there the word DIN is still added > on most packs of paper too, probably just be a little national pride > at work.
To add to the paper size confusion, the Japanese standards body (JIS) introduced JIS A, JIS B and JIS C series. While the A and C series are the same as the ISO ones, the B series is NOT. > [snip] -- Olaf Meeuwissen FLOSS Engineer -- AVASYS Corporation FSF Associate Member #1962 sign up at http://member.fsf.org/
