Avery 5160 Template: Print 30 Labels a Sheet

Avery 5160 compatible sheets are the 2.625 x 1 in address label sheets that fill a US Letter page with 30 labels in 3 columns and 10 rows. The Avery 5160 label template uses those numbers, so the label on screen is the label that comes out of the printer.

The layout is also sold as 5260, 5960, 8160 and 18160. Those numbers share the same 2.625 x 1 in label, 3 x 10 grid and margins, so a pack with one of them prints the same sheet on this page.

Each label is 2.625 x 1 in (about 66.7 x 25.4 mm). Three columns and ten rows give 30 labels. The columns are 2.75 in apart, which leaves 1/8 in between labels; the rows are 1 in apart, so labels meet along their long edges.

The grid is centred: 3/16 in from the left and right page edges, and 1/2 in from the top and bottom. The label corners have a 0.1 in radius. A US Letter sheet is 8.5 x 11 in, and the Avery 5160 template fills it with 30 labels.

Choose 100% or Actual size in the print dialog, never Fit to page or Scale to fit. A sheet scaled even a few percent drifts a little more with every row, and the last labels miss the paper.

Print the test page on plain paper first: it draws the label outlines and a 1 in and 25 mm square. Hold it against a blank label sheet in front of a light; when the outlines sit on the labels, print the sheet on labels. If everything is shifted the same way, measure the shift, enter the printer offset and print the test again.

At 2.625 x 1 in the label suits a name and address, a product name with a lot number, a file or shelf label, or a single barcode. Keep the type large enough to read at arm’s length and leave clear space around a barcode.

The label maker sets the background, text, fonts and colors. The checks warn when text is under 6 pt, a barcode is small or crowded, a picture prints under 300 dpi, or something sits outside the safe area. The same safe area applies to every label on the sheet.

A sheet of 30 is rarely 30 copies of the same label. Set a text to List and paste one line per label: the first line goes on the first label, the second on the second, and the list repeats if the sheet has more positions. That is how name tags, flavor labels, sample numbers and address lists get made in one pass.

Set the text to Numbers for a serial number per label, with a prefix, suffix, start, step and digit count, for lots, batches or tickets. Same keeps one text on every label. The text stays one element: change its font, size, alignment or color and the whole run follows.

Add a barcode with the barcode generator engine: UPC-A, EAN-13, UPC-E, EAN-8, Code 128 or QR. The check digit is added for you, and a retail barcode under 80% or one with a crowded quiet zone is flagged before you print.

Download the Sheet PDF for a home printer, the single-label PDF or SVG for a design app or a print shop, the PNG at 300 dpi, or the Cricut file for Print Then Cut. Every file is free, with no watermark; the text is outlined in the vector files, so it stays sharp and prints the same everywhere.

If your sheet has 2.625 x 1 in labels but different margins or gaps, choose Custom sheet and enter the columns, rows, margins and gaps you measure, then print the test page before the labels. Other brands often share the label size but not the margins, so the custom grid is the safe choice.

The label maker holds 12 Avery sheet layouts, from 5160 to round 3 in labels. This page opens on 5160; another size is one click away, and the design scales with the label.