How to Make and Print Labels on a Chromebook

To make and print labels on a Chromebook, design the label in Chrome, then print it from Chrome's print dialog if ChromeOS already has your printer. If the printer isn't there, download a PDF and print that file on a computer that has the printer installed.

Yes, you can use a free Chromebook label maker, because the whole design happens in Chrome. You don't install a label program, and there's no driver from us. Print from this computer if Chrome sees the printer, or save a PDF.

• You needA Chromebook with Chrome, and a printer it can see or a PDF.
• Time it takesA few minutes for one sheet. No installer, nothing to unpack.
• What you getLabels with text, barcodes or QR codes, printed or saved as PDF.

How to make and print labels on a Chromebook

1. Open https://app.mylabelmaker.com in Chrome. No signup.
2. Set the size to the sheet or roll you'll actually print on.
3. Add the text with Text, and a code with Barcode or QR if the label needs one.
4. If Chrome lists your printer, print one sheet from this computer.
5. If it doesn't, download a PDF and print that file where the printer is installed.
6. Check the first page against the stock before you print the rest.

Print from this computer, or save a PDF

Print from this computer means Chrome's print dialog and a printer the Chromebook already has.

A laser or inkjet on the school network with Avery sheets is the smooth path. Choose the paper size, turn off fit-to-page if the labels shift, and print one sheet. Hold it up against a blank sheet of labels before you run twenty pages.

The PDF is the other path. It's the right one when your label printer is a fussy USB thermal that Chrome OS can't see. Design on the Chromebook, download the PDF, and print that file on a computer that has the printer.

You're not stuck. You just can't make a Zebra appear in Chrome by wishing.

Chromebook label examples to start from

These are real renders from the editor, with made-up names and addresses. Click one and it opens in Chrome with the same layout and sample data.

DYMO 30252 addressDYMO 30252, 3.5 x 1.12 in. Name and address columns. 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.

The Avery 5160 sheet prints on any office printer your Chromebook already uses. The DYMO 30252 and the 4 x 6 are roll sizes, so whether they print from the Chromebook depends on the label printer, which is the next section.

DYMO on a Chromebook: check the printer, not the label

Designing a DYMO label in Chrome and printing it from ChromeOS are two separate questions. The editor lays out a 30252 address label on any Chromebook. Whether your LabelWriter prints it depends on ChromeOS and that printer model, not on the label page.

Google's Set up your printer help page says you can print from a Chromebook with compatible printers that connect to the internet or by USB cable. When you plug in a USB printer, a notification appears. If your model isn't in the manufacturer and model list during setup, Google says the printer isn't compatible with Chromebooks. The same page notes that some printers in that list may still not be compatible, and that Chromebooks don't support Bluetooth printing.

1. Plug the LabelWriter into the Chromebook with its USB cable and watch for the printer notification.
2. If nothing appears, open the printer settings in ChromeOS and look for the LabelWriter, or add it by choosing the manufacturer and model.
3. If your DYMO model isn't listed, plan on it not printing from that Chromebook. Download the PDF from the editor instead.
4. Print the PDF on a Windows or Mac computer where the LabelWriter is already set up, at actual size, with scaling off.
5. If the Chromebook does print to it, send one label first and check it against the roll before you print a list.

There's no DYMO driver from us for ChromeOS, and the editor can't add one. If you're buying a LabelWriter for a desk that only has Chromebooks, check DYMO's own support pages for your exact model first.

Excel, CSV and Google Sheets on a Chromebook

Excel and CSV files upload in Chrome the same way they do on a laptop. One row becomes one label.

Google Sheets users can download a CSV and upload that. You don't need Excel installed on the Chromebook.

In the editor, open Data and add the file. Click a text box, then Variables, and pick the column. Tick the rows you want in Edit row, then Print.

Proof the row with the longest name first. That's the one that tells you whether the text fits.

What won't show up

A direct USB conversation with every thermal printer on the market isn't going to happen.

Some label printers show up as normal printers. Many don't. That limit comes from the operating system, not a locked feature in the editor. When the printer is missing, save the PDF.

A school cart is a fine place to design

Name labels, folder labels and bin labels are all the same loop: size, text, print or PDF.

Do the design on the Chromebook you have. Move the PDF only if the printer lives on another computer.

A free Chromebook label maker is a browser page, not a program you have to install.