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Re: off topic Question of the day..

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Subject Re: off topic Question of the day..
Date 2016-07-11 03:30 +0200
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On Sunday, July 10, 2016 08:33:37 PM David Wright wrote:
> BTW I do find American paper weights about as obfuscated as anything.
> I think you need to serve an apprenticeship in printing to have a clue.
> There'a website http://okpaper.com/calculators/lbs-to-gsm that claims
> to do the conversion. Type in 20 lbs and it spits out
> GSM text 29.6
> GSM cover 54.16
> They're not seriously telling me that the standard US paper weight
> (20lbs) comes out at those gsm values. 80gsm is standard, and if you
> buy 70gsm at cheap stores, there's a fair chance it'll misfeed in the
> printer. 60gsm comes in writing tablets and would be hopeless in any
> machine. (I haven't a clue what "text" and "cover" mean.)
> Of course, the fundamental problem with the American system is 20 lbs
> of what? Yes, paper; but how much?

From a quick google search:

<quote>
What does 20 lb paper mean? | Yahoo Answers
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...
Jun 4, 2008 - Best Answer: "Paper weight refers to the weight of a 500-sheet 
ream of 17" x 22" paper. Each of these sheets is equivalent to four letter 
size ...
</quote>

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off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-09 03:40 +0200
  Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-09 06:50 +0200
    Re: off topic Question of the day.. Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-07-09 23:30 +0200
      Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-10 00:30 +0200
  Re: off topic Question of the day.. Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-07-09 09:00 +0200
    Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-09 14:00 +0200
      Re: off topic Question of the day.. Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2016-07-10 00:40 +0200
        Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-10 01:20 +0200
          Re: off topic Question of the day.. rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-07-10 04:00 +0200
            Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-10 06:20 +0200
              Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 15:10 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-10 20:10 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-07-10 20:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-10 20:50 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 21:10 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-11 00:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-11 02:40 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-07-11 03:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-07-11 05:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-11 06:10 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-11 13:20 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-11 13:50 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2016-07-14 18:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-16 04:00 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-07-16 05:50 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 11:00 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-07-16 13:40 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-07-16 14:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-07-16 15:00 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-07-16 15:50 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 21:10 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2016-07-17 10:00 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 21:00 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-17 02:40 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-07-17 02:50 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-17 07:40 +0200
                Straying further OT, Re: off topic Question of the day.. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-11 05:50 +0200
              Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 21:00 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-11 00:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-11 00:50 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-11 01:00 +0200
              Re: off topic Question of the day.. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-07-10 23:30 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-11 01:00 +0200
                Re: off topic Question of the day.. Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-07-11 01:00 +0200
          Re: off topic Question of the day.. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-07-10 10:50 +0200
            Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-10 14:20 +0200
              Re: off topic Question of the day.. Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-07-10 16:10 +0200
  Re: off topic Question of the day.. deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-07-10 12:40 +0200
    Re: off topic Question of the day.. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-07-10 19:40 +0200
      Re: off topic Question of the day.. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-07-10 20:40 +0200
      Re: paper sizes (was: off topic Question of the day..) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-07-10 23:50 +0200

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