I have read that you need print tickets on a different size paper for train tickets from the DB web site. (a european size paper not 8 1/2 by 11 used the US)
For those of you that have printed train ticket from the DB web site did you have any problems when asked to produce your tickets printed on our standard size paper?
Thanks,
Wendy
Europeans use the same paper we do, but since they use the metric system they just call something else besides 8 1/2 by 11. Just print the ticket out like you do anything...no problems.
Actually, European paper is not the same size as US "letter" paper.
The standard paper (called "A4") is slightly longer and narrower than our 8.5 x 11 and the holes are punched in different places. However, I've never had any big problem printing an A4-sized document on US paper; it is close enough.
I've printed dozens of tickets on 8.5" x 11" paper. It is slightly different from the official European A4 size and some printers could not print it from the regular letter size tray and I had to handfeed the Northamerican paper. But I've never had a problem with it when I used it on a train. These tickets have a barcode-like image on it that gets scanned by the conductor. As long as this one is intact, not scrambled or folded or distorted you should be fine.
I was kind of worried about the paper size. I set my printer for A4 paper and used 11 x 14 paper, figuring it was bigger and the barcode would fit in it. I even cut down 11 x 14 paper to A4 size and set my printer for A4. I took all of these "tickets" with me to Germany. When I got to my privatzimmer, I even had my host print them on his printer, and that was a different size from what I had done at home. It didn't really matter. The conducter holds his "gun" about a foot +/- from the bar code (which is really a square with a maze on it). He might have the paper perpendicular to the gun, maybe not. Nothing, the distance or the angle, seems to matter. It read it fine.
