How do I create a custom page size and give it a name

[jgcalfee]

I would like to be able to create a custom page size i.e. a strip of labels (4.25 x 12.25), give it a name and then be able to see that as a selection when printing a form based on that. I have tried about everything I can find out and nothing seems to work. It will allow me to select User as a page but that is not the format I want and I don’t seem to be able to save a page designed as above that then use it when printing. Unique names for user designed forms would be nice.

It’s still a great product.
Thanks

[ajlittoz]

I don’t think this is possible because the page definitions come from the printer driver.

What you can do instead is to prepare a template with all your settings, notably a custom page style with a page size offered by you printer.

The printer-known page size will try to outsmart the printer driver by declaring to use this sheet size but the page style (and template general layout) will add margins so that the printed area is exactly the one of your custom format.

You will need trial and error to determine the correct parameters (mostly margins) because it depends on how non-standard sheets are mechanically guided into the printer. Some trays may have only a single slider aligning paper to left or right. Others have mechanically linked sliders which center sheets.

Then when creating your labels, you open a new document from your template and everything is already in place.

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