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Make classroom displays and celebration posters on Philippine Long or A4.
Print on ordinary paper. Trim, match, and make something bigger.
Start your classroom tarpapel
New posters start on Philippine Long, two columns across. Rows, sheet count and finished size follow your artwork’s proportions, paper, margins and overlap — two columns does not mean two rows.
This button keeps your artwork and layers. It sets Long paper in portrait and two columns, keeping your current margins and overlap. Restored projects keep their saved settings until you choose to apply it.
Long is 8.5 × 13 in; Legal is 8.5 × 14 in. Match the paper actually loaded in your printer, and test at 100% / Actual size before printing the whole set.
1 · ArtworkArtwork not ready
Try the example, or upload your artwork.
Load the example? This replaces your current artwork and layers. Save your poster first if you want to keep it.
Current poster not saved
Manage saved project
Saving is optional.
Off unless you choose it. Stores your files in this browser profile.
Restore replaces the current poster and settings. Save any changes you want to keep first. Clear removes the saved copy and turns automatic saving off; your open poster stays.
You have unsaved changes. Replace this poster with the saved copy?
Edit artworkOptional
Arrange images, add text or apply effects. Changes appear in the preview.
Effects are reversible and apply to the whole composition. Enhancement cannot recover missing detail. Drag a selected layer in the preview, use the percentage fields, or focus the preview and use arrow keys (Shift for larger steps). Center guides snap within 1%.
2 · Size & paperChoose the finished size and paper
Keep proportions, or choose custom width & height to crop or add white space.
Orientation turns the paper, not your artwork. In Paper count mode, it also changes the finished size.
Margins & assembly options
Margin = blank paper edge. Leave enough room for your printer’s unprintable area.
Overlap = repeated artwork. Match this strip on adjacent sheets when you tape them together.
3 · DownloadCheck your print settings
Check settings
Reprint specific sheets
Numbers match the preview. Leave blank to print all.
Print at 100% / Actual size. Turn off “Fit to page”.
File & print quality details
Your print preview
Ready to print?
Open the print guide in a new tab for calibration, printer settings and assembly. Your open poster stays in this tab.
Tarpapel questions for the classroom
Is Philippine Long the same as Legal?
No. This tool’s Philippine Long preset is 8.5 × 13 inches (215.9 × 330.2 mm). Legal is 8.5 × 14 inches (215.9 × 355.6 mm). A4 is 210 × 297 mm. Check both the loaded paper and the print dialog; if 8.5 × 13 is missing, use a supported custom size instead of selecting Legal.
Will two columns always give me four sheets?
No. Two columns fixes the width from the usable paper width and overlap. Rows depend on your image’s shape. A tall classroom chart needs more rows than a wide banner. Check Finished size and Paper needed after changing artwork, margins, overlap or paper. To keep an exact physical width while changing paper, choose Finished size first.
Can I print a lesson chart or a PDF made in another app?
Upload an exported image, SVG or PDF and select the PDF page you need. GIF imports use a single captured frame, not an animation. Original PDF page content can stay vector when no effect flattens it. Scans and pictures inside a PDF keep their original resolution; a PDF wrapper does not add detail. PDF comments and form annotations are omitted. Missing Unicode/CJK fonts may require embedding before import; unsupported SVG features may use a clearly noted raster fallback.
Will black-and-white or halftone save ink?
These effects change appearance; they do not guarantee lower ink use. Black-and-white keeps dark areas, and a large dark background can still use substantial ink. If suitable for your display, prepare artwork with a white background and test your printer’s grayscale or draft setting on one sheet. Check that text remains readable before printing a class set.
How do I align sheets or replace a damaged page?
Keep the chosen overlap and match the repeated artwork after trimming blank margins. Follow sheet numbers from left to right across each row. Use Reprint specific sheets to download only the damaged page numbers. Print the calibration PDF at 100% first; printer scaling can make edges fail to match.
Can I continue a saved classroom poster?
Open Manage saved project and choose Restore. Unsaved changes need confirmation before replacement. Automatic saving and restoring stays off until you enable it; saved files belong to this browser profile. The Long + 2 columns button changes print settings only. Loading the example asks before replacing your current poster.
Physical printing and real phone touch controls have not yet been verified. Print a calibration sheet first and check your printer’s margins.
More about files, print quality and troubleshooting? Read the printing questions and fixes.