and more specifically, "oe" means "other English" and "om" means "other metric". These sizes weren't defined by a standards organization so they get the "other" prefixes.
> On Jun 21, 2018, at 8:01 AM, Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Paul,
>> oe = English units
> om = Metric units
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>>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 7:51 AM, Paul Tykodi <ptykodi at tykodi.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>> I'm currently not in a location where I can get to the IANA registry to look this up myself, what is the difference in meaning between the oe and om prefixes in the media names?
>> Thanks.
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> From: ipp <ipp-bounces at pwg.org> On Behalf Of Michael Sweet
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:25 AM
> To: Yardumian, Rick <RYardumian at ciis.canon.com>
> Cc: ipp at pwg.org> Subject: Re: [IPP] Canon requests registration of four new IPP media sizes
>> After looking at the existing photo entries, maybe the following would be more consistent:
>> oe_square-photo_4x4in
> oe_square-photo_5x5in
> om_square-photo_89x89mm
>> > On Jun 20, 2018, at 8:48 AM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
> >
> > Rick,
> >
> >> On Jun 18, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Yardumian, Rick <RYardumian at ciis.canon.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Canon requests that the following four new media sizes be registered.
> >> - om_square_5x5in
> >> - oe_square-4x4_4x4in
> >> - om_square89mm_89x89mm
> >
> > Given these are photo sizes, how about:
> >
> > oe_photo-square_4x4in
> > oe_photo-square_5x5in
> > om_photo-square_89x89mm
> >
> >> - om_cardsize_55x91mm
> >
> > Given this is for business cards, I would suggest:
> >
> > om_business-card_55x91mm
> >
> > I have also seen 55x85mm shown as a standard size of business cards in Europe, although that is within 1mm of the credit card size. In North America we use 2x3.5in... *If* we added those for completeness we'd have:
> >
> > oe_business-card_2x3.5in (North America)
> > om_business-card_55x85mm (Europe)
> > om_business-card_55x91mm (Japan)
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >> I have checked the IANA IPP registered media sizes and could not find any size matches so as far as I can tell, these are new media sizes.
> >>
> >> The first three “square” sizes are used for photographic printing. The fourth “cardsize” media is used for business cards. Canon understands that the above media names may need to be changed for consistency. All feedback is welcome.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Rick Yardumian
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