A7

A7 is a paper size that is typically used for large size Post-it notes. It can also be a practical size for tickets, since you can print 8 of them on an A4 sheet.

Dimensions

A7 measures 74 × 105 millimeters or 2.91 × 4.13 inches. In PostScript, its dimensions are  rounded off to 209 × 298 points.

Part of the ISO 216 standard

A7 is part of a set or range of page sizes, called the ISO A or ISO 216 standard. This international standard is based on the German DIN 476 standard from 1922. A7 is actually often referred to as DIN A7. The Japanese have adopted the same range of paper sizes in their JIS P 0138-61 standard.

A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7 and A8
ISO paper sizes

By folding an A7 in two along its shortest side, you create an A8 document. Two A7 pages next to each other in a spread equals the A6 paper size. This way a range of paper sizes are created from A0 (which has a surface of one square meter) to A10. The height/width ratio remains constant (1:1.41 or the square root of 2) for all sizes. The dimensions always get rounded to the nearest millimeter.

Resolution needed to print an A7 size picture

To output an image properly it needs to have a certain minimum resolution. The number of pixels depend on the required output quality.

  • At 300 ppi (pixels per inch) the image needs to be 874 x 1240 pixels. This is the required resolution for quality offset printing that will be viewed from a short distance (such as books, brochures, magazines, calendars,…). For photo books, it is also the optimum resolution but a somewhat lower pixel count (250 dpi) is acceptable for great-looking photographs.
  • At 150 ppi the image needs to be 437 x 620 pixels. This is the minimum resolution for newspapers or posters viewed from a fairly short distance.

A digital camera with decent image quality and a resolution of 1 megapixel or more can be used to print high-quality A7 size pictures.

Alternatives

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Other sources of information

An elaborate yet easy to read page on the ISO 216 standard can be found here.

4 thoughts on “A7

    1. That is a pretty small page size and I think the feeder of most printers, even photo printers, will struggle to handle it. Have you considered using micro perforated A4 paper? That does exist for applications like printing tickets.

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