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From: Beebe@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU ("Nelson H.F. Beebe")
Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers
Subject: Re: Mailing Labels
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Date: Thu, 14-May-87 11:10:29 EDT
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We use Avery 5360 labels; there are 3 columns of 7 labels,
each 1 7/16in x 2 13/16in.  Our address files look like

name
addr1
addr2
...
addrn

name
addr1
addr2
...
addrn

etc.

On the ALW, I find that tray feeding is not successful; the
label sheets have a shiny back, and tend to slip on the
rollers, losing registration so that text overprints
perforations.  For small numbers, manual feeding may be
okay.  Usually, we just make a master sheet on the ALW, then
photocopy onto the label sheets.

A utility program (LABELS) I wrote (yours for the asking)
converts this to a multi-column file (on Unix "pr
-3" could do this) which we print with the following MIC
file.  LPtoPS is also freely available (converts line
printer files to PostScript).

!=======================================================================
! Make PostScript print file of mailing labels (set for manual feed)
!
! Usage:
!	@DO --PS-LABELS.MIC.0 infile[,sheets,labelswitch,labelswitch,...]
!
! There are 21 labels per sheet.
!
! E.g.
!	@DO --PS-LABELS foo.labels
!
! will make one sheet of 21 labels for each address in FOO.LABELS.
!
! [10-Jun-86]
!=======================================================================

@copy 'a	foo.lab
@labels foo.lab foo.lst /c:21 'c 'd 'e 'f 'g 'h 'i 'j 'k 'l 'm 'n 'o 'p 'q 'r 's 't 'u 'v 'w 'x 'y 'z 

! -s option suppressed -- use ordinary paper and Xerox onto label paper

@lptops -m3 -c'b -p10pt -t0.25in -b0in -l0.25in -r0in -fTimes-Bold <foo.lst >psspool:foo.alw

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