Label Printing

Robm1955

Thought this should be easy, but no chance. We had some labels, which we use on our process cards, I have a them as a word template. Now, our purchasing department have change the supplier, and although the sheet of labels looks similar, they are different. I've done a couple of test prints, and only the first row of labels is useable, all the others are not lined up at all. I even went on to the suppliers web site, and found a template for the label number, and that still doesn't work. Anyone out there an expert on printing labels? I don't want to waste many more sheets.

Double_V

Avery seems to have major templates available for labels.
http://www.avery.co.uk/avery/en_gb/Templates-%26-Software/Templates/Blank-Templates

See if you can find yours in there.

And maybe check if your printer paper is set to A4 in properties, as by default it is usually set to Legal.

droopsnoot

Robm1955 wrote: »

I don't want to waste many more sheets.

While you're testing line-up, print on a plain paper sheet and hold it up to the light with the label sheet in front of it. You should be able to see the printout through the label and backing, depending on how thick they are.


If not, sacrifice one sheet of labels (one of the sheet's that is already wasted, perhaps), get a bold black pen, draw around the outline of each of the labels (or just put a mark in the corners), then hold that up behind the plain paper test sheet. You'll be able to see the marks through the paper and see if the line-up is correct.

ChiefGrasscutter

In a corporate environment you should be back charging the purchasing dept for your costs both in time and in wasted sheets.

I used to see this sort of thing regularly - purchasing thinking they can save a few £ by changing supplier, finding that the new supplier produced something not quite the same and then being quite oblivious to the knock on chaos they create in the rest of the company.

Le_Kirk

I hit this snag some while ago when I had to buy Herma labels (usual supplier out of stock of Avery) so I went onto the Herma website to download the template, which didn't work, so I set up my own template using the sizes given on the Herma packaging.

Annie1960

For what it's worth, I use Ryman own-brand labels and the Avery wizard. The Ryman packaging gives the equivalent Avery label number so you can choose the right template in the wizard.