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Print shipping labels without wasting stock

A blank 4x6 between every job is usually length, gap, or quantity, not cheap labels. Match 4x6, calibrate, print quantity 1, then the rest.

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Print shipping labels without wasting stock

Published: · 3 min read · How-to
Do this in the free app: app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. Design the label, then print on a Zebra or download PNG / PDF / ZPL.

A blank 4x6 between every job is usually length, gap, or quantity, not cheap labels. Match 4x6, calibrate, print quantity 1, then the rest. Open the free label maker and start. No signup.

Good to know: Official postage PDFs print as issued. We do not recreate USPS/UPS/FedEx IMbs.

How to print shipping labels without wasting stock

  1. Open https://app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup.
  2. Set the artboard to the roll you actually loaded, 4.00 x 6.00 in for 4x6.
  3. Print quantity 1 until the first peel looks right.
  4. Then print the stack. Never scale a postage PDF to fit Letter.

Checklist

Fanfold vs roll

Fanfold 4×6 still needs gap or mark sense. A roll setting on fanfold wastes a label every tear.

If you are printing a list of pack faces

One row per order. Map a column into text or a barcode, preview a row, then print. Still start with quantity 1. Guide: mail merge labels.

Print or save

Got a Zebra? Print from the browser with Browser Print, at the printer's DPI. Otherwise download PNG, JPG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. JSON keeps the label you can open later.

Print one test, then the stack

Match 4x6, quantity 1, then the rest. No signup.

Open free label maker