Misalignment Design & Print Online (Specific Browsers)

Printing with Safari

In Preview and Print select Print it Yourself (if it applies) or Print now
The Your design is Ready to Print window will appear, select the green button Open PDF *Once the page opens, DO NOT PRINT YET.
Move your mouse on the screen so a tool bar appears. ( it will most likely appear on the bottom of the screen)

Click on the 3rd icon that looks like two pages together. This is the PDF print option.
This will open the actual PDF
Now click on file and print.

(you can also: open the PDF and want it opened in Preview instead of Safari, just hit Cmd+A or Select All from the Edit menu, now right-clicking shows you the Open with Preview option again.

Printing with Google Chrome

When printing from Google Chrome, you will want to make sure that your Scale is set properly before printing.
Select the Green Open PDF
On the left look for your print dialogue box
Check that your paper size is set properly for the product you are printing on
Select More Settings
Make sure that Scale is set to Default or Custom Scale is set to 100 (see image below)

We then recommend doing a test print on plain paper
Once you confirm that the project prints properly on paper, feed your label sheet and print directly on the labels.

Printing with Firefox

Click on the 3 Horizontal Bars in the top right of the browser window
Click on Options (or Preferences for Mac users)
From the Options window Click on Applications across the top
Go down to Portable Document Format (PDF)
To the right click on the dropdown and Choose Adobe Reader (Default)
Click on Ok and close the window
When you select Download PDF, Firefox will now allow you to open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader (see image below)

Once the PDF opens, make sure that Actual Size is selected or that Custom Scale is set to 100%
We then recommend doing a test print on plain paper
Once you confirm that the project prints properly on paper, feed your label sheet and print directly on the labels.

Printing with Microsoft Edge

In Design & Print Online, on the Preview & Print page, select Print it Yourself and then Get PDF to Print.
The Printing Tips window will appear, so review and follow those tips and select the green button Open PDF.
The PDF will open in a separate browser window. In the upper right side, select the Printer Icon.
Check that the Paper Size is set correctly for your Avery Product and that the Scale is set to 100. Do not select Fit to printable area.
We recommend doing a test print on plain paper.
Once you confirm that the project prints properly on paper, feed your label sheet and print directly on the labels.
If it is not aligning properly on the labels, select Print Using System Dialog and in your printer Preferences or Properties try to select a labels or cardstock paper type option.

This video covers our printing tips:

Applies To

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