Avery 8160 template
Avery 8160 is the inkjet version of the 5160 address label. Same thirty-up grid, different face stock.
Dimensions
- Label size
- 1" x 2-5/8"
- Labels per sheet
- 30 (3 across × 10 down)
- Sheet size
- US Letter, 8.5in × 11in
- Top margin
- 0.5in
- Side margin
- 0.1875in
- Horizontal pitch
- 2.75in
- Vertical pitch
- 1in
Geometry source: Avery help: "Avery Labels 1\" x 2-5/8\", such as 5160 and 8160" -- same template as 5160.
Check the fit before you print on stock. Print the blank template on plain paper, hold it against a sheet of Avery 8160 up to the light, and check the boxes land on the die-cuts. That is worth doing with any label template on any printer — paper size, driver margins and print scaling all shift a sheet, and one sheet of plain paper is cheaper than one sheet of labels.
How 8160 differs from 5160
It does not differ geometrically. Avery states plainly that 5160, the bulk 5260 pack and 8160 share one template, and the measurements confirm it: three columns of ten, one inch by two and five-eighths, half-inch top margin. A file laid out for one prints correctly on the others.
What changes is the coating. Inkjet stock is more absorbent so wet ink sets rather than beads or smears. Laser stock is smoother and heat-stable. Running inkjet sheets through a hot laser fuser is the mistake worth avoiding — the adhesive can soften and leave residue on the drum.
Ink spread on inkjet labels
Inkjet output spreads slightly as ink wicks into the coating. For text this is invisible. It matters if you are printing barcodes, where a bar that prints a fraction wider than specified narrows the space beside it and can push a symbol out of tolerance.
If you are printing barcodes on inkjet stock and scans are unreliable, the calibration sheet lets you find the narrowest bar width your own printer resolves cleanly, rather than guessing.
Printing 8160 labels from a spreadsheet
Drop in an .xlsx or .csv, map columns to lines, and print. Nothing is uploaded — the file is parsed in this browser tab and the PDF is assembled there too.
Print at actual size. "Fit to page" rescales the sheet by a percent or two, which is invisible on plain paper and ruinous on labels: every row drifts further off the die-cut than the last.
Choosing between 5160, 5260 and 8160
All three are the same grid, so the decision is only ever about the printer and the pack. Pick 8160 if you are printing on an inkjet. Pick 5160 or 5260 for a laser, with 5260 being the bulk pack of the two.
If you are not sure which kind of printer you have, look at how it prints a solid black area. Laser output is uniformly matte and completely dry the instant it leaves the machine; inkjet output has a faint sheen and can still smudge under a thumb for a second or two.
Using inkjet stock in a laser printer is the combination worth avoiding outright. The fuser runs hot enough to soften an adhesive that was never specified for it, and label edges can lift and peel inside the paper path.
Print Avery 8160 labels
1 Your spreadsheet
.xlsx, .xls or .csv. The file is read inside this tab and never uploaded.
2 What goes on each label
Drawn as a Code 128 symbol in vector, not as an image.
Assign a column to each line. Lines you leave unused are skipped, so the remaining lines close up rather than leaving a gap.
Pick a column holding a count to repeat each row that many times.
3 Label sheet
Skip labels you have already peeled off a part-used sheet.
4 Preview and print
Single label
First page
Print at actual size. Never use “Fit to page” or “Shrink to fit” — either one moves every label out of alignment with the sheet.
Other Avery formats
Sizes, uses and a full comparison are on the Avery template index.