Digital BW, The Print

You see my point is that most paper sizes have been determined by 
history and not the ideal photo format which is pleasing to the eye. 
Is 8x10 considered to be the ideal ratio? 

Sierra Gold
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Sam McCandless 
<samcc@v...> wrote:
> At 1:19 AM +0000 2/12/04, Mark Hahn wrote:
> >[snip]
> >The real bummer is that no one is offering paper in "legal size;"
> >which would be perfect for a 8x12" print on my hp 7660.
> >
> >mark
> 
> 13" x 19" sheets, cut in half, yield two 9.5" x 13" sheets, which I 
> guess might do if 13 x 19 sheets can be found and you have a large 
> enough sheet trimmer. But I believe awkwardly large (for us) sheets 
> are more frequently available. And that (job) printers, who might 
be 
> able to buy the paper for less as well as handle it more 
> conveniently, will cut them down for very little (in stacks) and 
with 
> less waste. Some job printers will also do UPS shipping for you, 
and 
> that might be a good way to check them out and get them started 
> thinking of you as a customer.
> --
> Sam