How to fit two shipping labels on one sheet of paper

Last updated October 28, 2026

Shipping labels from a carrier or marketplace usually arrive as a PDF with the label in one corner of a Letter page, or as a 4 × 6 in page. If you print on a standard printer, that wastes paper. Putting two labels on one sheet is easy to do, but only if you keep the labels at their real size. This guide shows the safe way.

Check what your carrier already offers

Many carriers have a built-in option. USPS's Click-N-Ship help says its online labels should print approximately 4 × 6 in and notes that a label printed too small may not be readable by scanning equipment. UPS's label-stock settings in its WorldShip help list laser stock on 8.5 × 11 in with 1, 2 or 4 labels per page, as well as thermal 4 × 6 and 4 × 6¼ in. If your shipping account offers a two-per-page option, use it first; it is the one the carrier designed for its own labels.

Doing it yourself with PDFs you already have

  1. Download each label as a PDF. Do not take screenshots, which lose sharpness.
  2. Note each label's real printed size. Most are 4 × 6 in, and some are slightly taller.
  3. Two upright 4 × 6 in labels need 8 in of width, which fits an 8.5 × 11 in sheet with a quarter inch on each side. Stacking two 6 in labels would need 12 in of height, which does not fit a Letter page, so place them side by side.
  4. Place both labels at 100% scale. Never shrink a label to make it fit; a shrunken barcode may not scan, and USPS says a label printed too small can be unreadable.
  5. Leave a clear gap between the two labels so you can cut them apart without cutting into a barcode or its blank margin.
  6. Print one test sheet on plain paper at Actual size. Measure a label with a ruler to confirm it is still 4 in wide.
  7. Scan the test barcode with the scanner or phone app you use before you print on adhesive stock.

Tools for the layout

Any PDF editor that can place pages at a fixed scale can do this. Be careful with “N-up” or “multiple pages per sheet” print options. Adobe's documentation says its Shrink Oversize Pages option is always active during N-up printing, which can scale the label down.

Labelloom is built for this job. It takes label PDFs you have already bought, rotates and places them on Letter or A4 at exactly 100% (it never shrinks or fits to the page, and blocks the download if a label does not fit), and can crop to the label's printed area with an equal margin. It runs in your browser and your PDFs are not uploaded. It does not buy labels, and you remain responsible for following your carrier's label requirements.

Carrier rules change. Read the current label requirements for your service and test-scan before you rely on any layout. This guide has no connection with any carrier.

Sources

  1. USPS, "Click-N-Ship — The Basics" (FAQ): https://faq.usps.com/articles/Knowledge/Click-N-Ship-The-Basics (read 2026-10-28)
  2. UPS, "Set the Label Stock Configuration" (WorldShip help, PDF): https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/en_US/LabelPrinterPreferences.pdf (read 2026-10-28)
  3. Adobe, "Basic PDF printing tasks": https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/basic-pdf-printing-tasks-challenger.html (read 2026-10-28 as a search-index excerpt)

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