Free Pizza Box Dieline

Pizza boxes are named for the pizza they hold, and most are about 2 in deep. Common sizes run from 8 in for a personal pizza through 10 and 12 in for small and medium, 14 in for a large, 16 in for an extra large and 18 in for a party pizza. Each pizza box template here is that many inches square inside.

Inside is the room the pizza gets, the way FEFCO measures a box. On E flute the 14 in box measures 14.12 × 14.31 × 2.12 in outside, a little longer front to back because the front is two layers with a roll strip. The table lists the inside, outside and flat size of every ready box in inches and millimeters.

The pizza box dieline is one piece of board with no glue. The base sits in the middle; the side walls fold up from it with corner tabs at both ends, the back wall carries the lid, and the front is a double wall: an outer layer, a roll strip over the top and an inner layer that hangs back down inside.

To close it, fold up the side and back walls and turn the corner tabs in. Roll the front over the front tabs, so they sit between its two layers, and push the three locking tabs of the inner layer into their slots in the base. The lid folds over, its side flaps go inside the side walls and the front tuck slides down inside the front. The finger hole goes through both front layers, lined up, so the lid is easy to lift.

Most pizza boxes are E flute or B flute corrugated. E flute is about 1/16 in (1.5 mm) and prints flatter; B flute is about 1/8 in (3 mm) and stacks stronger for delivery. Pick the board and the pizza box dieline adds it where it belongs: half a board for each wall at the base, a whole board for every layer inside it, the lid half a board above the walls so it rests on them.

The PDF has a notes page that lists each allowance, from the roll strip and the inner layer to the locking tabs and their slots, so your box maker can match it to their line at a glance. For a thicker board, such as C flute at about 4 mm, type its caliper and every line moves with it.

The production PDF is drawn at 1:1 with the cut, crease, bleed and safe lines on separate layers in spot colors set to overprint, plus the notes page. SVG and DXF carry the same lines for a cutting table or a design file, and PNG gives a picture of the dieline.

Set Printing to Digital for a 1/8 in bleed or to Flexo for the 1/2 in that flexo printing on corrugated asks for. To print a pizza box template at home, choose Print: the 3 in mini fits one Letter or A4 page, and a full size box prints over several pages with corner marks to tape together, handy for a model before the run.

A mailer box (FEFCO 0427) is a close cousin of the pizza box. Its double walls are at both ends instead of the front, its front and back walls carry ears that fold into them, and its lid tucks in at the front. Many people call any rolled box a 0427; the pizza box with one double front wall is 0426.

The dieline generator draws both, any size, with the same corrugated allowances, plus tuck end boxes, boxes with lids and drawer boxes. Ready mailer sizes from 6 × 6 × 2 in to 14 × 10 × 4 in are in all box templates.

The Design section puts a box color, panel colors, your shop name and logo on the pizza box dieline, upright on every panel, and they print with the files. For finished artwork, AI pizza box design draws the lid of a 10 to 18 in box in full color or in one or two inks on white or kraft board, the way pizza boxes are usually printed. AI designs run on credits; the pizza box dieline itself stays free.