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8.5×11 in Pixels (US Letter)

US Letter, 8.5 × 11 inches, is the paper in almost every American home printer, so it is the default size for printable planners, worksheets and checklists. At 300 DPI it is 2,550 × 3,300 pixels.

At 300 DPI

2,550 × 3,300 pixels

Landscape: 3,300 × 2,550 pixels

8.5 × 11 inches · 21.6 × 27.9 cm

8.5×11 in pixels at every DPI

8.5×11 in pixels at every DPI
DPIPortrait (px)Landscape (px)
300Print-shop standard, seen up close2,550 × 3,3003,300 × 2,550
200Sharp on a wall1,700 × 2,2002,200 × 1,700
150The floor for wall art1,275 × 1,6501,650 × 1,275

Pixels = inches × DPI, rounded to the nearest whole pixel. 300 DPI is the print-shop standard for prints seen up close; 200 is fine on a wall; 150 is the floor. Etsy itself sets no DPI rule.

Which file prints 8.5×11

8.5×11 is not one of the six standard wall-art ratios, so no ratio file fits it exactly. The closest is the 11:14 ratio: printed to fill 8.5×11, a file in that ratio loses 1.7% of the image, about 0.14 inches (3.6 mm) off its width.

11:14 print sizes in pixels
Print sizecmPixels at 300 DPI
11 × 14 in27.9 × 35.63,300 × 4,200
View the 11:14 table

What sellers use 8.5×11 for

  • Printable planners, checklists and worksheets the buyer prints at home on US Letter paper.
  • Wall art sold as an 8.5×11 print that goes into an 11×14 frame with a mat.
  • PDF downloads the buyer must print at 100% scale, so the design is not shrunk by the printer's fit-to-page setting.

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Frequently asked questions

How many pixels is 8.5×11 at 300 DPI?

2,550 × 3,300 pixels in portrait, 3,300 × 2,550 in landscape. At 200 DPI it is 1,700 × 2,200 and at 150 DPI 1,275 × 1,650. Home printers leave a small unprintable margin on Letter paper, so keep text and key details about a quarter inch from the edge.

Can I print 8.5×11 from a standard wall-art ratio file?

Not exactly, because Letter is not one of the six standard ratios. The closest is 11:14: printing an 11×14 file to fill a Letter page trims about 1.7% of the image, roughly 0.14 inches off the width. For printables, a separate Letter file is cleaner.

Is 8.5×11 the same as A4?

No. A4 is 8.27 × 11.69 inches, narrower and taller than Letter. A Letter file printed on A4 gets white bands or shrinks slightly, and an A4 file printed on Letter loses its top and bottom. Sellers who reach Europe usually include both an A4 and a Letter PDF.

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