Choosing Paper Sizes
Under Windows, you are given a list of sizes you can choose from. In theory this printer can print anything from 1-inch up to 100 feet. In practice, the printer driver makes you choose from several pre-defined sizes. As of yet, we do not know a way around this behavior.
Good Paper Sizes
A0 is approximately 3 feet by 4 feet.
Architectural E is exactly 3 feet by 4 feet
Architectural D, in landscape mode, would produce a 3 foot by 2 foot poster.
The other sizes that the Windows printer driver offers are self-explanatory. If you have experience printing to this printer or with software interacting with the printer, send a note to
root@cs.virginia.edu.
Here are many international paper sizes and their equivalent sizes in both millimeters and inches.
| ANSI Sizes |
| Size |
Inches |
Millimeters |
| ANSI A (letter) |
8.5 |
11 |
215.3 |
279.4 |
| ANSI A (legal) |
8.5 |
14 |
215.3 |
355.6 |
| ANSI B (tabloid) |
11 |
17 |
279.4 |
431.8 |
| ANSI C |
17 |
22 |
431.8 |
558.8 |
| ANSI D |
22 |
34 |
558.8 |
863.6 |
| ANSI E |
34 |
44 |
863.6 |
1117.6 |
|
| European Sizes |
| Size |
Millimeters |
Inches |
| A0 |
841 |
1189 |
33 1/8 |
46 1/4 |
| A1 |
594 |
841 |
23 3/8 |
33 1/8 |
| A2 |
420 |
594 |
16 1/2 |
23 3/8 |
| A3 |
297 |
420 |
11 3/4 |
16 1/2 |
| A4 |
210 |
297 |
8 1/4 |
11 3/4 |
| A5 |
148 |
210 |
5 7/8 |
8 1/4 |
| A6 |
105 |
148 |
4 1/8 |
5 7/8 |
| A7 |
74 |
105 |
2 7/8 |
4 1/8 |
| A8 |
52 |
74 |
2 |
2 7/8 |
| A9 |
37 |
52 |
1 1/2 |
2 |
| A10 |
26 |
37 |
1 |
1 1/2 |
|
| Architectural Sizes |
| Size |
Inches |
Millimeters |
| Architectural A |
9 |
12 |
228.6 |
304.8 |
| Architectural B |
12 |
18 |
304.8 |
457.2 |
| Architectural C |
18 |
24 |
457.2 |
609.6 |
| Architectural D |
24 |
36 |
609.6 |
914.4 |
| Architectural E1 |
30 |
42 |
762 |
1066.8 |
| Architectural E |
36 |
48 |
914.4 |
1219.2 |
|
| Japanese JIS Sizes |
| Size |
Inches |
Millimeters |
| JIS B4 |
10 |
14.3 |
254 |
364 |
| JIS B3 |
14.3 |
20.3 |
364 |
515 |
| JIS B2 |
20.3 |
28.7 |
515 |
728 |
| JIS B1 |
28.7 |
40.6 |
728 |
1030 |
|
