How Many Pages per Gigabyte and Megabyte?
The number of pages within a gigabyte greatly varies depending on the type of file in question. When determining the number of pages within a gigabyte it is important to consider a number of factors, as different types of documents produce extremely different amounts of pages. For example, a Microsoft Excel file may use a small amount of disk space, yet would likely result in a large number of pages if printed, while a Microsoft Outlook email file may take up a large amount of disk space, but would only result in a small number of pages if printed, likely one per email message.
The ensuing common types of files often result in an average number of pages per gigabyte and megabyte:
|
Document Type |
Average Pages/Doc |
Average Pages/GB |
Average Pages/MB |
|
Microsoft Word files |
8 |
64,782 |
63 |
|
Email files |
1.5 |
100,099 |
97 |
|
Microsoft Excel files |
50 |
165,791 |
161 |
|
Lotus 1-2-3 files |
55 |
287,317 |
280 |
|
Microsoft PowerPoint files |
14 |
17,552 |
17 |
|
Text Files |
20 |
677,963 |
662 |
|
Image Files |
1.4 |
15,477 |
15 |
Different document types generate different numbers of pages per document and per gigabyte. One thing that does hold true is this: for a given document type, the average number of pages produced as compared to the size consumed by the original documents stays consistent. This table summarizes this for some common document types. So, if a client has a good understanding of the mix of the file types in the data they want processed, it is possible to provide estimates of the numbers of resulting pages.
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