MINSULA PRINT LAB / FIELD NOTES

Lay out thirty small images with cutting gaps

Repeat mode makes several copies of one image. It is useful for paper tags, mock labels and craft inserts; it is not a template for a specific commercial adhesive-label stock.

Work through the spacing

Set the botanical sample to 40 × 32 mm. Choose A4 portrait, a 10 mm margin, a 5 mm gap, 30 copies and the verification line. The usable area is 190 × 265 mm.

Four columns need 4 × 40 + 3 × 5 = 175 mm. Five columns would need 220 mm and do not fit. Seven rows need 7 × 32 + 6 × 5 = 254 mm. Eight need 291 mm and do not fit. The first sheet therefore holds 28 copies; the second holds the remaining two.

Read the preview

Copies fill from the top-left usable corner, across each row and then down. The last sheet is not padded with extra copies. Blank space on the right or bottom is expected: a grid cannot always use every millimetre of a sheet.

1. Start with the sample preset and count the two pages in the preview.
2. Increase the gap to 8 mm and watch the page capacity change. Do this before cutting, not in the print dialog.
3. Download the PDF and print one test sheet at 100%.
4. Measure one image and one clear gap separately. A 5 mm gap is empty space between image rectangles, not a border inside the image.

Limits that keep the job manageable

The tool accepts at most 200 copies and 36 pages per PDF. A large image that leaves only one copy per page may reach the page limit before the copy limit. Reduce the quantity and create another batch if needed.

For pre-cut label stock, compare the manufacturer's exact row pitch, column pitch and offsets. This general-purpose grid does not promise alignment to a proprietary label sheet.