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Generates a PDF document from a CSV file to print sticker labels.

It is, surprisingly, a very tricky/annoying thing to do. There is software out there for doing this, but you have to pay yearly plans just to generate a few pages. Sometimes they do not have the type of stickers you need, or the correct number of rows or columns. Furthermore, after all of that, some printers do not handle margins correctly or lie about it.

This simple script takes a CSV file and uses Prawn. This allows you to set all those parameters manually to get them right. With a little bit of trial and error the correct PDF document is ready for printing.

🖨 Take a look to the PDF sample

How to use

1. Install gems with bundle install

2. Drop CSV data inside data.csv. Format: Name, Company, Address line 1, Address line 2, Country

3. Tweak params inside the bin/generate file to match your paper/printer

4. Run bin/generate to generate the PDF

Tips for printing

• Page default is A4, but always choose A4 borderless when printing

• Always scale to 100% so each sticker gets correctly aligned to its spot

• Measure page size, margins and gutters and tweak parameters inside bin/generate

• If you run into layout problems there is a debug flag available.