PrintNewspaper specification

PrintNewspaper Broadsheet

332.0 by 475.0 millimetres, 13.07 by 18.7 inches, with a 10.0mm margin. Full artwork specification, page count rules and how it compares with the rest of the range. This is the most modest broadsheet covered here.

Last updated 2026-08-20

The specification

Trim size
332.0 x 475.0 mm
Trim size in inches
13.07 x 18.7 in
Printable area
322.0 x 455.0 mm
Printable in inches
12.68 x 17.91 in
Margin
10.0 mm / 0.39 in
Margin applies to
top, bottom and outer edge
Bleed
Not accepted
Set document to
Same as trim size
Page count
Multiples of 4, 4 to 48
Image resolution
150 to 600 DPI
Smallest body text
7pt
Paper
60gsm newsprint, folded
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Figures on this page come from PrintNewspaper artwork guidelines, read on 2026-08-20. Presses vary and printers revise their guidelines, so run a test PDF through their own preflight before you order.

A broadsheet that is not much bigger than a tabloid

At 332 by 475mm this is the smallest thing called a broadsheet anywhere on this site. Newspaper Club's traditional broadsheet is 380 by 578mm, which is nearly forty percent larger in area. Put the two next to each other and they do not read as the same class of object at all.

That is not a criticism, it is the point. A full British broadsheet is genuinely awkward to handle indoors and expensive to post. This size gives you broadsheet proportions and broadsheet presence at something closer to a large tabloid's practicality, which is a sensible trade for most projects that are not actually newspapers.

Forty-eight pages, in fours

The page ceiling here is forty-eight, against twenty on Newspaper Club's traditional broadsheet. If you want a long publication at broadsheet proportions this is the only format on the site that will take it, and it is more than double what the obvious alternative allows.

It runs in multiples of four rather than the twos that Newspaper Club's broadsheet permits, so six pages is not an option here. That is the trade for the higher ceiling and it is worth knowing before you plan a short paper around this format.

Column count at this width

The printable width is 322mm after the ten millimetre margin on the outer edge. That is enough for six columns at about fifty millimetres each, which sits right in the comfortable range for nine point body text. Five columns would give you sixty-four millimetre lines, readable but starting to feel long.

This is one of the more forgiving formats to lay out, precisely because it is not enormous. A five or six column grid works without the adaptation a full broadsheet demands, and the page is small enough that a single photograph can still dominate it without needing to be a huge file.

Folded, and what that means for the gutter

Unlike PrintNewspaper's tabloid, the broadsheet is supplied folded. The margin specification covers the top, bottom and outer edge and says nothing about the inside, which is technically permission to run content into the gutter. Do not take it. A fold on a sheet this size is deep, and text near it has to be flattened to read. Give the inside edge a margin of your own even though the printer does not require one.

The rest of the PrintNewspaper range

Every format this printer offers, so you can see where this one sits before you commit to it.

FormatTrim (mm)Trim (in)MarginPages
Tabloid260.0 x 370.0 mm10.24 x 14.57 in10.0 mmx4
Broadsheetthis page332.0 x 475.0 mm13.07 x 18.7 in10.0 mmx4

Comparing across printers instead? The full size table lists every format from every printer covered here, and the words to pages estimator will tell you how many of these pages your draft actually needs.