How to make photo address labels using Paint Shop Pro Studio

To make your own personalized peel-and-stick labels, you can buy label paper of the appropriate size from an office supply store. For return address labels, a good choice is the one that has 30  1" X 2.6" labels per page (e.g. Avery 5160 or 8250).  Buy the type for your printer (ink jet or laser).

1. Open Paint Shop Pro Studio. Open the image with the photo that you want to use on your label. 

2. Click Image => Resize, set the Print Size to 2 inches, and click OK.

3. Click Image => Add border, un-check Symmetric, and set the top, bottom, and left borders to zero and the right border to 4 inches. Click on the Color box and select the desired color for the border (I suggest white or a very light color, to save ink). Click OK.  (If you don't like that border size or color, click Edit => Undo and try again).

3. Click on the  tool, then click about where you want to address to appear on the label. 

4. Type your address into the text box, highlight it, and then choose the font, size, and stroke, from the top toolbar.  Set the "Stroke" to zero. (If you can't see Font, Size, Stroke, etc, select View => Palettes => Tool Options).

5. To select the color of the letters, right-click on the desired color in the color palette on the right. (If you can't see the color palette, select View => Palettes => Materials. If the color palette show no color, only shades of grey, select Image --> Increase Color Depth --> 16 Million Colors). 

6. Click on "Apply".

7. Switch to the Mover    tool (4th tool in the tool palette), carefully position the tool on any one of the letters, and drag the text into the desired position.

8. Click File => Save As..., click on the "Save as type..." box and select "JPEG format (.jpg), give the file a suitable name (e.g. "Address Label"), and click Save.  

9. Click File => Print Layout.

10.  Click File => Open Template.

11. Click on Avery. Scroll through the list of Avery templates looking for one that matches the number of rows and columns of labels on your label paper.  Click on that template and click OK.

12. Drag the image of the label from the left-hand panel onto any one of the label positions on the opened template.

13. Click Edit => Fill template with image.  

14. To print the labels, place the label paper in the printer, label side down, and click File => Print.  

15. To save the entire sheet of labels (so you can open it up to print more labels again later), click File => Save template, click the Save with images box, replace the Name with a suitable name, and click OK.  To open the labels later, open Paint Shop Pro Studio, open any image (makes no difference which one), click  File => Open Template, click User defined, click on the desired template, and click OK. 

Note: You can use a similar technique to make other types of peel-and-stick labels, name tags, place cards, gift labels, business cards, CD labels, and greeting cards.  The office supply stores carry special printer paper for all the applications and more.  Paint Shop Pro Studio has Print Layout templates for most of those papers.

(c) Tom O'Haver, April 2005