# A5 Paper Size Printing from email settings

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 21, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616 "2019-06-21T08:06:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/prasoon_agarwal/32/19576_2.png) [@PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://forum.manager.io/u/PRASOON_AGARWAL)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/1 "2019-06-21T08:06:24Z")

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Hi Team,

I know this has been discussed a lot in forums but are you planning to introduce A5 printing anytime in future soon?

It would be really good if you can provide A5 printing option either from email settings or some other way around.

Thanks in Advance

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**Author:** ![PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/prasoon_agarwal/32/19576_2.png) [@PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://forum.manager.io/u/PRASOON_AGARWAL)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/2 "2019-07-17T12:30:42Z")

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@lubos & @Tut requesting your update on this.

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**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/3 "2019-07-17T15:36:47Z")

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I have nothing to do with development decisions. I’m a forum moderator, not part of the development process. Personally, however, I doubt you will see such a change, as it would impact every many transaction forms and reports for which there is already inadequate page space.

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**Author:** ![VACUUMDOG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/vacuumdog/32/7101_2.png) [@VACUUMDOG](https://forum.manager.io/u/VACUUMDOG)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/4 "2019-07-18T03:04:19Z")

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I just change the paper size under the actual printer settings when I need to print on A5.  
Works fine for me, except for when I forget to change it back…

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**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/5 "2019-07-18T04:57:47Z")

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Very interesting. Others have reported that does not work for them.

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**Author:** ![PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/prasoon_agarwal/32/19576_2.png) [@PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://forum.manager.io/u/PRASOON_AGARWAL)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/6 "2019-07-18T05:14:42Z")

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Never worked for me. It’s basically zooming out making text very small to read when using this method.

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**Author:** ![VACUUMDOG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/vacuumdog/32/7101_2.png) [@VACUUMDOG](https://forum.manager.io/u/VACUUMDOG)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/7 "2019-07-18T05:26:58Z")

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@PRASOON_AGARWAL Yes, it does shrink everything to fit to the page, but it is still readable. If the fonts etc. stayed the same size as A4 a lot of the information such as descriptions and codes would not fit without word wrapping resulting in a longer invoice etc. that may not fit on a single A5 page.

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**Author:** ![lubos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/lubos/32/62798_2.png) [@lubos](https://forum.manager.io/u/lubos)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/8 "2019-07-19T23:31:50Z")

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What’s the use case for this feature?

Just adding A5 won’t probably do what you think it should do. All the themes are designed for A4 size. With A5 everything would be half-size which would be more difficult to read.

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**Author:** ![ocha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@ocha](https://forum.manager.io/u/ocha)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/9 "2019-07-30T11:03:22Z")

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> [@lubos](#):
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> All the themes are designed for A4 size.

This is one major set back or minus for manager, aside that and few other ones manager is cool to use. You guys should try to improve on this feature to be able to print on small POS printer, of course as a programmer i know it can be done with some effort. Main while kudos to the dev team

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**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://forum.manager.io/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/10 "2019-07-30T12:03:39Z")

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Manager does support this.  
You just need to write (or get a programmer to write) a custom theme for the documents you actually need to print in A5. Use larger fonts so it is readable to your required standard. Of course you will have to deal with the compromise, less writing fits on a smaller page if you maintain the print size.

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**Author:** ![ocha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@ocha](https://forum.manager.io/u/ocha)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/11 "2019-07-30T13:17:50Z")

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Thanks for the info. I’m a python programmer and I am OK with Javascript and html, will that be good enough to try out custom theme

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**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/12 "2019-07-30T14:13:40Z")

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Themes are written in Liquid. See [https://www.manager.io/guides/10368](https://www.manager.io/guides/10368).

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**Author:** ![ocha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@ocha](https://forum.manager.io/u/ocha)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/13 "2019-07-31T21:43:39Z")

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> [@Tut](#):
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> Themes are written in Liquid. See [https://www.manager.io/guides/10368](https://www.manager.io/guides/10368)

Thanks, the link was very useful

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**Author:** ![PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/prasoon_agarwal/32/19576_2.png) [@PRASOON\_AGARWAL](https://forum.manager.io/u/PRASOON_AGARWAL)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/14 "2019-08-06T09:42:00Z")

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Could you please share the Code for A5 theme if you are working on this.I don’t have any understanding of programming.

Thanks in advance, appreciate your effort.

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**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/15 "2019-08-06T13:06:52Z")

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@PRASOON_AGARWAL, your post was edited to remove your email address. If you wish to communicate privately with another forum member, use the personal message feature.

