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 (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 

1."Take a Snapshot" 


For Mac:

You can check this video to know: 

MAC:Using"Take a Snapshot" function on Adobe Reader to crop a single label with PM246Pro


①Save your label as a PDF file

②Open the file in Adobe Reader

③Go to "Edit" -> "Take a Snapshot"

④Drag the box over your label, then right click on it and select "Print"



 

⑤Select Printer -> Click "Page Setup..."



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

⑥If the size you need not is not listed, then click "Manage Custom Sizes" -> input width, height and rename the size, then click "OK"

⑦Click "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)

⑨Preview, check the print size and Orientation. If preview looks good, click "Print"


For Win:

You can check this video to know: 

WIN:Using"Take a Snapshot" on Adobe Reader to crop a single label with PM246Pro

①Save your label as a PDF file

②Open the file in Adobe Reader

③Go to "Edit" -> "Take a Snapshot" 


④Drag the box over your label, then right click and select "Print"


⑤Select Printer -> Click "Properties"

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

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

⑥You can change the printing speed and the Darkness of your printing  (Larger number means higher Darkness) 


⑦Check the created size and click "OK"

⑧Preview, 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? (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 Phomemo team has put together a free service that can crop box labels into individual labels that can then print directly to Phomemo, 

please visit: https://phomemo.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: