How to Print Flipkart Shipping Labels on a 4x6 Thermal Printer (2026)
Quick answer
To print Flipkart shipping labels on a 4x6 thermal printer, download the label PDF from Seller Hub, crop it so only the shipping label is left (the original page is A4 with the tax invoice below the label), set the printer driver to 4x6 inch or 100 x 150 mm paper, print at 100% or Actual Size with fit-to-page turned off, and test one label before the full batch.
A 4x6 thermal printer is the fastest way to print Flipkart shipping labels: no ink, no cutting, one sticker per parcel. The catch is that the Flipkart label PDF is not a 4x6 file, so printing it as it is gives you a tiny label, a cut barcode or blank stickers. This guide covers getting the PDF, cropping it, printer settings, common printers and fixes.
Step 1: Download the Label PDF From Flipkart Seller Hub
Labels are generated from your orders in Flipkart Seller Hub. The general flow is the same for most sellers: sign in, open the orders that are ready to be packed and shipped, select them, generate the shipping labels and download the PDF that Seller Hub prepares. If you are having trouble getting into your account, our Flipkart Seller Hub login guide covers OTP, password and locked-account problems.
Flipkart changes menu names and buttons from time to time, so this guide does not give a click-by-click path. Look for the order-processing section and its label download option, and check in Seller Hub when the wording differs. Download a whole dispatch batch at once, and keep the original PDF untouched in case you need to compare a printed label with it.
Why the A4 Flipkart PDF Must Be Cropped
In the Flipkart PDFs our tool is built around, every order gets one A4 page. The shipping label sits in a column in the upper part of the page, and the tax invoice for the same order fills the lower part, starting under a “Tax Invoice” heading. A 4x6 sticker is about 100 x 150 mm, while A4 is 210 x 297 mm, so the full page simply does not fit.
Printed uncropped, the page either gets shrunk by fit-to-page, invoice included, so the label ends up about half size and the barcode may not scan, or it prints at full size and part of the label is cut off. Once only the label is left on each page, it prints at 100% scale and still fits the sticker. For a full explanation of the sizes involved, read our Flipkart label size guide.
Flipkart Label Size at a Glance
The sizes below are for the standard Flipkart A4 sheet. Flipkart can change its documents, so check one page of your own PDF before you buy label stock.
| Format | Size | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Original Flipkart PDF | Usually A4 (210 x 297 mm), label on top and tax invoice below | Plain A4 paper on a laser or inkjet printer |
| Cropped label (Only Label) | About 83 x 125 mm, printed on a 4x6 inch (100 x 150 mm) sticker | 4-inch thermal label printers |
| 4 Labels Per A4 Page | Four labels in a 2 x 2 grid on one A4 sheet, each at its original size | Laser or inkjet printer with A4 sticker sheets |
Step 2: Crop the Label for Your Thermal Printer
You can crop by hand in a PDF editor, but with dozens of orders that means drawing the same box on every page. A dedicated Flipkart label crop tool does it in one pass. In SnapSeller's tool, the PDF is read and processed in your browser, so the file is not uploaded, and you can add several Flipkart PDFs at once. Add the PDFs, pick Only Label for a thermal printer (or Keep Invoice As Second Page if you also print invoices), optionally choose one sort order such as COD first, Ekart sort code or SKU group, then process and compare one page with the original.
The tool does not stretch the label: on the standard Flipkart A4 sheet, the Only Label page comes out at about 83 x 125 mm, which sits inside a 4x6 sticker with a small white border. Enlarging it also enlarges the barcode, so test the scan before you do. The free Flipkart label cropper also has a No Crop option for when you want to inspect the original layout.
