Paper size detector

Basic paper size detector.

Install

npm install guess-paper-size

Use

// import guess from 'guess-paper-size';
var guess = require('guess-paper-size');
 
var width = 210; // mm
var height = 297; // mm
 
var paper = guess(width, height);
if (paper) {
  console.log('Detected ' + paper.size + ' paper, ' + paper.layout);
}

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Return value

When found, JavaScript object returned:

• size - format name (e.g. Letter, A4, B3)
• layout - landscape or portrait

When not found, return null

Known paper sizes

• ISO formats: A0...A10; B0...B10; C0...C10
• US formats: Letter, Legal, Tabloid

Links

• ISO 216 - Wikipedia
• Paper size - Wikipedia
• https://www.npmjs.com/package/paper-size - get paper dimensions by name