paper sizes

At Harcourt Colour Print we have presses which can take a maximum sheet size of B2, 520mm x 720mm. The most common printer sheet size is SRA sizes.

For example:
An A3 sheet (420mm x 297mm) comes out of an A2 sheet (594mm x 420mm) twice.

The SRA & B sizes work in exactly the same way, the additional area on these sheet sizes are to allow for bleeds, grips, colour bars etc. (see our A-Z guide)

The most economical way of producing a job is to get the maximum amount of pages out of a particular sheet size or leaving the least amount of wasted space.

If you have for example a job that is 10,000 A5 leaflets, we would calculate this to be produced most economically as 8 A5 pages out of an A2 sheet. Allowing 1250 sheets.

Ideally specify the longest dimension first, and be specific if the job is to be portrait or landscape.

A sizes

  • A6 – 148mm x 105mm
  • A5 – 210mm x 148mm
  • A4 – 297mm x 210mm
  • A3 – 420mm x 297mm
  • A2 – 594mm x 420mm
  • 1/3 A4 – 210mm x 99mm
  • A4 6 page – 630mm x 297mm
  • A5 6 page – 444mm x 210mm
  • Printers B5 – 240mm x 165mm
  • Printers B4 – 330mm x 240mm
  • Printers B2 – 660mm x 480mm

Printers B Sizes

  • Printers B5 – 240mm x 165mm
  • Printers B4 – 330mm x 240mm
  • Printers B2 – 660mm x 480mm

C Sizes
These are given to Envelopes – for example an A4 leaflet is placed in a C4 Envelope.

  • C0 917 x 1297
  • C1 648 x 917
  • C2 458 x 648
  • C3 324 x 458
  • C4 229 x 324
  • C5 162 x 229
  • C6 114 x 162