Resize images to properly fit in AccuZIP6 label template
The AccuZIP6 Label Designer tutorial video explains, among other things, how to add images to your label template.
Images that you add to the label designer may appear much larger than they appear in Illustrator, Paint, and other programs. The AccuZIP6 label designer feature allows you to import an image and resize it to fit the size you need; however, this isn't a proper way to adjust the size and may cause the image to appear distorted in its new size.
The better way to get an image to appear properly sized in the label designer is to resize it in an image editing application (such as Paint). But first, you have to understand the reason why resizing is necessary.
Most images you print will be created in 300 Pixels Per Inch (PPI). The AccuZIP6 label designer renders images at 96 PPI.
A 300 PPI (or DPI) image at 600 px wide will appear in an image-editing program as a 2" wide image. When you bring that image into the AccuZIP6 label designer, the same 600 px image will no longer appear as 2" wide. Instead, it will appear much larger, at 6.25" wide.
The best way to resize this image is by using math.
Divide the pixel width by its current PPI or DPI. Then multiply the result by 96.
Example: You have an image that's 600x400 at 300 DPI (2"x1.3") and you want to maintain this width and height in the AccuZIP6 label designer.
600/300*96=192. 192 at 96 DPI is 2".
400/300=1.333. 1.333*96=128. 128 px at 96 DPI is 1.333"
When you resize the image in an image editor, resize your 600x400 image to 192x128. Open that image in the AccuZIP6 label designer and it will appear as 2"x1.333".
