# Printable fax cover sheet templates, blank or filled in > Five free fax cover sheet templates as printable PDFs, US Letter and A4, one blank. Or fill in a form and print the sheet from your browser. No sign-up. Page: https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/ Last changed: 2026-11-13 A fax cover sheet is the first page of a fax. It says who the fax is for, who sent it and how many pages follow. Download one below as a PDF, or fill in the form and print it from your browser. There is no sign-up and nothing to install. Updated Nov 13, 2026 ## Fax cover sheet templates to download Five designs, each a one-page PDF in US Letter and in A4. They are free to download and to print. Every sheet has the same fields: To, Fax, From, Phone, Date, Pages (including cover), Re and a place for a message. - Standard business. A heavy title, the fields in two columns, four tick boxes and ruled lines for the message. [Standard business cover sheet, US Letter PDF, 43 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-standard-letter.pdf) [Standard business cover sheet, A4 PDF, 43 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-standard-a4.pdf) - With a confidentiality notice. The same fields, the word CONFIDENTIAL in a frame at the top and the notice in a box at the foot. [With a confidentiality notice cover sheet, US Letter PDF, 43 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-confidential-letter.pdf) [With a confidentiality notice cover sheet, A4 PDF, 43 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-confidential-a4.pdf) - Personal and minimal. One column in a light weight with an open space for the message. For a note between two people. [Personal and minimal cover sheet, US Letter PDF, 22 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-minimal-letter.pdf) [Personal and minimal cover sheet, A4 PDF, 22 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-minimal-a4.pdf) - Large message area. The fields sit in a compact table. Ruled lines for the message fill the rest of the page. [Large message area cover sheet, US Letter PDF, 43 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-message-letter.pdf) [Large message area cover sheet, A4 PDF, 43 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-message-a4.pdf) - Blank. Every field is an empty box with its name in the corner. The message has one large box. [Blank cover sheet, US Letter PDF, 42 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-blank-letter.pdf) [Blank cover sheet, A4 PDF, 42 KB](https://faxforagents.com/fax-cover-sheet/fax-cover-sheet-blank-a4.pdf) The sheets are black on white with no grey, so they copy and fax cleanly. The field names are 11 pt and the smallest line is 8 pt. In [our font test of 2026-11-08](https://faxforagents.com/blog/smallest-font-that-survives-a-fax/), four open fonts read at 98% or better from 7 pt at standard fax resolution. That test was a simulation read by OCR software, with no fax call placed. It advises 10 pt or more for body text and 8 pt or more for small print. The type is DejaVu Sans 2.37, one of the four fonts in that test, embedded in each file. The only line of ours on a sheet is faxforagents.com at the foot. ## Fill in a cover sheet and print it Type into the fields and the sheet fills in as you go. Then press the button. Your browser opens its print dialog, where you pick a printer or save the sheet as a PDF. What you type is not sent anywhere and is not stored. The form has no address to send to, and its script makes no network request. The site's analytics count the visit, as on every page, and are told to leave the fields and the sheet out. Reload the page and the form is empty again. ## Sending the fax online instead? Then you can skip the printing. A fax sent from this site already has a cover sheet. It shows your name and email address, the fax number, the date and the page count. You can add a subject and a short message. The cover sheet is included in the price and is not counted as a page. You can [send a fax online](https://faxforagents.com/send-a-fax/) for $2.49, for up to 5 pages to the United States and Canada. The price is as of 2026-11-12. ## What is a fax cover sheet for? It gets the pages to the right person. Where one machine serves a whole office, the cover tells whoever empties the tray who the fax is for. It also says who sent it, how many pages there should be and whom to call when one is missing. It also covers your document. Without it, the first page of what you sent lies face up in the tray. ## Is a fax cover letter or a fax cover page the same thing? Yes. A fax cover letter, a fax cover page and a fax cover sheet are three names for the same first page. Some offices call it a fax template or a fax cover letter template when they mean the blank form. Whichever name you were given, the sheets on this page are what was meant. Each is one page with To, From, the fax number, the date, the page count and a short message. ## What goes in each field? 1. **To.** Write the name of the person the fax is for. Add the department or the company when the machine serves more than one desk. 2. **Fax.** Write the fax number you are dialing, with the area code. If the pages go astray, it shows where they were meant to go. 3. **From.** Write your own name, and your company if you send for one. 4. **Phone.** Give a number where someone can call you about a missing page or one that is hard to read. 5. **Date.** Write the day you send the fax. 6. **Pages (including cover).** Count every sheet you feed into the machine, the cover included, and write the total. 7. **Re.** Say in a few words what the pages are, such as a lease renewal or a signed form. 8. **Message.** Add a short note when the pages need one. Say what to do with them, or by when. ## What does a filled-in cover sheet look like? Like this one. The names are made up and the 555 numbers are not real lines. FAX - To:: Dana Whitfield, Northgate Property Office - From:: Sam Ortega - Fax:: (212) 555-0142 - Phone:: (212) 555-0117 - Date:: November 13, 2026 - Pages (including cover):: 4 - Re:: Signed lease renewal, unit 4B Message: Dana, the signed renewal follows this page. Please call me if a page is missing. faxforagents.com ## When is a confidentiality notice used? A confidentiality notice is used when the pages hold private details and the machine that receives them is shared. The notice on these sheets asks a person who gets the fax by mistake to call the sender and destroy the pages. The template with a notice prints it, and the box at the end of the form adds it. ## How do you count the pages? Count the cover sheet as page one, then every page of the document. A three-page letter with a cover is four pages, so you write 4. The person at the other end checks the pages in the tray against that number. A count that leaves out the cover sends them looking for a page that was never sent. ## What are the common mistakes? - Leaving the cover out of the page count. - Giving no phone number, so nobody can report a missing page. - Putting an account number, a date of birth or other private details on the cover. It is the page everyone at the machine sees. - Writing in pencil or in pale ink. A fax is sent in black and white with no grey, so faint strokes can drop out. Use black ink and print the letters. - Typing in small print. Stay at 10 pt or above, the size our font test of 2026-11-08 points to for body text. - Dialing from memory. Check the number on the machine against the one on the cover before you press send. ## Questions ### Do I need a cover sheet to send a fax? A fax machine sends your pages with or without one. Whether you need one depends on who receives the fax. Some offices ask for a cover sheet on every fax, and then their request decides. It helps most when the receiving machine is shared. ### Can I print a fax cover sheet without downloading anything? Yes. Fill in the form on this page and press Print or save as PDF. Your browser prints the sheet itself, so no file is downloaded and nothing is installed. Press Clear the form first and the same button prints a blank sheet. What you type is not sent anywhere. ### Can I edit these cover sheets in Word or Google Docs? No. The downloads are PDF files, made to be printed and written on by hand. We do not offer a Word or a Google Docs version. To type your details, use the form on this page. Your browser prints the filled sheet or saves it as a PDF. ### Does the cover sheet count as a page? Yes. The number in the Pages field is every sheet the other side should receive, and the cover is one of them. A fax machine sends the cover as a page too. Whether you pay for that page depends on how you send. A fax paid by card on this site adds its own cover sheet, included in the price and not counted as a page.