Barcode Label Generator

Print barcodes onto Avery and other label sheets, or one at a time on thermal label printers. Add a product name or line of text, set the number of copies, and skip labels you've already used.

Give one label its own text with bars: X00ABC1234 | Blue mug 12 oz | New is barcode, line above, line below.

Your sheet

In the print window choose Actual size or Scale 100%, and turn off headers and footers. Print one page on plain paper and hold it over a sheet to check the line-up.

Colours

Dark bars on a light background scan best. Most scanners use red light, so red, orange and yellow bars read as blank.

How to print barcode labels

  1. Choose your sheet or printer. Avery US Letter and A4 sheets are built in, plus common thermal sizes. Using a different brand? Most use Avery-compatible layouts. Look for the equivalent Avery number on the box, or choose Custom size.
  2. Add your barcodes, one per line, or send a list from the bulk generator.
  3. Add text above or below every barcode, or give one label its own text: CODE | line above | line below.
  4. Partly used sheet? Set Skip labels already used and printing starts on the next free label.
  5. Print at 100% scale. In the print window choose Actual size (or Scale: 100%) and turn off headers and footers.

Getting the alignment right

Print the first page on plain paper and hold it against a label sheet up to the light. If everything is shifted the same way, your printer has its own offset: choose Custom size and adjust the top or left margin by the difference. If the labels drift further out of line down the page, the print was scaled; check the 100% setting.

Laser printers are more accurate than inkjets for small labels. For dense barcodes on the 80-per-sheet Avery 5167, use a short value and the Narrow bar width.

Thermal label printers

For Rollo, Zebra, DYMO, MUNBYN and similar printers, choose the thermal size that matches your roll. Each label prints as its own page. In the printer's settings, set the paper size to the same label size, and set the print to 100%, not "fit to page".

Sheet sizes included

US Letter: Avery 5160/8160 (30 per sheet), 5161 (20), 5163 (10), 5195 (60) and 5167 (80). A4: Avery L7160 (21), L7159 (24), L7162 (16) and L7651 (65). Thermal: 2.25" × 1.25", 2" × 1", 3" × 2", 4" × 6", 50 × 25 mm and 100 × 150 mm.

Pallet racking in a distribution warehouse
Pallet racking in a distribution warehouse.

Questions

  • Amazon accepts labels from 1" × 2" up to 2" × 3". The 30-per-sheet Avery 5160 and 2.25" × 1.25" thermal labels are popular. See our FNSKU label generator.

  • Usually the print was scaled. Choose Actual size or 100% in the print window. If everything is shifted the same way, adjust the top or left margin with Custom size.

  • Yes. Enter how many labels are already used and printing starts on the next one.

  • Yes. Write each line as CODE | text above | text below.