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Design & print

Format label data and hide optional fields

Reuse one label design with optional fields, conditional badges, uppercase SKUs and prefixes. Try an…

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Getting started

Install the free Print Bridge, connect a label printer, and print your first label at true size, in …

Connect a printer

How PaperReady finds USB and network label printers, and what to do when the browser 'Allow' prompt …

Printing

Printing at true size (why labels shrink)

The #1 label-printing problem is a 4×6 shrunk onto a letter page. Here's why it happens and how Pape…

Batch printing & reprints

Print a stack of labels in one run and reprint any past job from history. Batch printing is a Pro fe…

Help

Troubleshooting

Fixes for the common issues: printer not detected, 'the bridge isn't awake', the label prints small,…

Developers

Local API reference

The Print Bridge exposes a tiny local HTTP API on your machine (127.0.0.1), with health, printer lis…

Sub-accounts (platform embedding)

Embed PaperReady in your own SaaS: give every customer an isolated child workspace with its own Prin…

Account

Plans & workstations

What a workstation is, how plans and the free trial work, and how printing stays free while scale an…

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