I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have self
adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form of a CSV.

Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
although the label itself A6.

Self adhesive labels for those would be great. But cutting down an A4
sheet rather pricey. A6 would be affordable.

Of course I could do a screen grab of the label and print it with a number
of progs. But wondered if there was a better way?

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In article <5994956658dave@davenoise.co.uk>, Dave Plowman (News)
<dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have
> self adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form
> of a CSV.

> Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
> although the label itself A6.

> Self adhesive labels for those would be great. But cutting down an A4
> sheet rather pricey. A6 would be affordable.

Sheets of four A6 shipping labels on A4 are available from Avery and
whatnot. The trick is getting it to print the downloaded one in the
correct corner for the A4 sheet you have with just one A6 label left!!!

> Of course I could do a screen grab of the label and print it with a
> number of progs. But wondered if there was a better way?

I'd probably import the PDF into ArtWorks or Draw, adjust and print from
there if it didn't arrive in the right place on the page; ISTR at least
one parcel service allowed the position of the A6 label on an A4 sheet to
be chosen as I foolishly then put the sheet in the printer the wrong way
around. :-)

T

On 2 Dec 2021 as I do recall,
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

> I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have self
> adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form of a CSV.
>
> Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
> although the label itself A6.
>

I normally print the label onto plain paper and attach it to the item to
be posted using Sellotape.

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In message <5994956658dave@davenoise.co.uk>
"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

>I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have self
>adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form of a CSV.
>
>Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
>although the label itself A6.
>
>Self adhesive labels for those would be great. But cutting down an A4
>sheet rather pricey. A6 would be affordable.

Can you set the paper size to A6 and shrink to fit?
>
>Of course I could do a screen grab of the label and print it with a number
>of progs. But wondered if there was a better way?
>

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In article <625ca59459.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>,
Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2021 as I do recall,
> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

> > I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have self
> > adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form of a CSV.
> >
> > Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
> > although the label itself A6.
> >

> I normally print the label onto plain paper and attach it to the item to
> be posted using Sellotape.

Same here except that I bought some of those sticky transparent envelope
thingies that everyone sems to use, through Ebay

--
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sending tools across the world
http://www.twam.co.uk/

In article <625ca59459.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>,
Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2021 as I do recall,
> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

> > I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have
> > self adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form
> > of a CSV.
> >
> > Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
> > although the label itself A6.
> >

> I normally print the label onto plain paper and attach it to the item to
> be posted using Sellotape.

Exactly what I do too. But did wonder if there was a simple way to print
from the PDF to A6.

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In article <2099ae9459.Kevin@Kevsoft>,
Kevin Wells <kev@kevsoft.co.uk> wrote:
> In message <5994956658dave@davenoise.co.uk>
> "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:

> >I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have self
> >adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form of a CSV.
> >
> >Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
> >although the label itself A6.
> >
> >Self adhesive labels for those would be great. But cutting down an A4
> >sheet rather pricey. A6 would be affordable.

> Can you set the paper size to A6 and shrink to fit?

The actual label occupies A6 on an A4 PDF. And not in the same place
either between different carriers. With the PO it's top left. Hermes top
but central.
> >
> >Of course I could do a screen grab of the label and print it with a number
> >of progs. But wondered if there was a better way?
> >

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In article <59949ea634tim@invalid.org.uk>,
Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> In article <5994956658dave@davenoise.co.uk>, Dave Plowman (News)
> <dave@davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> > I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have
> > self adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form
> > of a CSV.

> > Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
> > although the label itself A6.

> > Self adhesive labels for those would be great. But cutting down an A4
> > sheet rather pricey. A6 would be affordable.

> Sheets of four A6 shipping labels on A4 are available from Avery and
> whatnot. The trick is getting it to print the downloaded one in the
> correct corner for the A4 sheet you have with just one A6 label left!!!

In case anyone is interested the Avery number for A5 self adhesive labels
(2 per A4 sheet) is L7168

Richard Darby.

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In article <625ca59459.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>, Harriet Bazley
<harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2021 as I do recall,
> Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

> > I have PrintLbls which is great for ordinary address labels. I have self
> > adhesive sheets of them. But it works with plain text in the form of a CSV.
> >
> > Postage labels from the PO and Hermes etc are a PDF - and usually A4,
> > although the label itself A6.
> >

> I normally print the label onto plain paper and attach it to the item to
> be posted using Sellotape.

Hot tip from TNT driver on route 666 who had to try and deliver the
undeliverable: always write a delivery address directly on a parcel with
an indelible felt pen in the format [no./name][postcode][country].
Machinery has a habit of removing labels, however well they are attached!