How to Print Poster Size (Using Legal size Paper)

Looking for an easy way to print poster size for your students’ visuals?

It can be a bit of a pain, right?

If we choose to enlarge our images, it leads to a lot of cutting and taping. And we don’t have a lot of time for that!

So I wanted to share a simple idea with steps on how to print poster size…with legal sized paper!

print poster size with legal size paper

Printing on legal size paper is an easy workaround that makes nice, large visuals with very little effort on the teacher’s part!

I like to use this paper from Amazon…it’s a great price and lasts a long time.

Legal size versus letter size paper

What’s the difference between legal size and letter size?

Letter-sized paper is 8.5 by 11.5 inches and legal-sized paper is 8.5 by 14 inches. And though legal-sized paper doesn’t sound that much larger, it really is!

Check out the difference in this poster on the left (legal-sized) and the poster on the right (letter-sized):

And look at these multiples posters…the legal-sized paper on the left definitely stands out more:

How to print poster size on legal paper

Making legal size printables is easy to do…it’s just a matter of setting up the right size before you design!

1. Head into a new Google Slide (or PowerPoint presentation).

2. Go to File > Page Setup:

3. Go to Custom for sizing:

4. Set the new size to 14 x 8.5 for legal paper (or 8.5 x 14):

And that’s it!

You will be on your way to making visuals your students can see from across the classroom!

I rely on this technique for my math visuals in particular. These are two of my math students’ most-referenced resources. I LOVE printing them legal-sized so they can see them easily…right from their seats!

Have you tried making visuals on legal-sized paper before? What kinds of resources do you like to make on the larger paper size?