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**Author:** ![Ocean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@Ocean](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ocean)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/16 "2019-08-14T07:33:06Z")

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I don’t have an A5 to test with but wouldn’t your printer be able to resize it appropriately? Alternatively your PDF software would be able to print it downscale to A5 also.

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**Author:** ![Previsam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/previsam/32/18169_2.png) [@Previsam](https://forum.manager.io/u/Previsam)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/17 "2020-05-05T22:26:41Z")

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Not sure if this is still helpful but I wrote mine after reading this post last month and it should work for all

**For POS 58 Printer - Receipt Theme**

**Setup:** Go to the Themes section of Manager settings page, click on the **New Theme** button, copy the code below and paste in the **Theme** Textarea then Choose a name of your choice for the theme and click **Create** to save.

**Usage:** Go to Forms Default section of Manager settings page, look for **Payment or Receipt** and click **Edit** scroll down and Mark the Check box for **Custom Theme** , then Select the Theme you just added from the dropdown under the **Custom Theme** check box.

```
<table style="background-color: #FFFFFF: width: 50px; color: #000000; text-transform: UPPERCASE">
{% assign description = null %}
{% assign amount = null %}
<thead>
 <tr>
  <td>
    <div style="text-align: center; width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 3; margin-bottom: 30px">
        <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 0 10px 0">{{ business.name }}</div>
        <div>{{ business.address | replace: "\n", " " }}</div>
        <div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0px color: #000000; margin-top: 30px">{{ title }}</div>
        <div style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 20px">Customer Name: <span style="font-weight: normal">{{ recipient.name }}</span></div>
    </div>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>
    <div style="text-align: center; width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 30px">
      {% for field in fields %}
      <div style="display: inline-block">
        <div style="font-weight: bold; float: left; margin-right: 5px">{{ field.label }}: </div>
        <div style="float:left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 5px">{{ field.text }}</div>
      </div>
      {% endfor %}
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <div style="width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 30px">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto">

    </div>
    <td style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; width: inherit; margin: 0 auto;">
      <div style="width: 280px;">
       {% for column in table.columns %}
            {% case column.label %}
                {% when 'Description' %}
                    {% assign description = forloop.index0 %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 70%; float:left">{{ column.label }}</span>
                {% when 'Total' or 'Amount' %}
                    {% assign amount = forloop.index0 %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 30%; float:left">Amount</span>
            {% endcase %}
        {% endfor %}
      </div>
    </td>
  </div>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  {% for row in table.rows %}
  <tr>
  <div style="width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px; clear: both">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto">
      <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 3px; width: inherit; margin: 0 auto;">
        <div style="width: 280px">
        {% for cell in row.cells %}
            {% case forloop.index0 %}
                {% when description %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 70%; float:left">{{ cell.text }}</span>
                {% when amount %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 30%; float:left">{{ cell.text }}</span>
            {% endcase %}
        {% endfor %}
        </div>
      </td>
    </div>
  </div>
 </tr>
  {% endfor %}
{% for total in table.totals %}
<tr>
  <div style="width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word; clear: both">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto">
      <td style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px">
        <div style="width: 250px">
          <span style="display: block; float:left; width: 70%; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;">{{ total.label }}:</span>
          <span style="display: block; float:left; width: 30%; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;">{{ total.text }}</span>
        </div>
      </td>
    </div>
  </div>
</tr>
{% endfor %}
<tr>
  <div style="width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 20px">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 15px auto 0 auto">
      <td>
        <div style="padding-left: 2px; width: 280px; word-wrap: break-word">
          {% for field in custom_fields %}
          <div style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 15px">{{ field.label }}</div>
          <div style="padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 15px">{{ field.text | newline_to_br }}</div>
          {% endfor %}
        </div>
      </td>
      </div>
    </div>
</tr>
<tr>
  <div style="width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 15px auto 15px auto">
      <td>
        <div style="padding-left: 4px; width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center">
          <p><b>Thank you for choosing {{ business.name }}.</b></p>
        </div>
      </td>
      </div>
    </div>
 </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

```

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**Author:** ![Previsam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/previsam/32/18169_2.png) [@Previsam](https://forum.manager.io/u/Previsam)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/18 "2020-05-05T22:43:56Z")

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No this does not return desired result. it will shrink the printed document but the text and all other on the printed document would be so small almost unreadable even at this it still cuts out some part.

