Cropping a full size 8.5" x 11" page to a 4" x 6" label

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" 

2."Crop pages" -> Remove White Margins

Please see this article for Cropping multiple pages 

(4-1-3.Label Adjustments - Cropping multiple pages in the same document at once)

 

Download Adobe Reader for "Take a Snapshot" 

if you do not have it already from Adobe website (https://get.adobe.com).

 

1."Take a Snapshot" 

Save your label as a PDF file


For Mac:

Open the file in Adobe Reader

Go to "Edit" -> "Take a Snapshot" 


Drag the box over your label, then right click on it and select "Print"



Select Printer ->Click "Page Setup..."





-> Select Printer from "Format For: "  -> Select label size from "Paper Size: "



If 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"




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

(Larger number means higher Darkness) 



Preview, check the print size and Orientation. If preview looks good, click "Print"



 

 

For Win:

Open the file in Adobe Reader

Go to "Edit" -> "Take a Snapshot" 

Drag the box over your label, then right click and select "Print"



Select Printer -> Click "Properties" 


 


 -> Go to "Page Setup"-> Select label size from "Paper Name" 

If the size you need not is not listed, then then click "New" to create a label size, then click "Ok" 


 


Go to "Option". You can change the printing speed and the Darkness of your printing 

(Larger number means higher Darkness) 



Check the created size and "OK"



Preview, 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 (https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/print-portion-page-acrobat-reader.html)

 

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

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

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

2) 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/

 

3) 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mos4GNnRZ5c