

There are two main types of loose leaf systems: Kokuyo, Maruman, MUJI, King Jim) are major designers and manufacturers of ISO-size loose leaf systems, whose products are sold internationally, corresponding Japanese terms will be included in parentheses throughout this article.Ī (smaller, A5-size) binder and a (larger, letter-size) discbound notebook Loose leaf systems When it comes to ISO-sized loose leaf systems, since Japanese companies (e.g. US companies such as Staples and Office Depot manufacture and sell letter-size loose leaf products in their retail stores.
#LOOSE LEAF PAPER ISO#
Main paper sizes are the letter-size system mainly used in North America and the ISO system used in the rest of the world. This helps in that the user is therefore able to carry only the part of book that is in use with them, without needing to carry the whole book. In North America, some textbooks are sold with prepunched holes and perforated pages, so that users can remove the pages and store them in a typical 3-ring binder. Its "leaves", or sheets, are "loose" and not bound in notebook or book form. "Loose leaf" describes any kind of paper or book that is available in single sheets, unbound. "Leaf" in many languages refers to a sheet or page of paper, as in Folio, as in feuille de papier (French), hoja de papel (Spanish), foglio di carta (Italian), and ルーズリーフ (Japanese, "ru-zu ri-fu"). Loose leaf paper may be sold as free sheets, or made up into notepads, where perforations or glue allow them to be removed easily. For loose leaf tea packaging, see Tea § Loose_tea.Ī loose leaf (also loose leaf paper, filler paper or refill paper) is a piece of paper of any kind that is not bound in place, or available on a continuous roll, and may be punched so as to be organized in a ring binder.
