How to Make Labels on Android

To make labels on Android, you open the label editor in Chrome, set the size of the label you'll actually print on, add your text or code, and save the result as a file. The file is the handoff: you print it from a printer app on the phone or from a computer that has the printer.

Yes, you can use a free Android label maker online: open the app in Chrome on your phone, design the label, and download it as PNG, PDF, or ZPL. There's nothing to install from the Play Store.

• Good forA quick sticker, a barcode, or a QR code made on your phone.
• Label sizeAny size you type in inches, from small stickers up to 4x6.
• Prints onWhatever printer you already use, from a PNG or PDF you download.

How to make labels on Android, step by step

1. Open https://app.mylabelmaker.com in Chrome. No signup.
2. Find the real size of your label. It's printed on the box or the roll, or you can measure one label with a ruler.
3. Set that exact width and height in inches before you place anything. Designing on a small screen is a little awkward, but it works for a quick sticker.
4. Add words with Text, or a code with Barcode or QR. Keep the important lines away from the edges, where a slightly shifted print would cut them off.
5. If you have a list, open Data and add the spreadsheet. Click a text box, then Variables, and pick the column that belongs there.
6. Download PNG, PDF, or ZPL. A PDF keeps the label at its real size, so it's the safest file to hand to a printer.
7. Print one label at actual size and hold it against the stock before you print more.

If you'd rather start from a layout than a blank label, the free label templates are a good place to look. For stickers in particular, try the free sticker maker.

Label examples you can open on your phone

These are real renders from the editor. The names, addresses and SKUs are made up for the examples. Tap one and it opens with the same layout and sample data, ready for your own.

Avery 5160 addressAvery 5160, 2.63 x 1 in, 30 per US Letter sheet. Name and address columns. 4 x 6 shipping label4 x 6 in roll. Name, address, order, tracking columns. 2 x 1 SKU barcode2 x 1 in roll. Product and SKU columns, CODE128.

The Avery 5160 sheet is the easiest one to finish from a phone, because a normal office printer takes it. The 4 x 6 and 2 x 1 are thermal roll sizes. You can design them on Android just fine, but they usually print from a computer.

What works on Android, and what doesn't

The editor runs in the browser, so Chrome on Android loads it like any other page.

You can set a size, type text, drop in a barcode or a QR code, and save the result as a file.

The one thing that stays on the computer is Zebra Browser Print. It's desktop-only, so a phone can't send a label straight to a Zebra. On Android you save the file and print it the way you already do.

Hand the file to a printer

On Android, download the PNG or PDF and open it in the app your printer already uses.

When you print a PDF, choose actual size or 100 percent, not fit to page. Fit to page shrinks the label to the paper, and then it no longer lines up with the labels on the sheet.

If the printer is on a computer instead, send the PDF to that computer and print it there. The design doesn't change on the way.

For a Zebra and a long list, move to a desktop. There you can print from this computer with Browser Print at the printer's real DPI. If the 4x6 roll is what you print on, the Zebra 4x6 labels page has the setup.

Want to keep the design for next time? Save it as JSON. That's the editable master, and you can open it again on any device.

Print a whole list from Excel or Google Sheets

Put each name, SKU, or code on its own row. In the app, open Data, then map a column into text, a barcode, or a QR code with Variables.

Preview one row, then print the stack. One row becomes one label. The mail merge labels guide walks through it step by step.

On a phone, a long list is where the small screen starts to hurt. Checking the longest name and ticking rows in Edit row is easier with a mouse, so this is a good job to finish on a computer.