Magazine Weight Calculator - Calculator Academy

Estimate magazine weight per copy and total shipment weight from page size, page count, paper GSM or basis weight, cover, copies, and allowance.

Solve for

Paper-mass estimate. Add an allowance for ink, binding and packing as needed. Pages count both sides; include blanks and self-cover pages. Spine width needs actual paper caliper.

Finished page width

Finished page height

Pages on interior stock

Interior paper (g/m²)

Cover

Cover paper (g/m²)

Copies

Optional settings

Finished page preset

Mass allowance (%)

Blank means 0%; this adds mass, not extra copies.

Copies per box

Blank omits box count. Boxes and packing are not weighed separately.

Binding

Magazine Weight Calculator Formula

The following formula is used to calculate the Magazine Weight Calculator.

MGW = (PH \times 0.0254) \times (PW \times 0.0254) \times (P / 2) \times GSM

Variables:

MGW is the interior paper mass per magazine (grams), before separate cover or allowance
PH is the page height (in)
PW is the page width (in)
P is the even page count, including blank sides; two pages make one leaf
GSM is the paper density (grams/m^2)

How to Calculate Magazine Weight Calculator?

The following two example problems outline the steps and information needed to calculate the Magazine Weight Calculator.

Example Problem #1

First, determine the page height (in).
- The page height (in) is calculated to be : 8.
Next, determine the page width (in).
- The page width (in) is measured to be: 10.
Next, determine the number of pages.
- The number of pages is found to be: 24.
Next, determine the paper density.
- This is found to be 200 GSM.
Finally, calculate the Magazine Weight Calculator using the formula above:

MGW = (PH × 0.0254) × (PW × 0.0254) × (P/2) × GSM

The values provided above are inserted into the equation below and computed.

MGW = (8 × 0.0254) × (10 × 0.0254) × (24/2) × 200 = 123.87072 grams (interior paper only)