Printing guides

Short, practical guides to printing drawings and PDFs, from the people who make SiteHelm.

• Print multiple PDFs at oncePrint a whole folder of PDFs in one go, sorted by paper size, with one print dialog per folder. Free in your browser, nothing uploaded.
• Print A1 drawings on A3, and keep the scaleAn A1 drawing printed on A3 is exactly half size, so 1:50 becomes 1:100. The scale for every A-size combination, and how to note it on the sheet.
• A0, A1, A2, A3 and A4 paper sizesA-series paper sizes in millimetres for drawings and documents: A0 841 x 1189 mm down to A4 210 x 297 mm, and how they relate.
• Drawing status codes and stampsWhat S0, S1, S2, S3, S4, A and B status codes mean on UK drawings under ISO 19650, and how to stamp a printed set.
• Drawing issue sheet: what to includeWhat a drawing issue sheet (transmittal) should list, why it matters on site, and how to print one at the front of every set automatically.
• Print every page of a PDF from an iPhoneWhy printing a PDF from a web page on an iPhone can print only the first page, and how to print the whole set with AirPrint.