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Overview

The Mailing Labels report generates a printable PDF of contact addresses from your search results, formatted to fit standard Avery label sheet templates. Use this report when you need to send physical mail — postcards, newsletters, flyers, ballot mailings, or contract packets — to a targeted group of contacts in your project. You print the resulting PDF onto a sheet of pre-cut label stock, peel, and stick.

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When to use it

  • Direct mail campaigns: Send postcards, leaflets, or fliers to a targeted list of workers or members.
  • Ballot or vote-by-mail packets: Address envelopes for ratification votes, officer elections, or surveys.
  • Newsletters and member communications: Bulk-mail to a saved search of active members.
  • House-visit kits: Pre-print address labels for a turf so organizers can drop materials quickly.
For non-postal lists (digital outreach, on-screen reference, walk lists), use Basic List (PDF) or Basic List (Spreadsheet) instead.

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Generate a Mailing Labels report

  1. Run a search for the contacts whose addresses you want to print.
  2. From the search results page, select the contacts to include:
    • Click all in the toolbar to include every result in the search.
    • Click page to include only the contacts visible on the current page.
    • Or individually check the box next to specific contacts.
  3. Click the Reports menu and choose Mailing Labels. Reports dropdown menu in the search results toolbar
  4. The Report options dialog opens. Configure the report:
    • Title: A name for the report so you can find it later on the Reports page.
    • Label template: Pick the Avery label template that matches the label stock you have on hand (for example, Avery 5160 for 1” × 2 ⅝” address labels, 30 per sheet).
    • Address to use: Choose which address on each contact to print — typically the contact’s primary address.
  5. Click Generate. Broadstripes queues the PDF for download.
  6. When the PDF is ready, download it from the Reports page in the sidebar (or wait for the download dialog if you stayed on the page).
  7. Load your label sheets into your printer, open the PDF, and print at 100% / actual size — do not scale or shrink to fit, or labels will not align with the sheet.

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Tips

  • Always print one test sheet on plain paper first and hold it up against a label sheet to confirm alignment before printing on label stock.
  • Match the template to your label stock exactly. Avery 5160 and Avery 5161, for example, look similar but use different layouts. Printing on the wrong stock wastes labels.
  • Skip records without an address. If you select 500 contacts and only 480 have a printable address, the report includes only those 480. Re-run your search with an address-required filter (for example, home_address:*) if you need to confirm coverage before printing.
  • Combine with saved searches so you can re-run the same mailing list later (for example, monthly newsletter recipients) without rebuilding the criteria.