Aug 16, 2015 by Felix Jen I often get asked if it is possible to turn a blank sheet of printer paper that is fountain pen friendly, such as the HP 32lb Premium Choice Laser. A simple solution would be to print rulings (lines, graph, or dot) onto their paper of choice.
Personally, I print diMerent rulings onto printer paper all the time, just for the versatility and cheapness of printer paper compared to other papers like Rhodia and Clairfontaine.
For all those out there that also want to print diMerent rulings onto their papers, I’ve created a bunch of “ready-to-print” sheets of paper with a bunch of diMerent rulings and spacings. Each PDF file below contains a two-sided “ready-to-print” document with the same ruling on both sides of the paper. I have included the popular US Letter size (8.5” x 11”) and the European A4 size (21cm x 29.7cm).
All templates have light gray lines with a border on the left and right sides of 0.3mm.
US Letter sized Templates (8.5” x 11”)
Seyes (French) Seyes Ruled Lined College Ruled Lined (7.1mm) Wide Ruled Lined (8.7mm) Narrow Ruled Lined (6.35mm) Narrow Ruled Lined (6.35mm) with 1” Top Margin 5mm Lined 6mm Lined 7mm Lined 8mm Lined Graph Ruled 5mm Graph 10mm Graph Dot Ruled College Ruled Dot (7.1mm) Wide Ruled Dot (8.7mm) Narrow Ruled Lined (6.35mm) 5mm Lined 6mm Lined 7mm Lined 8mm Lined A4 sized Templates (21cm x 29.7cm) Lined College Ruled Lined (7.1mm) Wide Ruled Lined (8.7mm) Narrow Ruled Lined (6.35mm) 5mm Lined 6mm Lined 7mm Lined 8mm Lined Graph Ruled 5mm Graph 10mm Graph Dot Ruled College Ruled Dot (7.1mm) Wide Ruled Dot (8.7mm) Narrow Ruled Lined (6.35mm) 5mm Lined 6mm Lined 7mm Lined 8mm Lined How to Print To print these sheets, simply download the file and print as you would any other document. In your printer settings, select to print it “double sided.” If your printer does not have the double-sided option, print only the first page, put the printed sheets back into the paper tray with the printed part face-up, the print the second page.
When printing, be sure to print your page as 100%, not as “Scale to fit paper” or a similar setting. The paper templates have at least 0.3” border, so the printer should not trim anything. I hope you guys find these templates useful!
