Blank bass tab paper, A4
Four-line tablature staves on A4, spaced so a two-digit fret number does not collide with the lines.
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Four lines, low string at the bottom
Bass tab uses one line per string, four for a standard bass, with the lowest-pitched string drawn at the bottom. That is the opposite of how the strings sit when you look down at the instrument, which catches people out at first and then becomes invisible. Five-string basses need an extra line, which the generator will add.
Wider spacing than guitar tab, on purpose
Bass tab benefits from more room between lines than guitar tab does. Fret numbers run into two digits often, since bass lines move up the neck more than chord-based guitar parts, and a cramped stave makes a 12 look like a 1 and a 2 on adjacent strings. The 8 mm spacing here is deliberately generous. Tighten it if you are transcribing something that stays low on the neck.
Tab does not carry rhythm
Tablature tells you where to put your fingers and nothing about when. For a bass line, where the rhythm often is the part, that is a serious omission. Add stem marks above the stave or count markings between the bars, even rough ones. A transcription you cannot read back rhythmically has recorded the easy half of the information. The guitar version is the six-line equivalent.
Printing it accurately
This only measures correctly if your printer doesn't rescale the page. In the print dialog set Scale: 100%, not "Fit to page" or "Shrink oversized pages". If you're not sure it worked, print the calibration page, measure the ruler on it with a real ruler, and it will tell you exactly what your printer is doing to the page.