Alignment problem with Avery 22828 Template

[distortedvision]

I downloaded the Word template from Avery’s website and it opens fine in LibreOffice.

I am trying to print labels for Mini Discs with album cover art. The entire label is filled. The issue I have is that the labels are misaligned. They are printing horizontally approximately 2mm to the right and 1mm above where they should be. I cropped every image to exactly 44.45mm x 31.75mm which is 1 3/4" x 1 1/4" exactly.

I scanned the label sheet to show how it has printed: https://i.postimg.cc/br96wHjk/Avery.jpg

I originally tried the Word template in Word itself but I couldn’t get the images to resize correct to fill the entire label.

I also tried the Photoshop template and it also doesn’t align when I print.

I am using a Konica Minolta BizHub C3350 laser printer. I have also tried with a Epson ET-2850 inkjet printer and the misalignment issue is the same.

The ODT file: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/86sgqz3rvrmeyxbsnj8up/MiniDisc-Labels.odt?rlkey=9dmgfu2x0oqwb1v3lvyf7be4s&dl=0

Does anyone have any suggestions please?

Many thanks!

[Grantler]

Please share the download link of the original Avery labels template to better check its properties. Thank you.

[EarnestAl]

Given that registration of print to the page is not exact in desktop printers, nor professional printers. To get around this, for professional printing bleed is added to the page, typically 3mm.

For CD/DVD discs, most templates allow an extra 3 or 4 mm of background so if the paper is not perfectly aligned then the label will still look ok.

Add 3 or 4 mm to the diameter, you waste a little ink but not as much as throwing away a slightly misaligned print.

[distortedvision]

The templates are available here:

https://www.avery.com/templates/22828

I think you need to register to download so you can download from here:
Dropbox - Avery22828RemovableDurableRectangularLabels.doc - Simplify your life

EarnestAI: If I understand correctly you are saying to crop my images to add 3-4mm to the width and the height in the crop. This is possible for the width but there is no space between each label in each column.

This is what I dislike about this label as this is what I wanted to try. The label sheet is letter paper size. This is not used in the UK and so I can’t easily test print on plain paper. You can only buy it imported for around £25 a ream.

[EarnestAl]

You might be better setting your own template in LibreOffice Writer and saving it as Avery Letter Size 22828. You can adjust the left and the top margins to suit your printer if needed.

From File > New > Label enter these settings in the Format tab and click the save button. After saving it, click New Document button

NB I guessed it was 6570 but it is the same template as 22828, 6576, 6791
In Metric:

Given the expense of the labels, test where they are printing first on plain paper and measure to compare with the actual labels. You can create a blank sheet and then just open the Sidebar, in the Styles pane right click on Labels, select Modify or Edit Style depending on LO version. In the Borders tab set a hairline border in black around each side and OK. Every frame will have a black border. Print that page on plain paper and measure with a ruler. If it needs adjustment, just change the left border and/or the top border, nothing else, remember to save as the same label in the dialogue to overwrite the previous. When adjusted to your satisfaction then print an actual label with images but no border .

Be careful to the same tray for testing as for labels and reduce the guides to prevent the paper from having a varying entry to the printer. Also measure the paper, sometimes labels are slightly different size than it says.

[distortedvision]

Layout of labels on sheet

[distortedvision]

Thanks but I think I’m going to cut my losses with the Avery 22828. I find them too small for Mini Discs anyway and dislike the way they are cut on the sheet with no spacing between each label in a column. I don’t think they were designed for the types of labels I wish to print.

I was reading on the MiniDisc Wiki that there is a eBay seller that sells labels specifically for eBay:

90 Printable Pre-Cut Inkjet Glossy Vinyl Minidisc Labels - Face Label and Spine...

They include spine labels and most importantly there is spacing around each label.
They are expensive but worth it to me.

[EarnestAl]

If there is no template in Writer for these new labels, you can still easily create a new template using the dialogue in my previous comment. There is a little more on setting up new labels in the Writer Guide, chapter 14 Mail Merge, download from Documentation - The Document Foundation Wiki

BTW It occurred to me that I used to print the borders on a plain sheet, then align it behind a blank sheet of labels, hold it up to the light and see that the lines showed through at the label cut.

[distortedvision]

The seller provides a template:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qekIDjQvoa9ksjojHpBRtjbdhDRY5cOA

I think it puts Avery to shame. There is a line marked for the cut line and the bleed line is marked.

The only issue is that the spine labels don’t have a bleed line. I think this is because most people are just having black text on a white background. But I wanted to put a coloured background which matches on colour used on the album cover. Maybe also coloured text. I think if I create an image the exact size so the text doesn’t distort since there is no cropping. I’m not sure how to deal with allowance for a bleed area.