reMarkable Paper Pure: what changed, and what it means for your templates

In May 2026, reMarkable quietly ended one of the most popular e-ink tablets ever made. The reMarkable 2, the device that carried the company from 2020 onward, was discontinued on May 6, and a new model called the Paper Pure took its slot in the lineup. reMarkable’s own product page for the rM2 now states plainly that it has been discontinued and points to the Paper Pure as its successor.

If you own an rM2, or you’re template-shopping for a Pure, here’s what changed, and the good news about the part that didn’t.

The lineup, as of August 2026

reMarkable currently sells three tablets:

Model	Screen	Resolution	Color?
Paper Pure	10.3“	1404×1872	No (monochrome)
Paper Pro	11.8“	1620×2160	Yes (Canvas Color / Gallery 3)
Paper Pro Move	7.3“	954×1696	Yes (Canvas Color)

The reMarkable 2 is gone from the store but very much alive in the field: the installed base is enormous, and the device has continued to receive software updates after discontinuation. Nothing about your rM2 stopped working on May 6.

The Paper Pure’s role is straightforward. It’s the monochrome, 10.3-inch entry point: the continuation of the rM2’s position in the range, under the newer “Paper” naming, while the color Gallery-3-based panels stay a Pro-line feature.

What this means for templates: the continuity is the story

Here’s the part that matters if you have a folder of planner and notebook templates: the Paper Pure keeps the 1404×1872 format.

That resolution has been the center of gravity of the reMarkable template world for six years. Every rM2 planner, every community template, every LaTeX-generated notebook page targets that 1404×1872 canvas. A PDF built to those proportions fills the Pure’s screen the same way it filled the rM2’s. reMarkable’s reader displays aspect-matched PDFs edge-to-edge, with no default cropping or zooming.

Practical consequences:

• rM2 owners switching to a Pure: your existing PDFs carry over as-is. Move the files across and carry on.
• Template buyers: files sold as “reMarkable 2” sized will render correctly on a Paper Pure. If a seller lists them separately, it’s the same canvas.
• Template makers: one build covers both devices. The rM2’s installed base plus the Pure’s new sales makes 1404×1872 the format worth maintaining first.

Two checks are still worth doing when you carry templates over:

1. Toolbar margin. On the reMarkable software, the toolbar sits along one vertical edge, and community measurements consistently put its safe zone at roughly 115–130 px on the 1404-wide canvas. Templates that push content or tap targets hard against that edge can end up under the collapsed toolbar button. Note that the toolbar side follows your left/right-handed setting, so a good template mirrors its layout (and its tabs) for left-handed use rather than assuming the toolbar is always on the left.
2. Link behavior expectations. Internal PDF links (the kind that make a planner jump from a month grid to a day page) have worked in reMarkable’s reader since software 2.6, and they activate with a finger tap. Pen taps don’t trigger links on any reMarkable. That’s unchanged on the current lineup. If links in a particular PDF do nothing at all, the usual culprit is the file (layered or unflattened exports), not the firmware.

What does not carry over: the Pro and the Move

The temptation is to treat “reMarkable template” as one category. It isn’t anymore. The three current devices are three different canvases:

• Paper Pro (1620×2160, 11.8“): an rM2/Pure-sized PDF will scale up, which softens fine hairlines, or letterbox depending on fit settings. And because the Pro’s Gallery-3-based color panel builds black from color pigments rather than a dedicated black particle, very thin gray lines that looked crisp on the rM2’s monochrome panel can render with noticeably less contrast. Templates for the Pro should use slightly heavier line weights.
• Paper Pro Move (954×1696, 7.3“): a taller aspect ratio entirely. Reflowing a 10.3-inch planner layout onto it is a redesign, not a resize job. Day pages that hold a schedule column plus a task block at 10.3 inches become cramped at 7.3.

So the honest rule: match the file to the model. The Pure inherits the rM2’s ecosystem wholesale; the Pro and Move each need their own builds. (This is exactly why we generate planners per-device at Planned Pages rather than shipping one PDF for the whole brand. The free first month is an easy way to see the fit on your own screen.)

Getting files onto a Pure

Transfer options are the same across the reMarkable family, and none of them require a subscription:

• the desktop or mobile app,
• my.remarkable.com in a browser,
• or the local USB web interface (enable it under Settings → Storage, then open http://10.11.99.1 while connected by cable). Handy for large files, though the web and USB paths cap out at 100 MB per file.

Importing files doesn’t require the Connect subscription. One caveat worth knowing: without Connect, files you haven’t opened stop syncing through reMarkable’s cloud after 50 days. For a planner you open daily this will never bite. For archived documents, keep a copy elsewhere.

The bigger picture

Device transitions are where template collections usually die — a new screen size orphans years of accumulated layouts. The Pure is the rare transition where that doesn’t happen: reMarkable ended its most successful device and preserved its format. Whatever else changes in the lineup, if your planning life is built on 1404×1872 PDFs, you can keep building on them.

If you’re setting up a planner on a new Pure, our guide to actually using a daily planner on an e-ink tablet covers the linking habits that make a 400-page PDF navigable, and the weekly layout comparison is worth a read before you commit to a format for the year.