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Barcode label maker for label sheets

Choose your sheet, add your codes, and download a PDF that puts each label in the right place. Print a test sheet first, so the first real sheet is not wasted.

Sheets this tool fits

Each layout below is checked in the tests to add up to the page: the labels, the gaps, and the margins fill the width and the height.

Label sheet layouts
SheetLabel sizeSame layout as
A4, 65 labels (5 across, 13 down)38.1 × 21.2 mmAvery L7651 and similar
A4, 21 labels (3 across, 7 down)63.5 × 38.1 mmAvery L7160 and similar
A4, 14 labels (2 across, 7 down)99.1 × 38.1 mmAvery L7163 and similar
US Letter, 30 labels (3 across, 10 down)2⅝ × 1 in (66.7 × 25.4 mm)Avery 5160 and similar
Label printer roll, 1 to 3 acrossYour size, 15 to 150 mmThermal label printers, including 2-up rolls

Print a test sheet first

  1. Open More download options under the download buttons, and choose Download a test sheet.
  2. Print it on plain paper. Choose Actual size or 100% in the print window, not Fit to page.
  3. Hold the page against a real label sheet in front of a window or a lamp.
  4. If the boxes do not line up with the labels, type how far to move them right and down, in millimetres, and download the test sheet again.
  5. When they line up, download the real PDF and print it with the same settings.

Print at 100%

Fit to page shrinks the sheet a little, and the labels slowly drift off their stickers across the page. Always choose Actual size or 100%.

Label printer rolls

For a thermal label printer, choose Label printer roll, then set the width and height of one label. If your roll has two or three labels side by side, often sold as 2 up or 3 up, choose how many, and type the gap between them, measured with a ruler.

Each page of the PDF is one row of labels. The tool shows the paper size to set in your printer’s settings, so each page lands on one row of the roll.

Keep the bars wide enough, and tall enough

A small label with a long code makes thin bars. The preview works out the narrowest bar and warns you when it is below 0.25 mm. A larger sheet, a shorter code, or a QR code fixes it.

For shop codes, GS1 also asks for bars tall enough: about 18.28 mm for EAN-13, 14.58 mm for EAN-8, and 31.75 mm for an ITF-14 carton. The preview warns when the bars are shorter, because a shop scanner may not read a short symbol.

Questions

My labels print slightly off the stickers. What do I do?

Print at Actual size, not Fit to page, then use the test sheet and the Move right and Move down boxes to correct the position.

Can I use a different sheet size?

Not yet. For a sheet that is not on the list, choose Label printer roll and set your label size, or print a sheet of labels for the nearest size and cut them.

Does it work with inkjet and laser printers?

Yes. The PDF is the same either way. Use label sheets made for your kind of printer, and follow the sheet maker’s instructions.

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