How to Print Planner Inserts

At 8Lotus, we offer files that allow you to print on A4 / US Letter Paper or pre-cut planner paper.

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Always use Adobe Reader to print your files, it's a free software by the creators of PDFs.
Actual Size: Prevents your computer from resizing printout when printing.
Auto Orientation: Keeps your printout at the center of the page so both sides are lined up for cutting.
High DPI: The higher the DPI capability of your printer, the higher quality your prints will be.
Color Laser Printer: Choose a color laser printer. Monochrome printers do not have the capabilities to print the grey elements of our design.

When printing on the corresponding planner paper. Any existing crop marks will not show after printing.

A5:

Half Letter

Half Letter Paper: Use the 1UP single insert on a page with or without trim marks.
US Letter: Use the 2UP two inserts on a page with or without trim marks.
A4: Use the 1UP single insert on a page with or without trim

Personal, A6, Personal Wide, B6, FC Compact

Matching planner paper size: Use the 1UP single insert on a page with or without trim marks.
US Letter & A4: Use the 2UP two inserts on a page with or without trim marks.

Classic HP

Matching planner paper size: Use the 1UP single insert on a page with or without trim marks.
US Letter & A4: Use the 1UP single insert on a page with trim marks.

Pocket

Open your file with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader
Pages to Print: Select the pages you want to print
Page Size and Handling: Actual Size !Important
Orientation: Auto Portrait / Landscape
Make sure print on both sides of paper is selected: Select Flip on long edge if the document preview shows a portrait orientation. Select Flip on short edge if the document preview shows a landscape orientation

Open your file with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Pages to Print: We recommend testing with one page first, you can do this by inputing pages "1-2" instead of "all"
More Options: Select odd pages only
Page Size and Handling: Actual Size
Orientation: Auto
Once you printed the odd pages, flip your paper and print again with even pages only along with the same settings you used previously.

Use the PDF document with a single planner page with or without trim marks
Open your file with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Page Size and Handling: Actual Size (When printing on the correct planner paper size, the crop marks from the single page file will automatically be removed during printing)
Orientation: Auto
To change and / or create the paper size, click on "Page Setup"
Follow the same instructions for duplex or non-duplex printer above

Printout is not the correct size: Confirm the "actual size" option is selected under page size & handling. This will ensure that your printer does not resize the PDF based on your paper size.
Printout is not centered: Confirm the orientation is set to "auto" instead of portrait or landscape. This will ensure that your printer prints the PDF file in the center of your paper.
Printout is too dark or too light: All printers will experience color density variation throughout its life. Some printers offers the ability to adjust the "print density" which will increase or decrease the darkness of your printout. Please reach out to your printers guide or customer service to inquire if this feature is available.
Something is wrong with the file: On rare occasions, the file may have been damaged during download due to an issue with your computer. Try to re-download the file to see if the issue subsides.

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