1、BRITISH STANDARD BS 1808:1985 Incorporating Amendment No. 1 Specification for Cut business forms and letterheads UDC 651.71/.72:676.22:655.3.066.35BS1808:1985 This British Standard, having been prepared under the directionof the Office and Information Standards Committee, was published underthe auth
2、ority of the BoardofBSI and comes into effect on 31January1985 BSI 07-1999 First published December 1951 First revision November 1963 Second revision September 1970 Third revision The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard: Committee reference PAM/24 (previously OIS/24) Draft f
3、or comment 83/62445 DC ISBN 0 580 14058 X Committees responsible for this British Standard The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Office and Information Standards Committee (OIS/-) to Technical Committee OIS/24 upon which the following bodies were represented: British Computer
4、 Society Ltd. British Insurance Association British Paper and Board Industry Federation (PIF) British Printing Industries Federation British Telecommunications Business Equipment Trade Association Committee of London Clearing Bankers on behalf of London and ScottishClearing Banks and Yorkshire Bank
5、Her Majestys Stationery Office London Transport Executive National Computer Users Forum Post Office Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date of issue Comments 5612 July 1987 Indicated by a sideline in the marginBS1808:1985 BSI 07-1999 i
6、 Contents Page Committees responsible Inside front cover Foreword ii 1 Scope 1 2 Definitions 1 3 Tolerances 1 4 Sizes 1 5 Addressee panel and fold mark 1 Figure 1 Addressee panel and fold mark 2 Figure 2 DL window envelope 3 Table 1 Cut paper sizes for flat sheet and rotary printing 1 Publications r
7、eferred to Inside back coverBS1808:1985 ii BSI 07-1999 Foreword This revision of this British Standard has been prepared under the direction of the Office and Information Standards Committee. It supersedes the 1970 edition of BS1808-1, which is withdrawn. BS1808-2 “Continuous stationery (for general
8、 office use)” was withdrawn in August 1983. The principal change from the previous edition is that the standard has been updated to reflect current practice. Much of the guidance on the layout of forms included in the previous edition has also been deleted as has other advisory material in the appen
9、dices. As before, however, the standard has been drawn up to satisfy most of the requirements of industry and commerce for different sizes of forms and letterheads, although it is recognized that other sizes will be needed to meet particular applications. For flat sheet printing, the sizes of sheets
10、 specified in this standard are ISO A sizes selected from the trimmed range in BS4000. For rotary printing, the sizes selected are the nearest approximations to these ISO A sizes and these have been selected from BS4623. In all cases, these sizes do not include a stub where this is used in the manuf
11、acture of the forms or letterheads. There are currently no international standards on this subject. Other British Standards on related subjects include BS4264 and BS5537. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are respons
12、ible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii, pages1 to 4, an inside back cover and a back cover. This standard has been
13、updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the inside front cover.BS1808:1985 BSI 07-1999 1 1 Scope This British Standard specifies the sizes of paper for cut business forms and letterheads up to and including ISOA4 size pr
14、oduced by flat sheet printing or rotary printing. The location of the addressee panel and fold mark on such forms and letterheads intended for mailing in a DL window envelope are also specified. NOTE 1Dimensions of the DL window envelope as defined in BS4264 are reproduced in this standard to show h
15、ow they relate to the location of the specified addressee panel and fold mark. NOTE 2The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover. 2 Definitions For the purposes of this British Standard the following definitions apply. 2.1 form single sheet designe
16、d to contain fixed and variable information in a prescribed format 2.2 head top edge of a form 2.3 landscape form or letterhead having its longer side at the head 2.4 letterhead single sheet on which is printed information identifying the originator 2.5 portrait form or letterhead having its shorter
17、 side at the head 2.6 stub small extension of a form or letterhead in which two or more sheets are fastened together. A line of perforations enables the sheets to be detached from the stub 3 Tolerances The tolerances to be applied to the sheet dimensions specified for flat sheet printing in Table 1
18、shall be as specified in 4.4 of BS4000:1983. The tolerances to be applied to the sheet dimensions specified for rotary printing in Table 1 shall be 1.5mm for metric dimensions and 0.06 in for imperial dimensions. 4 Sizes 4.1 Flat sheet printing The sizes of cut paper for flat sheet printing of forms
19、 and letterheads shall be one of the ISO A sizes shown in Table 1. 4.2 Rotary printing NOTERotary printing is often used in the manufacture of cut forms and letterheads to achieve more economic production. Printing cylinders used in this process are almost invariably inchbased and, therefore, a rang
20、e of compatible inch dimensions for cut sheets equivalent to the ISO A sizes is required. Two sizes are needed in each case depending on whether landscape or portrait format is used. In order to ensure that the sizes of cut sheets for rotary printing are as near as possible to the ISO A sizes, one s
21、ide only of the sheets shall be the compatible inch dimension, the other side being the exact ISO A metric dimension. For each ISO A size, the cut sheets shall be one of the two sizes specified in Table 1. Table 1 Cut paper sizes for flat sheet and rotary printing 5 Addressee panel and fold mark For
22、 the forms and letterheads that are intended for mailing in a DL window envelope (seeBS4264), the addressee panel and fold mark shall be located as shown in Figure 1 and there shall be a clearance area around three sides of the panel, as illustrated, to ensure that no unwanted information appears th
23、rough the window, irrespective of the positioning of the sheet in the envelope. NOTE 1Because of the relationship of the addressee panel and fold mark to the DL window envelope, neither the landscape version of an A4 sheet nor the portrait version of an A5 sheet is suitable for use in this style of
24、envelope. NOTE 2Forms or letterheads printed on sheets 8 in wide on rotary presses could have the three right-most characters in their addressee panels obscured by the envelope as a result of lateral shift. This is because the width of the sheet is 17mm less than the width of the envelope which mean
25、s that, in extreme circumstances, a 7mm strip down the right-hand edge of the addressee panel will not be visible through the envelope window. NOTE 3Figure 2 shows the dimensions of the DL window envelope specified in BS4264. It also shows how an A4 sheet (with addressee panel and folded in accordan
26、ce with this standard) relates to the envelope when placed in the most extreme position at the bottom and to the right of the envelope. Designation Flat sheet sizes Sheet sizes for rotary printing mm in mm mm A4 210 297 8 (203.2) 297 or 12 (304.8) 210 2/3 A4 198 210 8 (203.2) 210 or 8 (203.2) 198 1/
27、3 A4 99 210 8 (203.2) 99 or 4 (101.6) 210 A5 148 210 6 (152.4) 210 or 8 (203.2) 148BS 1808:1985 2 BSI 07-1999 Figure 1 Addressee panel and fold markBS 1808:1985 BSI 07-1999 3 Figure 2 DL window envelope4 blankBS1808:1985 BSI 07-1999 Publications referred to BS 4000, Specification for sizes of paper
28、and board. BS 4264, Envelopes for commercial, official and professional use (terms and sizes). BS 4623, Specification for folded continuous stationery for impact printers. BS 5537, Specification for forms design sheet and layout chart. BS 1808:1985 BSI 389 Chiswick High Road London W4 4AL BSIBritish
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