What is college ruled in millimetres?

About 7.1 mm between lines, against roughly 8.7 mm for wide ruled and 6.35 mm for narrow. Those are the American paper standards; European exercise books are usually ruled at 7, 8 or 9 mm.

How many lines fit on a page?

At 8 mm on US Letter, about thirty within the printable area; at 7 mm, about thirty-five. The preview shows the real count before you print, because the page is drawn at the size it will come out.

Can I use this for handwriting practice?

For older children, yes. Younger ones need the dashed midline that shows where lower-case letters stop, which is on the handwriting paper page rather than this one.

Lined paper

Printable ruled paper at the line height you choose — wide, college or narrow ruled — with or without a margin, drawn at true size for Letter or A4.

Grade 1–Grade 12 · every refresh draws a new set · answer key included

1 problems · US Letter — 1 sheet, page breaks marked in the preview

What this worksheet is for

Ruled paper sounds like the least interesting thing a site can print, right up to the evening a class set is needed and the stationery cupboard is empty. The one decision that matters is the line height, and the names for it differ by country: wide ruled is about 8.7 mm, college ruled about 7.1 mm, and narrow ruled about 6.35 mm. Rather than guess which name you mean, this page takes the height in millimetres and draws exactly that.

Who it suits

Any age. Younger children need taller lines — 8 to 10 mm through the first years of school, because letter size drops slowly. Secondary pupils and adults are comfortable at 7 mm and below.

How to use the settings

Set the line height, decide whether you want the margin rule down the left, and print. The margin is worth keeping for schoolwork, where corrections and marks live in it, and worth turning off for anything that will be filed or scanned. Hairline lines are kinder to a page that will be written on in pencil; medium suits ink.

What goes wrong

The mistake worth avoiding is printing at a scaled size when the sheet is meant to match an existing notebook: 7 mm ruling printed at 94 per cent is 6.6 mm, and the pages will not line up when they sit side by side. Set the printer to full size, and if you are matching a notebook, measure ten lines in it and divide rather than measuring one.

Questions

What is college ruled in millimetres?: About 7.1 mm between lines, against roughly 8.7 mm for wide ruled and 6.35 mm for narrow. Those are the American paper standards; European exercise books are usually ruled at 7, 8 or 9 mm.
How many lines fit on a page?: At 8 mm on US Letter, about thirty within the printable area; at 7 mm, about thirty-five. The preview shows the real count before you print, because the page is drawn at the size it will come out.
Can I use this for handwriting practice?: For older children, yes. Younger ones need the dashed midline that shows where lower-case letters stop, which is on the handwriting paper page rather than this one.