Appendix B: Printing in Microsoft Windows
Windows Form Names
Table B-1 set forth below contains a list of valid Windows form names along with their width and length dimensions. You can also create a new form with a custom width and length on Windows NT and 2000 systems by going to: Start; Settings; Printers; File, Server Properties, Create a New Form. Then, you can reference that form through the –form_id keyword.
The entry in the Form Control field in the Forms file in System Administration should be in the following format, using the exact text as specified:
-form_id=Windows_Form_Name
| Windows Form Name | Width | Length |
| =”10 by 14 sheet” | 10 in | 14 in |
| =”11 by 17 sheet” | 11 in | 17 in |
| =A3 | 297 mm | 420 mm |
| =A4 | 210 mm | 297 mm |
| =”A4 small” | 210 mm | 297 mm |
| =A5 | 148 mm | 210 mm |
| =B4 | 250 mm | 354 mm |
| =B5 | 182 mm | 257 mm |
| =C | 17 in | 22 in |
| =D | 22 in | 34 in |
| =”#10 envelope” | 4.125 in | 9.5 in |
| =”#11 envelope” | 4.5 in | 10.375 in |
| =”#12 envelope” | 4.75 in | 11 in |
| =”#14 envelope” | 5 in | 11.5 in |
| =”#9 envelope” | 3.875 in | 8.875 in |
| =”B4 envelope” | 250 mm | 353 mm |
| =”B5 envelope” | 176 mm | 250 mm |
| =”B6 envelope” | 176 mm | 125 mm |
| =”C3 envelope” | 324 mm | 458 mm |
| =”C4 envelope” | 229 mm | 324 mm |
| =”C5 envelope” | 162 mm | 229 mm |
| =”C6 envelope” | 114 mm | 162 mm |
| =”C65 envelope” | 114 mm | 229 mm |
| =”DL envelope” | 110 mm | 220 mm |
| =”Italy envelope” | 110 mm | 230 mm |
| =”Monarch envelope” | 3.875 in | 7.5 in |
| =”6 3/4 envelope” | 3.625 in | 6.5 in |
| =E | 34 in | 44 in |
| =Executive | 7.25 in | 10.5 in |
| =”German legal fanfold” | 8.5 in | 13 in |
| =”German standard fanfold” | 8.5 in | 12 in |
| =”U.S. standard fanfold” | 14.825 in | 11 in |
| =Folio | 8.5 in | 13 in |
| =Ledger | 17 in | 11 in |
| =Legal | 8.5 in | 14 in |
| =Letter | 8.5 in | 11 in |
| =”Letter small” | 8.5 in | 11 in |
| =Note | 8.5 in | 11 in |
| =Quarto | 215 mm | 275 mm |
| =Statement | 5.5 in | 8.5 in |
| =Tabloid | 11 in | 17 in |