The header block is set once and reused: type the name, address and contact line, then write the body of the letter or notice beneath the rule. What is typed stays in the browser, and the sheet that prints is the sheet on screen.
Stays in this browser. No account, no email, no upload. The sheet below is edited locally and printed through your own browser dialog. Checked against A4 and US Letter.
This header block stays at the top of every sheet printed from this page. Replace the name, address and contact line with your own, then type the body of the letter, notice or memo below the rule.
What goes under the rule is yours to choose. The block above the rule is meant to be set once and reused, so that the first thing a reader sees is still your name and contact details.
Example content only. No logo is uploaded and no artwork is added by this page. Replace every line with your own.
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A letterhead is not a logo
A logo and a letterhead are often confused because they sit in the same corner, but they behave differently once the document leaves the building. A logo is an image, usually a mark with colour and fine detail. A letterhead is a block of information — a name, an address, a contact line — set as type. That difference matters most at the moments a document is copied, scanned or faxed.
Reproducibility is the first divide. Type survives a black-and-white photocopier because it is high contrast by nature. A logo with thin strokes or a subtle gradient can drop below the copier’s threshold and come back as a smudge. Ink coverage is the second. A full-bleed logo at the top of every page uses far more toner than a line of type and a rule, and on a long print run that difference shows on the supply meter. Survivability is the third: a fax machine resamples the page at low resolution, and a text block reads cleanly where a detailed mark breaks into artefacts.
None of this says a logo is wrong. It says a logo and a letterhead solve different problems, and the type-based header on this sheet is built to survive the ordinary journeys a printed document takes.
The practical test is the photocopier. If the header must still read clearly after ten generations of copy, type wins; if it must carry a brand mark that type cannot express, the logo belongs on heavier stock printed by a shop. This sheet answers the first need, not the second, and that is a deliberate limit rather than a missing feature.
Which parts of the header repeat
Not every element that can go in a header needs to be there, and not every element that is there needs to be identical on page two. The table sorts the common elements by how they behave across a multi-page print.
| Element | On page one | On later pages | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes | Usually yes | The simplest identifier; cheap to repeat |
| Address line | Yes | Optional | Drops out on many printed letterheads after page one |
| Contact line | Yes | Optional | Email and phone are most useful on the first sheet |
| Rule under the block | Yes | Optional | A thin rule on later pages aids identification |
| Body text | No | Yes | This is the content, not the header |
The point is that the header is a reusable frame, not a stamp pressed on every sheet. What repeats is a judgement about how the reader finds page two, not a property of the paper.
Keeping a second page identifiable
Because this template prints the header on the first sheet only, a two-page letter can arrive at page two with no name on it. The fix is a small, deliberate habit rather than a setting.
- Decide what identifies page two. Often the name alone, or the name with the date, is enough.
- Repeat the minimum by hand. Type a one-line header at the top of the body on page two — the name and a reference, for example.
- Keep the rule off later pages unless it helps. A second rule can be mistaken for a new document; a plain line of text is clearer.
- Check the page count before printing. The toolbar count shows how many sheets the current text needs at the chosen paper size.
- Print and flip. A quick check of the physical stack confirms page two still reads as yours.
Margins, bleed and the edge-to-edge trap
A header that runs to the very edge of the sheet looks striking on screen and disastrous on a home printer. The trap is the non-printable edge: most inkjets refuse the outer 6 mm and many lasers the outer 4 to 5 mm. Anything placed in that band is silently clipped.
| Choice | What happens | Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| Header inside the 16 mm frame | Prints cleanly on ordinary hardware | Use this; the sheet already reserves the margin |
| Logo set to bleed off the edge | Clipped on home printers, correct only on a press | Leave for a print shop |
| Tiny contact text near the edge | Reads as cut-off even when it survives | Keep type well inside the frame |
| Full-colour mark | High ink use, poor on mono copiers | Prefer type for reuse |
Edge-to-edge artwork belongs to a print shop that can hold the registration and the bleed. A reusable header for everyday printing is better kept inside the safe margin, where any ordinary machine can reproduce it.
Print settings for a header
A letterhead’s only fixed element is the block at the top, and the block is what the print dialog is most likely to clip or shift. The controls below decide whether the name still sits where it belongs after printing.
| Control | Setting for a letterhead | What goes wrong on a letterhead specifically |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | 100 percent, never fit-to-page | Fit-to-page nudges the whole block down, so the name no longer aligns with the rule beneath it |
| Margins | Default or None | The sheet already reserves a 16 mm frame; a printer margin pushes the block into the clipped band |
| Headers and footers | Off | The browser stamps the print date and the file path across the top, over the contact line |
| Paper size | The same as the selector above | A block composed for Letter and printed on A4 drops the right edge of the address |
The printing guide page carries the A4 and Letter measurements and the scaling rule in full. For a header the short version is enough: hold scale at 100 percent, keep margins off, and the block stays inside the safe area. The sheet keeps every mark inside a 16 mm frame so an ordinary home printer with a 6 mm non-printable edge never clips the name.
Limits of this sheet
- It does not upload or place a logo. The header is type only, by design, so the page stays fast and the output stays reproducible on plain hardware.
- It does not trace, convert or prepare vector artwork. Any mark beyond text is a job for a design tool or a print shop.
- It does not repeat the header on later pages automatically. Repeating on page two is a driver or application feature, not something this page controls.
- It does not prepare a press-ready file with bleed and crop marks. Documents that need those belong to commercial print preparation.
- It does not file, host or transmit anything. The only output is the printout, the saved PDF, and a draft held in this browser’s own storage.
Related pages
- Cover letter template — the document that most often sits beneath a letterhead.
- Memo template — an internal document that can use the same header block.
- Resume template — a different sheet geometry, where a header block is usually omitted.
- Printer margin guide — how much of the sheet a given printer refuses to print on, and how to measure it.
- Print at the right size — A4, Letter, scaling and PDF.
- Meeting agenda template — another document that can carry the same header.