1 A5 page fits on one A4 sheet at actual size
An A5 page is 148 x 210 mm. The sheet is A4, 210 x 297 mm, a built-in preset in FitPrint. The layout below is what FitPrint produces with its defaults: Fit most packing, Original size scaling, a 5 mm gap between items and a 5 mm side margin. Nothing is scaled: each item is placed at 148 x 210 mm, its true size.
Where each item lands
Positions are millimetres on the A4 sheet as FitPrint wrote them, with y measured from the bottom edge.
| x (mm) | y from bottom (mm) | Width (mm) | Height (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 43.5 | 148 | 210 |
What other settings place
| Settings | Items per sheet | Placed size |
|---|---|---|
| Fit most, 5 mm gap and 5 mm margin (default) | 1 | 148 x 210 mm |
| Stack, 5 mm gap and 5 mm margin | 1 | 148 x 210 mm |
| Fit most, no gap or margin | 1 | 148 x 210 mm |
| Fit most, 10 mm gap and 10 mm margin | 1 | 148 x 210 mm |
| Stack, no gap or margin | 1 | 148 x 210 mm |
Turned landscape, 2 fit: A5 pages (landscape) on A4 (fit most, no gap or margin).
What the status line says
With 1 A5 page in the list, FitPrint's status line reads exactly "1 item · 1 A4 sheet". Add one more and it reads "2 items · 2 A4 sheets": the extra item starts a new sheet rather than shrinking anything.
How to lay this out in FitPrint
- Drag your files in. Open FitPrint and drag your A5 page files onto the window. Each file appears in the list with its size in the caption.
- Choose the A4 sheet. Click A4 in the sheet preset grid. FitPrint then lays the items out on a 210 x 297 mm sheet.
- Keep scaling on Original size. Original size places every item at 100 percent, so a printed item measures exactly what the file says it measures.
- Leave packing on Fit most. Fit most packs as many items per sheet as fit. With the default 5 mm gap and 5 mm side margin that is 1 A5 page per A4 sheet.
- Change the gap or side margin only if you need to. The defaults are a 5 mm gap and a 5 mm side margin. The settings table on this page shows what every other recorded setting places on this sheet.
- Export and print at actual size. Click Export PDF, then set Scale to 100 percent and Pages per Sheet to 1 in the print dialog so nothing re-scales the exported file.
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Frequently asked questions
How to print a5 on a4 paper?
1 A5 page fits on one A4 sheet at actual size (148 x 210 mm) with FitPrint's defaults: Fit most packing, 5 mm gap and 5 mm side margin. Turned landscape, 2 fit (Fit most packing, 0 mm gap and 0 mm side margin). One more than the per-sheet count and the status line reads "2 items · 2 A4 sheets".
How do i print 2 a5 pages on one a4 sheet?
With 2 A5 pages in the list and the sheet set to A4, FitPrint's status line reads "2 items · 2 A4 sheets". 1 A5 page fits on one A4 sheet at actual size (148 x 210 mm) with FitPrint's defaults: Fit most packing, 5 mm gap and 5 mm side margin. Turned landscape, 2 fit (Fit most packing, 0 mm gap and 0 mm side margin). One more than the per-sheet count and the status line reads "2 items · 2 A4 sheets". Export the PDF and print it at 100 percent.
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