# Printing on 8.5 x 22" paper?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-on-8-5-x-22-paper/266311 "2004-09-27T15:40:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-on-8-5-x-22-paper/266311/1 "2004-09-27T15:40:34Z")

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What is this size called under printer options?  
Is there a website that gives dimension for all the different page sizes a5,b4,b5, etc…?

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-on-8-5-x-22-paper/266311/2 "2004-09-27T15:44:11Z")

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[http://home.inter.net/eds/paper/papersize.html](http://home.inter.net/eds/paper/papersize.html)

There’s nothing exactly matching the dimensions you give, though. But most programs should let you set a custom print size.

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-on-8-5-x-22-paper/266311/3 "2004-09-27T15:47:07Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply.  
Just my luck. I was hoping it was some sort of standard size since its simply twice the length of letter size.

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/printing-on-8-5-x-22-paper/266311/4 "2004-09-27T16:12:15Z")

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> [@Folly](#):
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> Thanks for the quick reply.  
> Just my luck. I was hoping it was some sort of standard size since its simply twice the length of letter size.

Twice the length of letter size is not a standard, since we do not ordinarily fold things up or down when reading. However, since we ordinarily fold things **over** (book-like), then twice the width of letter size is a standard 17" x 11".

I’ve never seen legal size 8 1/2" x 14" doubled, and so, I’ve never seen 17" x 14".

However, I’ve worked with tri-fold letter-sized forms, and so, I’ve seen 25 1/2" x 11".

This applies to the world of U.S. business paper. Book publishing has their own set of standard sizes.

Peace.