Why Shipping Labels Print on Half a 4×6 Sheet

Your printer is fine — the PDF page size is wrong. Letter-size label PDFs scaled to fit a 4×6 roll leave empty space or tiny barcodes.

Root causes

  • Wrong page dimensions — 8.5×11 PDF on a 4×6 printer.
  • Fit to page — driver shrinks the label instead of filling the roll.
  • Margins — browser or Adobe adds margins that offset the label.

The fix

Use Thermal Label Fixer to export a PDF whose page size is exactly 4×6 inches (288×432 points). Print at 100% / Actual size with margins off.

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Convert letter-size label PDFs to true 4×6 thermal pages.

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