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Formula
Square feet = width × height ÷ 144, with inches.
Print width = finished width + 2 × bleed. Pixels = print inches × resolution. Cost = bled square feet × your price. The banner size calculator uses the same bleed on every edge.
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Banner size calculator for area, bleed, and pixels
This banner size calculator turns a finished width and height into square feet, adds bleed on every edge, and builds the pixel size at the resolution you type. Material cost is the bled area times your price per square foot. The price is an estimate you enter.
Print size
3,650 × 9,650px
Finished area24.00 sq ft
With bleed24.46 sq ft
Estimated material$97.84
Planning estimate from the numbers you enter. Coverage, density, waste and price are assumptions, not a supplier quote or an engineering specification.
How it works
Pixels are the print size times the resolution.
A 36 by 96 inch banner is 3 by 8 feet, or 24.00 square feet. A quarter inch of bleed on every edge makes the print 36.5 by 96.5 inches, or 24.47 square feet. At 100 pixels per inch that file is 3,650 by 9,650 pixels. At $4 per square foot the material estimate is $97.88. Hem, grommets, and pole pockets eat finished size if you do not add them into the height or the bleed. A wide-format printer’s resolution is often near 100 pixels per inch for a banner viewed from the sidewalk. A close-up graphic wants more. This page does not impose a shop minimum. Viewing distance is the quiet variable behind resolution: a banner read from a sidewalk or a parking lot does not need the pixels of a decal read at arm's length, and a larger file takes longer to RIP and to print. If the printer quoted you a flat price by the linear foot instead of by area, convert: multiply the roll width in feet by the linear feet to get the square feet, then set the price per square foot so the totals agree. When two shops quote different finished sizes for the same order, check whether one is billing the bled print and the other the trim size — the difference is usually the bleed itself.
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Example
36 by 96 inches, 0.25 inch bleed, 100 pixels per inch, $4 per square foot.
Finished area is 24.00 square feet. With bleed it is 24.47 square feet and 3,650 × 9,650 pixels. Material is $97.88 at the price you can change.
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Tips
Add the hem before you call the height finished.
A 1 inch pole pocket is not bleed. Add it to the finished height if the pocket is part of the banner you will print, or keep it out if the printer hems from the bleed. Say which one you measured.
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Equipment
The wide-format printer is the machine.
Dengaro arranges equipment financing for a wide-format printer. The banner price is not sent as a loan amount.
Important questions
Know what to expect.
Why is bleed added twice?+
Once on each edge. A quarter inch of bleed adds half an inch to the width and half an inch to the height. The banner size calculator does that on all four sides.
Is 100 pixels per inch enough?+
For a banner read from several feet away, it is a common planning resolution. A decal read up close often wants more. Type the resolution the printer asked for.
Does the price include install?+
No. It is bled square feet times your material price. Labor and hardware are extra unless you fold them into that price.
Can I enter feet?+
Convert to inches first. The fields are inches so bleed and pixels stay in one unit.
Should the pixel size include the bleed?+
Yes. The file the printer receives is the bled print size at the resolution they specify, which is exactly what this page computes. The safe-margins inside the finished size are a layout decision, not a file dimension.
What if my banner is a mesh or a double-sided piece?+
The area math is the same — width times height for each piece. Mesh and double-sided material change the price per square foot, not the square footage. Enter the price the shop quoted for that material.
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