4 5x7 postcards fit on one A3 sheet at actual size
A 5x7 postcard is 127 x 177.8 mm. The sheet is A3, 297 x 420 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 127 x 177.8 mm, its true size.
Where each item lands
Positions are millimetres on the A3 sheet as FitPrint wrote them, with y measured from the bottom edge.
| x (mm) | y from bottom (mm) | Width (mm) | Height (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.33 | 220.73 | 127 | 177.8 |
| 155.67 | 220.73 | 127 | 177.8 |
| 14.33 | 21.47 | 127 | 177.8 |
| 155.67 | 21.47 | 127 | 177.8 |
What other settings place
| Settings | Items per sheet | Placed size |
|---|---|---|
| Fit most, 5 mm gap and 5 mm margin (default) | 4 | 127 x 177.8 mm |
| Stack, 5 mm gap and 5 mm margin | 2 | 127 x 177.8 mm |
| Fit most, no gap or margin | 4 | 127 x 177.8 mm |
| Fit most, 10 mm gap and 10 mm margin | 4 | 127 x 177.8 mm |
| Stack, no gap or margin | 2 | 127 x 177.8 mm |
Turned landscape, 3 fit: 5x7 postcards (landscape) on A3.
What the status line says
With 4 5x7 postcards in the list, FitPrint's status line reads exactly "4 items · 1 A3 sheet". Add one more and it reads "5 items · 2 A3 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 5x7 postcard files onto the window. Each file appears in the list with its size in the caption.
- Choose the A3 sheet. Click A3 in the sheet preset grid. FitPrint then lays the items out on a 297 x 420 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 4 5x7 postcards per A3 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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