Adusting the size of printed postage labels
I have started to use amazon generated postage, RM LL and SP.
When buying bulk postage for a number of parcels at once, each label appears as a small rectangle in the centre of a page of A4, so a whole page is taken up for each label.
I can adjust so that labels print two per page, side by side, but rather than printing the same size labels side by side, the labels are shrunk to half the size so that the same proportion of white space appears around each label.
Does anyone know:-1:
a. If the QR codes still scan OK on the shrunken labels or if they need to be printed full size, and
b. If there is any way to get the labels to print without a sea of white space around them?
Thanks for any suggestions.
18 replies
Seller_lljyzgTxr5fgI
The label that RM requires has to be 6" x 4", that is their standard size. Presumably that is what you are getting, in the centre of your page. Ours always prints top left so when using a label page of A4 (with four labels on it) we cut those in half to A5 and then just feed the printer without changing the printer settings. We then simply turn the label round to print the other half. This is with an Epson printer. We do have a 6" x 4" Brother thermal label printer which prints exactly the right size but the label adhesive on the rolls we have is poor so we stopped using it. That printer was recommended by RM because of the size requirement 
Seller_s0Fyj0kEU4sRp
The latest Adobe reader allows you to print actual size and landscape. I get 2 labels per page.
Seller_s0Fyj0kEU4sRp
It doesn’t matter that the qr code doesn’t scan. Posties can type the number into their scanner unit.
Seller_LKjg1QRrO36Yq
In the past I have sometimes reduced the label sizes by around 20%. This was if I had a particularly small package such as a single audio cassette. The QR code is still easily readable at that resolution. I have even reduced them to 50% and my ancient smartphone could still read them.
I now stick to the default size for fear that RM might reject parcels with undersized labels but none were ever rejected in the past.
Incidentally, something changed with Amazon Buy postage on 26 July. I routinely make a temporary file copy of each label in case the printing goes wrong and I have to do another. The labels used to have very long specific filenames of about 60 characters, presumably containing lots of info about the type of label, postcode &c. Now they are all called simply ‘index.png’ (in Firefox, at least).