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**Author:** ![Previsam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/previsam/32/18169_2.png) [@Previsam](https://forum.manager.io/u/Previsam)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/19 "2020-05-05T23:05:35Z")

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I created a second one for invoices because i needed three columns in my invoice printout which is description, qty and amount. Qty column does not work on receipt as it is not available for preview even in the built in theme. Find it below;

**For POS 58 Printer - Invoice Theme**

**Setup:** Go to the Themes section of Manager settings page, click on the **New Theme** button, copy the code below and paste in the **Theme** Textarea then Choose a name of your choice for the theme and click **Create** to save.

**Usage:** Go to Forms Default section of Manager settings page, look for **Sales Invoice** and click **Edit** scroll down and Mark the Checkbox for **Custom Theme** , then Select the Theme you just added from the dropdown under the **Custom Theme** checkbox.

```
<table style="background-color: #FFFFFF: width: 50px; color: #000000; text-transform: UPPERCASE">
{% assign description = null %}
{% assign qty = null %}
{% assign amount = null %}
<thead>
  <tr>
    <td>
     <div style="text-align: center; width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-top: 3; margin-bottom: 30px">
        <div style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 0 10px 0">{{ business.name }}</div>
         <div>{{ business.address | replace: "\n", " " }}</div>
        <div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0px color: #000000; margin-top: 30px">{{ title }}</div>
        <div style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 20px">Customer Name: <span style="font-weight: normal">{{ recipient.name }}</span></div>
    </div>
   </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
   <td>
       <div style="text-align: center; width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 30px">
        {% for field in fields %}
       <div style="display: inline-block">
        <div style="font-weight: bold; float: left; margin-right: 5px">{{ field.label }}: </div>
        <div style="float:left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 5px">{{ field.text }}</div>
      </div>
      {% endfor %}
    </td>
  </tr>
   <tr>
  <div style="width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 30px">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto">

    </div>
    <td style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; width: inherit; margin: 0 auto;">
      <div style="width: 280px;">
       {% for column in table.columns %}
            {% case column.label %}
                {% when 'Description' %}
                    {% assign description = forloop.index0 %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 53%; float:left">{{ column.label }}</span>
                {% when 'Qty' %}
                    {% assign qty = forloop.index0 %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 17%; float:left">{{ column.label }}</span>
                {% when 'Total' or 'Amount' %}
                    {% assign amount = forloop.index0 %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 30%; float:left">Amount</span>
            {% endcase %}
        {% endfor %}
      </div>
    </td>
    </div>
   </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
{% for row in table.rows %}
<tr>
  <div style="width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 20px 0px; clear: both">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto">
      <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 3px; width: inherit; margin: 0 auto;">
        <div style="width: 280px">
        {% for cell in row.cells %}
            {% case forloop.index0 %}
                {% when description %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 53%; float:left">{{ cell.text }}</span>
                {% when qty %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 17%; float:left">{{ cell.text }}</span>
                {% when amount %}
                    <span style="display: block; word-wrap: break-word; width: 30%; float:left">{{ cell.text }}</span>
            {% endcase %}
        {% endfor %}
        </div>
      </td>
    </div>
    </div>
   </tr>
   {% endfor %}
   {% for total in table.totals %}
  <tr>
  <div style="width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word; clear: both">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto">
      <td style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px">
        <div style="width: 250px">
          <span style="display: block; float:left; width: 70%; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;">{{ total.label }}:</span>
          <span style="display: block; float:left; width: 30%; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px;">{{ total.text }}</span>
        </div>
      </td>
    </div>
  </div>
</tr>
{% endfor %}
<tr>
  <div style="width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 20px">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 15px auto 0 auto">
      <td>
        <div style="padding-left: 2px; width: 280px; word-wrap: break-word">
          {% for field in custom_fields %}
          <div style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 15px">{{ field.label }}</div>
          <div style="padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 15px">{{ field.text | newline_to_br }}</div>
          {% endfor %}
        </div>
      </td>
      </div>
    </div>
</tr>
<tr>
  <div style="width: 300px; word-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px 0px 10px 0px">
    <div style="max-width: 100%; margin: 15px auto 15px auto">
      <td>
        <div style="padding-left: 4px; width: 250px; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center">
          <p><b>Thank you for choosing {{ business.name }}.</b></p>
        </div>
      </td>
      </div>
    </div>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

```

There are three major types of POS thermal printers, the smallest if POS-58, middle on is POS-70 and the biggest is POS-80.

The themes I shared are based on POS-58. If you need for other Thermal printer types please let me know.

If you know HTML and CSS you can simply increase the **width:** CSS property value until you get the desired size.

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![ibdek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ibdek/32/21477_2.png) [@ibdek](https://forum.manager.io/u/ibdek)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/a5-paper-size-printing-from-email-settings/22616/20 "2020-05-06T19:20:36Z")

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This is very helpful. Thank you

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