Step 3: Printer Settings for 4x6 Flipkart Labels
Most problems come from the PDF viewer's print dialog and the printer driver's preferences. Set both once and save them as a preset if your driver allows it.
| Setting | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | 100% or Actual Size | Keeps the label at the size it was generated, so the barcode is not squeezed |
| Fit to page / Shrink | Off | Fit-to-page is what turns a full A4 page into a tiny label |
| Paper size in the driver | 4x6 inch or 100 x 150 mm | Must match the roll in the printer, or labels drift and skip |
| Orientation | Portrait | A cropped Flipkart label page is taller than it is wide |
| Margins | None or minimum | Extra margins push the label off the sticker edge |
| Darkness / density | Start at the default | Raise it only if the print looks faint and the barcode will not scan |
A note on sizes: 4x6 inch is 101.6 x 152.4 mm, and many rolls sold in India are labelled 100 x 150 mm. They are close enough to be used for the same job, but choose the size in the driver that matches the roll you actually loaded. If your driver has no 4x6 entry, most drivers let you add a custom stock size; create one with your label's exact width and height.
The full sequence, start to finish, looks like this:
- Download the shipping label PDF from Seller HubIn Flipkart Seller Hub, open the orders that are ready to ship, generate the shipping labels and download the PDF. Menu and button names change from time to time, so follow what Seller Hub shows you.
- Crop the PDF down to the shipping labelAdd the PDF to a label crop tool and choose a label-only layout, so the tax invoice in the lower half of each A4 page is removed and only the label is left on each page.
- Set the printer driver to 4x6 inch or 100 x 150 mmIn the printer driver or printing preferences, pick the paper or stock size that matches your roll: 4x6 inch, or 100 x 150 mm if that is how your labels are sold. Keep the orientation on Portrait.
- Print at 100% or Actual Size with fit-to-page offIn the print dialog of your PDF viewer, set scale to 100% or Actual Size and turn off fit to page, shrink oversized pages and similar options, so the label is not resized.
- Test one label, scan the barcode, then print the batchPrint a single label, check that the address and barcode are complete, scan the barcode with a phone or scanner, and only then print the remaining labels.
Thermal Printers Sellers Commonly Use
Sellers in India print Flipkart labels on 4-inch direct thermal label printers from brands such as TVS, Zebra, TSC, Honeywell, Rongta and Xprinter. These are examples only, not recommendations; SnapSeller has no partnership with any printer brand, and we do not rank them. When you compare printers, the things that matter for marketplace labels are:
- Print width: 4 inches, so it takes 4x6 or 100 x 150 mm labels.
- Direct thermal: no ink or ribbon, but needs direct thermal stock.
- Driver: available for your computer, with a settable label size.
- Local service: print heads wear out, so nearby repair matters.
Should You Print the Invoice Too?
Whether a printed tax invoice must go with each parcel depends on Flipkart's current packing guideline for your orders, which can change, so check the help section in your Seller Hub. If you need it, the Keep Invoice As Second Page layout prints each invoice on its own page right after its label; if not, Only Label keeps the roll for labels only. Either way, keep invoice copies, or the original PDF, for your GST records.
Troubleshooting Flipkart Label Printing
Find the symptom you see and try the matching fix, testing one label each time.
| Problem | Likely cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Blank labels come out between prints | The printer has not learned the gap between labels, or the paper size in the driver is longer than the real label | Run the printer’s calibration or auto-detect routine (see your manual), then set the driver paper size to exactly your stock, 4x6 inch or 100 x 150 mm. |
| Barcode or address is cut off | The uncropped A4 page was sent to the printer, or the driver paper size and margins do not match the roll | Crop the PDF to the label first, set margins to none or minimum, and check that the paper size matches your roll before printing again. |
| Label prints very small | Usually the whole A4 page (label plus invoice) was shrunk onto the 4x6 sticker by fit-to-page | Crop the label out of the A4 page, then print the cropped PDF at 100% or Actual Size. |
| Labels are skipped or printing drifts down the roll | Gap sensor out of calibration, wrong media type in the driver or a roll loaded off-centre | Reload the roll against the guides, check the media type in the driver and calibrate again. |
| Label and invoice come out on one sticker | The full A4 page was printed, or a layout that keeps the invoice was chosen for the thermal roll | Crop with the Only Label layout for the 4x6 roll. If you need invoices, use Keep Invoice As Second Page so each invoice prints on its own page. |
| Faint print, barcode will not scan | Low darkness setting or the wrong label stock | Raise darkness a step at a time and use direct thermal labels if your printer has no ribbon. |
Calibrating the printer
Calibration teaches a label printer where one sticker ends and the next begins. The method differs by brand, so follow your printer's manual, and calibrate after loading a new roll or switching label sizes. If the cropped PDF looks right on screen but prints wrong, the issue is in the printer settings, not the file.
