Print-ciples
Format
Standard paper sizes provide a convenient and efficient means for designers and printers to communicate product specifications and control costs. Standardized paper sizes also provides a means for selecting products that work together such as A4 paper and C4 envelopes. The ISO paper standard, the most common and internationally used paper standard is based on a height to width ratio of the square root of 2, this means each paper sizes differs from the next by a factor of 2. The ISO paper standard provides a range of complimentary paper sizes which work across three systems of A, B and C, this means the standard caters greatly for the needs of most designers. In general the A series paper size is used for general purpose printing for everything from, booklets, leaflets, documents, posters, magazines and postcards. However the B series standard is commonly used for the printing of books and publications. The C series standard works as a complimentary standard to the A series and provided printing of envelopes in which the A series standard can fit into.
Introduction to Format
Format
Paper Formats
Format
ISO A Series
A1
841 X 594
A2
594 X 420
A3
420 X 297
A4
297 X 210
A5
210 X 148
A6
148 X 105
A7
105 x 74
Format
ISO B Series
B1
1000 X 707
B2
707 x 500
B3
500 x 353
B4
353 x 250
B5
250 x 176
B6
176 x 125
B7
125 x 88
Format
ISO C Series
C1
917 X 648
C2
648 x 458
C3
458 x 324
C4
324 x 229
C5
229 x 162
C6
162 x 114
C7
114 x 81
Format
Japanese B Series Variant
B1
1030 X 728
B2
728 x 515
B3
515 x 364
B4
364 x 257
B5
257 x 182
B6
182 x 128
B7
128 x 91
Letter
Legal
Junior Legal
215 x 279
215 x 355
203 x 127
Format
Ledger
Tabloid
432 x 279
270 X 432
US Paper Sizes
Broadsheet
Nordisch
749 X 597
570 X 400
Format
Rhenish
Berliner
Tabloid
350 X 520
470 X 315
430 X 280
Newspaper Sizes
Print Process Stock Format Ink & Colour Systems Finishing Preproduction & Costing
ISO A Series ISO B Series ISO C Series Japanese B Series Variant US Paper Sizes Newspaper Sizes