Introduction

Printing Avery labels in Python can be achieved using different libraries depending on your desired level of control and complexity. Two options are the pylabels and reportlab libraries. (These are not the only ones.)

Note: pylabels is a Python library for creating PDFs to print sheets of labels. It uses the ReportLab PDF toolkit to produce the PDFs.

Project #1

Create data to work with. This information will printed on labels and used to mail letters. (Christmas cards?)

1. Using a spreadsheet, create data entries for mailing labels. Entries should contain

   Column	Description
   First Name	used for sorting and searching
   Last Name	used for sorting and searching
   Phone Number	canonical form used for sorting and searching
   Mail Label Name	e.g. Mr and Mrs Smith
   Mail Label Address	Multi-line address

   Canonical Form: A standard way of representing an object.


2. Output the data as a CSV file when needed.

Project #2

Write a program that reads a CSV data file and print labels using the data.

Use a single label template.

Project #3

Write a program that reads a CSV data file and print labels using the data.

Allow the user to select the label template to use. (Write code for 3 or 4 standard templates.)

Links

From Spreadsheet to Print Labels Using Python

Avery Label Templates

ReportLab PDF Library User Guide

ReportLab Docs

pylabels