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How to put a logo on a label

Adding a PNG or JPEG, what a thermal printer does to it, why you size down and never up, and the fact that the image travels inside the label file.

4" × 2" roll 5 steps about 4 minutes

Steps

  1. Add the image

    Click Image and pick a PNG or a JPEG. It lands on the label; drag it where you want it and pull a corner to size it.

  2. Prefer solid black shapes

    On a thermal printer there is no colour and no grey. A clean silhouette prints beautifully; a photograph or a gradient comes out blotchy.

  3. Convert it if you need to

    The image properties include "Convert to pure black & white", and the Print window has the same setting for the whole label.

  4. Size down, never up

    A small image stretched big goes soft on screen and prints soft too. Start from the biggest copy of your logo you have.

  5. Save and forget it

    The image is stored inside the .lbv file. Copy that file to another PC and the logo goes with it.

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