No Thermal Printer? Use a Laser Printer and A4 Sticker Sheets
If you ship a few orders a day, an ordinary laser or inkjet printer works too. Instead of using a whole A4 sheet per order, arrange four labels on each A4 page and print on A4 sticker sheets. In the SnapSeller tool, the 4 Labels Per A4 Page layout places four cropped labels on an A4 portrait sheet in a 2 x 2 grid, at their native size. Print at 100% scale, cut along the gaps and stick each one on its parcel. As daily orders grow, a thermal printer usually saves more time, paper and ink.
Whichever printer you use, label printing is only one part of each order's cost. Before you set prices, run the numbers with the Flipkart seller fees calculator. If you are ready to print now, you can crop Flipkart labels to 4x6 in your browser and test the first sticker in a couple of minutes.
Prefer Hinglish? Read Flipkart label crop kaise kare.
Printing in Bulk on Sale Days
On busy sale days the label step is where time goes. A few habits help: download labels in one batch instead of order by order, crop the whole file at once and sort it by SKU so picking follows the printed stack, keep a spare label roll next to the printer, and print a test label after every new roll. Plan to hand over parcels before the daily pickup, and follow the dispatch timelines shown in Seller Hub. Our festive sale dispatch checklist is written for Meesho sellers, but the packing and labelling steps work for Flipkart too.
Selling on Other Marketplaces?
Meesho and Amazon label PDFs use different layouts, so they need their own crop settings. Use Meesho label crop for Meesho label PDFs and Amazon label crop for Amazon. Every tool runs in your browser; browse all free Meesho & Flipkart seller tools.
The SnapSeller Chrome extension for Meesho & Flipkart sellers adds catalog autofill, bulk upload preparation and product research inside the Meesho supplier panel, while the free label tools on this site cover Flipkart orders.
Frequently asked questions
What size is a Flipkart shipping label?
The PDF you download is usually an A4 page that holds the shipping label in the upper part and the tax invoice below it. Most sellers print only the label on a 4x6 inch (100 x 150 mm) thermal sticker, which means cropping the label out of the A4 page first.
Can I print the Flipkart label PDF directly on a thermal printer?
You can send it, but the full A4 page will not fit a 4x6 label: it either prints tiny because the page is shrunk, or the label is cut. Crop the PDF to the label first, then print at 100% or Actual Size on 4x6 or 100 x 150 mm stock.
Why does my Flipkart label print so small on a 4x6 sticker?
Usually the whole A4 page, including the invoice, was scaled down by fit to page. Crop the label out of the A4 page and print the cropped PDF at 100% scale. Also check that the driver paper size matches your label roll.
Which thermal printer is best for Flipkart labels?
There is no single best printer. Sellers commonly use 4-inch direct thermal label printers from brands such as TVS, Zebra, TSC, Honeywell, Rongta and Xprinter. Check that the driver supports a 4x6 or 100 x 150 mm label size on your computer and that local service is available.
How do I print a Flipkart shipping label on a 4x6 printer?
Download the label PDF from Flipkart Seller Hub, crop it for a 4x6 inch label with a label crop tool, then print with paper size 100 x 150 mm and scale set to 100% or actual size. Avoid "fit to page" so the barcode keeps its correct size.
Can I print Flipkart labels without a thermal printer?
Yes. You can print the original A4 page on a normal laser or inkjet printer, or crop four labels onto one A4 sticker sheet. A thermal printer is faster for many orders because labels peel and stick directly.
Why is my Flipkart label barcode not scanning?
The most common reasons are a shrunk print from "fit to page", low print darkness, or a fold over the barcode. Print at 100% scale, increase print density on the thermal printer, and stick the label flat on the packet.
Do I need to print the invoice with the Flipkart label?
It depends on Flipkart’s current packing guideline for your orders, so check the help section in your Seller Hub. A label crop tool lets you choose label only or label with invoice, and you should keep invoice copies for your GST records.