3883 NTERNATIONAL STANDARD Tso INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MEKIYHAPOIHA OPTAHH3ALIM IO CTAHIAPTH3ALIWM.ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Office machines - Line and character capacity of address masters Machines de bureau -Capacite en nombre de lignes et de caracteres des plaques-adresses et supports d'adressage First edition - 1977-06-15 UDC 681.621.6 Ref. No. 1S0 3883-1977 (E) ISO 3883-1977 Descriptors : office machines, address plates, postal addresses, ietters, specifications, dimensions. Price based on 1 page Copyright International Organization for Standardization tted without license from IHS Not for Resale No FOREWORD isO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a woridwide federation of national standards institutes (ISO member bodies). The work of developing International Standards is carried out through IsO technical committees. Every member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been set up has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standards by the ISO Council. International Standard ISO3883 was developed by Technical Committee ISO/TC 95, Office machines, and was circulated to the member bodies in June 1975. It has been approved by the member bodies of the following countries : Australia Iran Switzerland Chile Italy Turkey Czechoslovakia Mexico United Kingdom France Romania U.S.S.R. Germany Sweden Yugoslavia The member body of the foliowing country expressed disapproval of the document on technical grounds : U.S.A. @ International Organization for Standardization, 1977 : Printed in Switzerland Copyright International Organization for Standardization ed without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 3883-1977 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Office machines --- Line and character capacity of address masters 0 INTRODUCTION In today's technology, a number of different types of addressing systems are used which employ equipment and address masters. This International Standard is a first attempt to work towards rationalizing the existing capacity of address masters. 1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION This international Standard specifies the minimum line and character capacity of address masters. 2 LINE AND CHARACTER CAPACITY OF ADDRESS MASTERS Address masters shall have sufficient capacity to allow for not less than six lines of text at 4,233 mm (1/6 in) line pitch and not less than thirty characters per line at 2,54 mm (1/10 in) character pitch. Copyright International Organization for Standardization ted without license from IHS Not for Resale