You need to check and be sure you are not using the browser native PDF print preview handler and check your browser printer settings. I suspect that another printer similar to yours should be chosen in the settings (like a plain Zebra 420?)
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping-Returns/FedEx-Label-will-not-print-at-the-right-size-the-heck...https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping-Returns/Fedex-Shipping-Label-Printing-Vertically-on-Horizonta...I don't "print" any of my labels in the browser - all are printed/saved to PDF and then printed "locally" using PDF-XChange Viewer. I also don't use a thermal printer, so a lot of this is guesswork.
I posted a FedEx Smartpost PDF label file drag and drop method to auto resize/print using the IrfanView image viewer here:
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping-Returns/Trying-to-save-money-time-by-using-thermal-labels-but...That would definitely do the trick with the proper adjustments made to the batch routine there.
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A possible alternative method uses a different approach I came up with recently to adjust label margins, and might be usable to scale the labels depending on what is used to print the modified output.
It works by manipulating the PDF itself by using an Autohotkey Script (I provided a precompiled standalone version of the script if one doesn't want to get involved in installing Autohotkey framework) to do the PDF manipulation, and uses a batch file as a script wrapper to allow the user to tweak the label margin settings to move the label "viewport", and allow drag and drop downloaded PDF labels on the batch shortcut.
https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping-Returns/FedEx-labels-don-t-fit-on-standard-2-up-labels-correc...I updated both the batch routine and the script to also perform rotations on the PDF content (like flipping a FedEx label from landscape to portrait). Those updated files can be found here:
The batch routine:
https://berserkerplanet.altervista.org/code/scripts/PDFMargins.batThe Autohotkey script:
https://berserkerplanet.altervista.org/code/scripts/pdfmargins.ahkThe compiled standalone version of the script:
https://berserkerplanet.altervista.org/code/scripts/pdfmargins.ahk.exeIF the margins are tweaked just right, when printed in a fit-to-page mode in a PDF handler it might produce the desired result. The default parameters in the batch routine are for slightly moving eBay FedEx Ground/Home Delivery labels. To setup something that might print in a 4x6 portrait format, use xoffset=-20 yoffset=+20 rotation=0 in the batch instead.
Basic use:
Download the batch file and compiled script
Stick them in a directory somewhere where you can find them to edit the batch file as needed.
Create a shortcut to the batch file on desktop.
Edit the batch file to set the offset and rotation values needed.
Edit the location of the tempfile if desired via the tempofile variable in the batch file. (Defaults to batch file location)
Drag and drop a downloaded FedEx label PDF file on the desktop shortcut.
Default PDF handler (Foxit, Adobe, Nitro, etc) should open the fixed up label which was written to the tempfile
Inspect, maybe try printing, and close PDF viewer.
Repeat edit on offsets in batch, drag and drop label, until desired result achieved.
If you have a PDF handler that can be invoked via the command line with a print command option, edit that into the batch and comment out the default handler line. Drag and dropped labels should then be fixed up and automatically print.
Whether this will work for a 4x6 label printer label is unknown - depends on how printing an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet to it is handled. Does it just print what fits from the upper left corner of the page (which is where my method sticks the label), does it shrink to fit the entire page into 4x6, does it print 4 or or 5 or 6 tiled pages? My assumption is that if the correct mode is selected in the PDF handler, it should just print the upper left portion of the page where the label has been moved by the batch/script routine.
