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Paper sizes

Every ISO 216 size in mm, inches and pixels at 300 ppi, computed the way the standard defines them, plus press sheets and envelopes.

A series

Sizemminchespx at 300 ppi
A0841 × 1189 33.11 × 46.81 9933 × 14043
A1594 × 841 23.39 × 33.11 7016 × 9933
A2420 × 594 16.54 × 23.39 4961 × 7016
A3297 × 420 11.69 × 16.54 3508 × 4961
A4210 × 297 8.27 × 11.69 2480 × 3508
A5148 × 210 5.83 × 8.27 1748 × 2480
A6105 × 148 4.13 × 5.83 1240 × 1748
A774 × 105 2.91 × 4.13 874 × 1240
A852 × 74 2.05 × 2.91 614 × 874
A937 × 52 1.46 × 2.05 437 × 614
A1026 × 37 1.02 × 1.46 307 × 437

B series

Sizemminchespx at 300 ppi
B01000 × 1414 39.37 × 55.67 11811 × 16701
B1707 × 1000 27.83 × 39.37 8350 × 11811
B2500 × 707 19.69 × 27.83 5906 × 8350
B3353 × 500 13.9 × 19.69 4169 × 5906
B4250 × 353 9.84 × 13.9 2953 × 4169
B5176 × 250 6.93 × 9.84 2079 × 2953
B6125 × 176 4.92 × 6.93 1476 × 2079
B788 × 125 3.46 × 4.92 1039 × 1476
B862 × 88 2.44 × 3.46 732 × 1039
B944 × 62 1.73 × 2.44 520 × 732
B1031 × 44 1.22 × 1.73 366 × 520

C series

Sizemminchespx at 300 ppi
C0917 × 1297 36.1 × 51.06 10831 × 15319
C1648 × 917 25.51 × 36.1 7654 × 10831
C2458 × 648 18.03 × 25.51 5409 × 7654
C3324 × 458 12.76 × 18.03 3827 × 5409
C4229 × 324 9.02 × 12.76 2705 × 3827
C5162 × 229 6.38 × 9.02 1913 × 2705
C6114 × 162 4.49 × 6.38 1346 × 1913
C781 × 114 3.19 × 4.49 957 × 1346
C857 × 81 2.24 × 3.19 673 × 957
C940 × 57 1.57 × 2.24 472 × 673
C1028 × 40 1.1 × 1.57 331 × 472

Press sheets — ISO 217

Sizemminches
RA0860 × 1220 33.86 × 48.03
RA1610 × 860 24.02 × 33.86
RA2430 × 610 16.93 × 24.02
RA3305 × 430 12.01 × 16.93
RA4215 × 305 8.46 × 12.01
SRA0900 × 1280 35.43 × 50.39
SRA1640 × 900 25.2 × 35.43
SRA2450 × 640 17.72 × 25.2
SRA3320 × 450 12.6 × 17.72
SRA4225 × 320 8.86 × 12.6
Oversized sheets that carry bleed and gripper. SRA3 at 320 × 450 mm is the standard digital press sheet, and it is missing from most paper-size charts.

North American

Sizeinchesmm
Letter8.5 × 11 in 215.9 × 279.4
Legal8.5 × 14 in 215.9 × 355.6
Executive7.25 × 10.5 in 184.15 × 266.7
Tabloid / Ledger11 × 17 in 279.4 × 431.8
ANSI A8.5 × 11 in 215.9 × 279.4
ANSI B11 × 17 in 279.4 × 431.8
ANSI C17 × 22 in 431.8 × 558.8
ANSI D22 × 34 in 558.8 × 863.6
ANSI E34 × 44 in 863.6 × 1117.6
ANSI/ASME Y14.1 alternates its aspect ratio between 1.2941 and 1.5455, which is why the series does not halve cleanly the way the ISO one does.

Envelopes

SizemminchesTakes
DL110 × 220 4.33 × 8.66A4 folded in three. Ratio 2.0, not √2 — it is not a C size.
C4229 × 324 9.02 × 12.76A4 flat
C5162 × 229 6.38 × 9.02A4 folded once
C6114 × 162 4.49 × 6.38A4 folded twice
C6/C5114 × 229 4.49 × 9.02A4 folded in three, squarer than DL
C781 × 114 3.19 × 4.49A7
B4250 × 353 9.84 × 13.9C4 with room to spare
#10 (US)104.8 × 241.3 4.13 × 9.5US Letter folded in three — 4⅛ × 9½ in

These are computed, not copied

Every dimension on this page is generated from the ISO 216 rule rather than transcribed, and the rule is more subtle than it looks. You do not take the exact geometric value and round it. You seed each series with a base size and then repeatedly halve the long side, rounding down each time.

The difference is not academic. Rounding the exact value to the nearest millimetre gives the wrong answer at A1, A2, A5, A6, A8 and A9; flooring the exact value gives the wrong answer at A0 and A1. A1 is the one size where both shortcuts fail, so it is the tell — a chart that says A1 is 594 × 840 mm was computed the wrong way. It is 594 × 841.

The tolerances are ±1.5 mm below 150 mm, ±2 mm from 150 to 600, and ±3 mm above that. DIN 476 is tighter than ISO on all three.

ISO B and JIS B are different sizes

ISO B is the geometric mean of the two adjacent A sizes, which puts B0 at 1000 × 1414 mm and an area of 1.414 m². JIS B — the Japanese series — is defined by area instead, at 1.5 m², which puts B0 at 1030 × 1456.

They are close enough to look like the same series and far enough apart to matter: ISO B5 is 176 × 250 mm and JIS B5 is 182 × 257. JIS B5 is the standard Japanese book trim, so if you are working on anything printed in Japan this is the distinction that bites. The B series on this page is ISO.

DL is not a C size

DL is 110 × 220 mm and its aspect ratio is exactly 2.0, not the √2 that every ISO size shares. It comes from DIN Lang and it predates its inclusion in the ISO family; ISO 269 defined it and was withdrawn in 2009 without replacement.

So DL does not behave like its neighbours. C6/C5 at 114 × 229 mm takes the same folded A4 and is the size to reach for when you want the envelope to look proportionate to everything else in the mailing.

RA and SRA are the sizes the press actually uses

A press does not print on A4. It prints on an oversized sheet that carries the bleed and the gripper edge, then the job is trimmed down. Those sheets are ISO 217: RA is "raw format A", slightly larger than A; SRA is "supplementary raw format A", larger again.

SRA3 at 320 × 450 mm is the standard sheet on almost every digital press, which is why so many short-run printers quote their maximum finished size as something a little under A3. These sizes are absent from most paper-size charts and they are the ones that determine what your printer can actually do.

Asked often

Why is A4 210 × 297 and not 210 × 297.0?

Because ISO 216 rounds down to whole millimetres at every halving. The exact √2 value for A4 would be 210.22 × 297.30 mm.

What size is A4 in pixels?

At 300 ppi, 2480 × 3508 px. With 3 mm bleed all round it is 2551 × 3579 px. Both are in the table above.

Which B series should I use?

ISO B unless you are printing in Japan. JIS B5 at 182 × 257 mm is the standard Japanese book trim and is 6 mm wider than ISO B5.