AveryPrintable Shipping Labels With Sure Feed, 5.1 cm X 10.2 cm, Matte Clear, 250 Blank Mailing Labels (8663)

These are NOT clear lables. They are a frosted label, not clear!!! Now I have to return them

I've been using Avery Matte Frosted Clear Address Labels for Inkjet Printers #8663 for the past three years. I use the Avery.com/templates website to create my labels and then save them to my Avery account. It’s free to set up an Avery account and there is no charge to create the labels. You don’t have to buy the labels on the Avery website in order to use their free templates, you only need the product # of the Avery labels you are using. It’s so handy to have the addresses that I have sent Christmas cards to saved on the Avery website every year. Each year, I just open my account on the Avery website and my address labels are ready to be printed. There are a few things that should be improved with the labels. The pages still stick together when used with my Epson WorkForce 545 ink jet printer, despite Avery's new SureFeed Technology. I have to put one sheet of labels at a time in my printer’s paper tray and print the labels one page at a time. It’s a hassle and takes a lot of extra time having to do it that way, but I’ve found that’s the only way to not have the pages stick. I do like that the frosted clear labels virtually disappear on the surface of white Shutterfly envelopes. I don’t like the look of white paper labels for Christmas cards; too business-like. The Matte Frosted Clear labels are made of an acetate/plastic-like material, so the ink from the ink jet printer doesn’t absorb like it would into a paper surface, it just sits on the surface of the clear label. Last year, several of the Christmas cards that I mailed were returned to me because the post office had somehow scraped off some of the mailing address printed by my ink jet printer onto the Avery label and the address was no longer readable by the post office. This year, I used a heavier-weight font on the address labels and I didn’t have any Christmas cards returned by the post office. I will likely continue to use these labels despite the problems, because I like the clear look. Hoping Avery will change their new SureFeed Technology by Christmas 2020 to fix the sticking problem.

I received these labels yesterday with a sticker on the front saying "THANKS TO YOU, THIS PRODUCT HAS A SECOND LIFE". The outside of the package is pealing and the labels inside on that corner are not usable. It looks like water damage and, due to the sticker, I'd assure they were shipped that way. There was no mention on the product page that I was getting damaged labels. I was stunned to see this.

Who would have thought there would be technical advancements in inkjet labels... but these are amazing. I have ZERO issues printing- no jams, no misalignments, nothing. Fantastic. It's also very easy to use the Avery website to generate your content- like 250 unique addresses, imported from a Google spreadsheet.

These labeled are exactly what I needed for my wedding invitations. They have a frosted look and are perfect for a softer finish than regular clear labels.Tip: Donor use SAFARI web browser to print. It will automatically change the size ratio. Use GOOGLE CHROME to download/print your template and size and alignment should be great! I wasted several sheets using safari while it automatically set the size to 94% instead of 100%.