Personal planner pages are great for organizing your life. But when it comes to printing inserts, things can get tricky. After all, personal planners don’t use standard paper sizes like US Letter or A4.
In this step-by-step guide, as a professional planner manufacturer, I’ll show you exactly how to print personal sized planner pages.
Why Use a Personal Planner?
Before we get into the printing details, let’s quickly go over the benefits of using a personal planner:
- Portable size. Personal planners are small enough to toss into a purse or bag. But they still have room for writing.
- Customizable. Add and remove pages however you want to create a planner system that works for your needs.
- Affordable. Pre-made personal planners can get expensive. Printing your own inserts saves money.
Now let’s get into printing techniques for personal sized planner pages.
How to Print Personal Size Planner Pages?
Step 1: Measure Your Planner
You’ll want to start by measuring the size of your planner’s pages. That way, you can ensure that the paper size you select prints correctly.
Pull out a ruler and measure the height and width of a page in your planner.
For most personal planners, the dimensions will be:
Height: 6.75 inches
Width: 3.75 inches
Jot those measurements down as we’ll need them soon.
Step 2: Configure Printer and Layout Settings
Open your PDF planner insert file and click “Print”. This will launch your print menu.
Set Page Size
Look for the option to manually configure a custom page size. Enter the height and width that you measured earlier.
For example, 6.75 inches by 3.75 inches.
Layout Settings
A few other key settings:
- Scale/Size: Make sure this is set to 100%. Otherwise your printout could come out the wrong size.
- Orientation: Set based on planner insert – portrait or landscape.
- Positioning: Center the insert in case your page has margins.
Step 3: Print and Trim Pages
You’re all set! Click print and your personal sized planner pages will come out perfectly.
Use a paper trimmer to cut the pages down if you printed full sheets of paper.
And that’s it! With these steps you can easily print planner inserts that are the perfect size for your personal planner.
Bonus Tip: Create Print Presets
Tired of changing the print settings every time?
Save your custom measurements and layout preferences as a print preset on both Windows and Mac.
This way, you can quickly select your planner print settings next time you want to print inserts.
In Conclusion
Now you’re ready to organize the heck out of 2024 with your custom printed personal planner!