Labels not printing in Safari or Firefox in PitneyShip, PitneyShip Pro, and PitneyShip Enterprise
If 4 x 6 labels are not printing in Safari or Firefox, your browser printer setting may need to be adjusted.
Products affected: PitneyShip®, PitneyShip® Pro, PitneyShip® Enterprise
Issue
If you are using a Windows computer and Mozilla Firefox's PDF Viewer to print 4 x 6 shipping labels, labels may print larger than normal or you may receive a paper mismatch error.
Cause
Your browser's printer settings are not correct for 4 x 6 labels.
Resolution
Windows
If you are getting a paper mismatch error, remove the print jobs from the print queue
- Press the Windows Key + R.
- Type Control Panel.
- Click OK or press Enter.
- Change the View By: field to Small icons.
- Open Devices and Printers.
- Right-click on the 4 x 6 printer and choose See what's printing.
- From the Printer menu, choose Cancel All Documents.
In Firefox, set the default PDF viewer to Adobe
- In Firefox, click the Menu icon.
- Choose Options.
- Scroll down to the Applications section.
- Change the option for Portable Document Format (PDF) to Use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
Mac
If you are getting a paper mismatch error, remove the print jobs from the print queue
- From the menu at the top of your Mac, select the Apple menu > System Preferences.
- Choose Printers & Scanners.
- Choose your 4 x 6 printer.
- Choose Open Print Queue.
- Click the x icon to delete the print jobs in the queue.
For Firefox, set the default PDF viewer to Adobe
- In Firefox, click the Menu icon.
- Choose Settings.
- Scroll down to the Applications section.
- Change the option for Portable Document Format (PDF) to Use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
- If Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is not available, choose Use macOS default application instead.
If using Safari, change the settings as follows
- In the print dialog window for the shipping label, select your 4 x 6 printer.
- Change the Paper Size to 4" x 6".
- From the Presets menu, choose Save Current Settings As Preset...
- Name the preset and choose Only this Printer.
- Click OK.
Printing the label using the Adobe Reader Plug-in
- After creating a label, once the label is generated, the Adobe Reader’s print dialog box opens. Select your 4 x 6 printer.
- Check the box Choose paper source by PDF page size.
- Choose Actual Size.
- Select Print.
UPDATED: July 01, 2024