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Barcode label sizes: A4 sheets and label rolls
Which label sheet or roll to buy, the common sizes, and what a label for your shop or your packed products should show.
Two ways to print labels
- A4 label sheets for any office printer (inkjet or laser). Each sheet holds many sticky labels in rows and columns. Good for a few hundred labels at a time.
- Label printers (thermal printers) with a roll of labels, one label after the other. Faster and cheaper per label when you print many every day, for example in a grocery or garment shop.
Common A4 label sheets
| Labels per sheet | Label size | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| 65 (5 × 13) | 38.1 × 21.2 mm | Small items, code and price only |
| 40 (4 × 10) | 45.7 × 25.4 mm | Shelf and price labels with a short name |
| 24 (3 × 8) | 63.5 × 33.9 mm | Name, price and barcode with room to spare |
| 21 (3 × 7) | 63.5 × 38.1 mm | Boxes and cartons |
| 14 (2 × 7) | 99.1 × 38.1 mm | Larger cartons, business name on each label |
Makers differ by a millimetre or two in margins. The sizes are printed on the sheet's pack; if yours differ, choose My own sizes and type the label width and height, labels across and down, the top and left margin and the gaps.
Common label printer sizes
50 × 25 mm and 38 × 25 mm are the most common for shop items, 2 × 1 inch (50.8 × 25.4 mm) on printers sold with US settings, and 100 × 50 mm for cartons and shipping. Choose the same size in the tool and in your printer's settings.
What to put on a label
- Barcode and code: the code the scanner reads, with the same code printed under it so a person can type it if a barcode is damaged.
- Item name: short, the way you sell it (for example "Basmati Rice 5 kg").
- Price: "MRP ₹… (incl. of all taxes)" for packaged goods sold to consumers, or just the price for your own shelf labels.
Packed goods have more rules. A pre-packed commodity sold in retail must carry declarations under rule 6 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, such as the name and address of the manufacturer, packer or importer, the common name of the product, net quantity, the month and year of manufacture, the retail sale price (MRP) and consumer care details. The rules were amended in 2022 and 2023, and changes keep coming, so check the current text on consumeraffairs.nic.in or with your Legal Metrology office. A small price sticker from this tool does not replace those declarations.
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