Some shipping platforms only provide you with a full page (8.5" x 11") document. 

 

Frequently, they use half of the page for the shipping label and the other half for receipt or packing slip.

 

While there are many ways to split this page into a 4" x 6" label size, here is our favorite method:

1."Take a Snapshot" 

Please see this article for Cropping a 8.5 x 11 pages to a 4 x 6 label (4-1-2.Label Adjustments - Cropping a full size 8.5 x 11 page to a 4 x 6 label)

 

2."Crop pages" -> Remove White Margins

Download Acrobat Pro (need to pay) for "Crop pages" and also "Take a Snapshot" 

if you do not have it already from Adobe website .

 


2."Crop pages" 

①Save your label as a PDF file

For Mac:

②Open the file in Adobe Acrobat Pro

③Go to "Edit" -> "Edit Text & Images" -> "Crop Pages" -> Double click white margins

④Set "Units"

⑤Tick "Remove White Margins" -> Remember "the Cropped page size" -> Choose "All" and click "OK"⑥Select Printer -> Click "Page Setup..."-> Select Printer from "Format For: " -> Select label size from "Paper Size: "⑦If the size you need not is not listed, then click "Manage Custom Sizes" -> input width, height and rename the size, then click "OK"

Click "Printer..." -> "Show Details" -> Select "Printer Features" in "Preview"

⑧You can set up printer properties, such as "Media Tracking", "Darkness" and "Print speed". 

(Larger number means higher Darkness) ⑨Check preview, print size and Orientation. If preview looks good, click "Print"

For Win:

②Open the file in Adobe Acrobat Pro

③Go to "Edit" -> "Edit Text & Images" -> "Crop Pages" -> Double click white margins

④Set "Units"⑤Tick "Remove White Margins" and remember "the Cropped page size"

⑥Choose "All", and click "OK"

⑦Click "Print" and Select Printer -> Click "Properties" -> Go to "Page Setup"-> Select label size from "Name"

If the size you need not is not listed, it needs to create a new size.

Right click on "This PC", choose "Properties", then click on "Control panel"-> "Devices and Printers"


Right click on "4BARCODE 4B-2054F" -> choose "Printer Preferences" 

-> Go to "Page Setup" -> click "New" to create a label size, then click "OK"⑧Go back to Adobe. Click "Properties" -> Select the label size from "Name"⑨Go to "Option" -> Untick "Use Current Printer Settings". You can change the printing speed and the Darkness of your printing (Larger number means higher Darkness) ⑩Check the created size and click "OK"⑪Preview, check the print size and Orientation. If preview looks good, click "Print"

Note: If you are shipping more than a few labels, you would benefit from using a commercial solution that create 4 x 6 labels in one-click. See this article: How do I generate labels?(1-4.Printing Label - Printing Label - How do I generate shipping labels)

 

Official guide from Adobe:Print portion of a PDF page using Acrobat or Reader 

 

 

How can I crop multiple pages in the same document at once? 

  • 1) If you are wanting this for Amazon FBA labels, the Itari team has put together a free service that can crop box labels into individual labels that can then print directly to Itari, 

please visit: https://Itari.com/pages/label-transformer

 

  • 2) On Adobe Acrobat you are able to crop several / all pages together. 

Please see: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/crop-pdf-pages.html

3) Briss is a free open-source application available for cropping PDF pages at once. It may take a little while getting used to it but once you are comfortable with it, it is pretty fast: https://sourceforge.net/projects/briss/

 

 

4) For Mac: 

There is a third-party company that offers a software for cropping labels

Please download form: https://www.peninsula-group.com

There is a operation tutorial video: