Graph Paper

graph paper generator

Welcome to the SME Division Graph Paper Generator. Those of us who teach various science, mathematics, or engineering courses periodically have need to include an area of graph paper in a lab protocol or a test as a place in which students are asked to create a graph. However, the thought of hunting down a sheet of pre-printed graph paper to cut to size and tape to a word-processing print-out may make inclusion of an area of graph paper seem like a daunting task. Now, by answering a few simple questions, below, you can quickly create “graph paper” as a graphic file which can be directly embedded into your word-processing document.

First, how large, overall, do you want the graph to be? As a guideline, if you’re using an 8½ × 11 in. sheet of paper with ½ in. margins on all sides, that would mean that the largest possible graph size would be 7½ × 10 in. (or 10 × 7½ in.). A ratio of 100 pixels per inch (40 p/cm) will be used. Please click on the desired size on one of the pictures, below...


Portrait	or	Landscape

... or please choose a width × height here:

What style of X axis do you wish to create?		What style of Y axis do you wish to create?
linear, 0.10 in. divisions, all lines the same		linear, 0.10 in. divisions, all lines the same
linear, 0.20 in. divisions, all lines the same		linear, 0.20 in. divisions, all lines the same
linear, 0.25 in. divisions, all lines the same		linear, 0.25 in. divisions, all lines the same
linear, 1.00 cm divisions, no 0.5 cm lines		linear, 1.00 cm divisions, no 0.5 cm lines
linear, 0.10 in. divisions, 10 lines darker (it prints better than it shows up)		linear, 0.10 in. divisions, 10 lines darker (it prints better than it shows up)
linear, 0.20 in. divisions, 10 lines darker		linear, 0.20 in. divisions, 10 lines darker
linear, 0.25 in. divisions, 10 lines darker		linear, 0.25 in. divisions, 10 lines darker
linear, 1.00 cm divisions, light 0.5 cm lines		linear, 1.00 cm divisions, light 0.5 cm lines
logarithmic, 1 cycle		logarithmic, 1 cycle
logarithmic, 2 cycles		logarithmic, 2 cycles
logarithmic, 3 cycles		logarithmic, 3 cycles