PrintNook

Printable paper, made properly

Free printable paper, planners and sudoku as PDFs

19 templates drawn in real millimetres. Pick one, adjust the ruling and margins, and download a PDF that prints true to size on A4 or US Letter.

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  • True scale on A4 and Letter

Most printedIsometric paperCornell notesDot gridWeekly planner

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Press / to search, Enter to open the first match, Esc to clear.

Custom paper

Set your own ruling, then print

Eight paper styles in one generator. Change the spacing, margin, line colour and page size; the preview is drawn from the same numbers as the PDF. Open the full-width generator.

This is the PrintNook page, not the printable sheet.

To print the sheet at its true size, go back and use the Print or Download PDF button, then print at 100 percent scale, not Fit to page.

Paper style
Page size
Orientation
On the sheetA 50 mm and a 2 in scale at the foot of the sheet. Measure it after printing to confirm the sheet came out at true size.
More options: margin, pages, color
8 to 25 mm. Most printers cannot print closer than about 6 mm to the edge.
1 to 50 copies in one PDF.
Light grey keeps writing legible.

D download P print

Print at 100 percent scale, not Fit to page. That is what keeps the measurements true.

Preview: A4, portrait, lined paper, 8.5 mm line spacing, 12 mm page margin, with a 50 mm and 2 in calibration bar.

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Cheat sheet

Paper sizes and rulings at a glance

The numbers people look up most, in the units printers and PDF software actually use. 1 inch is 25.4 mm and 72 PDF points.

Page sizes

Sizemminchespoints
US Letter215.9 × 279.48.5 × 11612 × 792
A4210 × 2978.27 × 11.69595 × 842
US Legal215.9 × 355.68.5 × 14612 × 1008
Tabloid279.4 × 431.811 × 17792 × 1224
A5148 × 2105.83 × 8.27420 × 595
Half Letter139.7 × 215.95.5 × 8.5396 × 612
A6 (1/4 A4)105 × 1484.13 × 5.83298 × 420
1/4 Letter108 × 139.74.25 × 5.5306 × 396

Every template here prints on A4 or US Letter. All paper sizes explained

Rulings and grids

RulingSpacingUsed for
Wide ruled8.7 mm (11/32 in)Early school years
College ruled7.1 mm (9/32 in)Notes, most US notebooks
Narrow ruled6.35 mm (1/4 in)Dense notes, small writing
Metric graph5 mm squaresMaths, science, Europe
Quad graph1/4 in squaresUS maths, floor plans
Dot grid5 mm pitchBullet journals
Isometric6 mm triangles3D sketches, maps
Handwriting16 mm rowsLearning letter shapes

Open any paper template to set the spacing to the exact millimetre.

Before you press Print

  1. Scale 100 percent.Choose “Actual size”, not “Fit to page”. At 94 percent a 5 mm grid comes out at 4.7 mm. Print settings guide
  2. Match the tray. A4 is 17.6 mm taller and 5.9 mm narrower than Letter, so download the size that is actually in your printer.
  3. Leave margins alone. Every template keeps at least 8 mm clear of the edge, inside what home printers can reach. How we measure

Guides

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