Printing Labels
You can print labels from within Bento.
You can:
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Use information from fields in your own library or a shared library.
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Print up to six lines of information per label. Text can be left-aligned, right-aligned, or centered on the label.
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Add a picture or a logo to your labels.
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Print labels for selected records.
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Choose font, style, size, and color.
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Specify the label you want to start printing from.
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Preview labels.
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Save label settings for the selected library.
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Export label settings when you export a template. For more information about exporting templates, see ”Exporting from a Library, Collection, or Smart Collection” on page 123.
To print labels:
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Select the library or collection that contains the information you want to print.
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(Optional) Create a subset of records by using the search field, Advanced Find, or selecting records in table view.
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Choose File > Print > Labels.
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Click the Setup tab to specify the fields you want to use in your labels.
To customize label content, you can type text before or after any field.
Click the Address Labels checkbox to automatically add address fields to the labels for those records that contain address data. In the dark gray section, you can choose to print all the addresses that appear in your records or just the addresses from a specific field. You can also choose to print a specific type of address from the selected field.
Select Country to include each record’s country on the labels. Select “Except my country” to omit your country from the labels.
Illustration of Setup tab in Print Labels dialog
 
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Move the insertion point to the line where you want a field’s data to print, then click Insert Field and choose a field from the pop-up menu.
If the label layout has a line that contains a single field and there is no data in that field in some records, Bento closes up the space and doesn’t print a blank line on those labels.
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To add an image, click the pop-up menu below Insert Field, then choose a media field or an image file.
If you choose a media field, what is printed depends on the contents of the media field for each record. If you choose an image file, the same image prints on all labels.
Left Align is the default alignment. Select Right Align to print the media field or image file on the right edge of each label.
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To print labels for the currently selected records in table view, click Print Selected Records.
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Click the Layout tab to specify the label type.
Choose a label type from the Page pop-up menus.
For your convenience, the margin and gutter measurements for the label type and size are displayed. Use the Size pop-up menu to change the displayed unit of measurement.
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Click “Start printing on” to specify which label number you want to start printing from. Click OK.
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Click the Appearance tab to specify options that affect the look of the labels.
Click Set to change a font’s style, size, and other options. Click the color well next to Text Color to change the text color.
Choose an alignment option from the Alignment pop-up menu.
Select Print Label Border to print a thin border on each label.
Illustration of Appearance tab in Print Labels dialog
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To preview the current page of labels in a Quick Look window, click Preview Labels.
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Click Print.
Note  Data in a selected checkbox field prints on labels as Checkmark in a field on a printed label. Data in an unselected checkbox field prints as Unselected checkbox in a field on a printed label. Data in a rating field prints the number of stars representing the numeric value in the field (for example, Three stars in a field on a printed label).
 
To save a label setup for the selected library:
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Click the Setup tab.
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Click Save/Load Label and choose Save As from the pop-up menu.
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Type a name for the label setup, then click OK.
Your new label setup appears in the Save/Load Label pop-up menu.
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Set up the labels as desired. See ”Printing Labels” on page 129.
 
To print from a saved label setup:
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Choose File > Print > Labels.
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Click the Setup tab.
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Click Save/Load Label and choose a label setup from the pop-up menu.
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Click Print.
 
To define a custom layout setup for the selected library:
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Choose File > Print > Labels.
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Click the Layout tab, click Page, then choose Define Custom from the pop-up menu.
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Type a name for the custom layout setup, then click OK.
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Set the page margins, the number of labels on a page, and the gutter space between labels.
Your custom layout setup appears in the Page pop-up menu.
 
 
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