Every Flipkart order downloads as one page in an invoice_labels PDF — a shipping label stacked on top of a full tax invoice, split by a dashed line. Print it as-is and you waste half an A4 sheet per order, jam a thermal printer that expects a 4x6 label, and hand your courier a pile of cluttered pages. This guide shows the clean way.
How do I crop a Flipkart shipping label?
To crop a Flipkart shipping label, download the invoice_labels PDF from your Flipkart seller panel, open a Flipkart label cropper, choose a 4x6 (one label per page) or 4-per-A4 layout, and let the tool cut each label just above the tax-invoice boundary. The fastest free way is the EcomFriendly Flipkart Label Cropper, which crops the label, splits the tax invoice into its own PDF, sorts by SKU and builds a pick-list — entirely inside your browser, so customer data never gets uploaded.
Step 1: Download the correct PDF from Flipkart
In the Flipkart seller panel, go to Orders → Ready to Dispatch, select your orders and download Labels. You get a file named like invoice_labels.pdf. Always use this original PDF — not a screenshot or a phone photo — because the barcodes inside it are vector graphics that stay sharp at any print size.
Step 2: Separate the label from the tax invoice
Flipkart puts the shipping label above a dashed line and the tax invoice below it. For dispatch you only need the label; the invoice is for your records (and sometimes for boxing with electronics). A good cropper detects that dashed boundary automatically and outputs two files — a Label PDF and a separate Invoice PDF — so you print only what each job needs.
Step 3: Pick a print layout — thermal vs A4
- 4x6 thermal (1 label per page): best if you own a thermal label printer (TVS, TSC, Rugtek and similar). Each label is cropped to 100mm × 150mm, no scaling needed.
- 4 labels per A4: best if you print on a normal inkjet/laser printer. Four cropped labels sit on one sheet, so you use a quarter of the paper.
Not sure which printer to buy? See our thermal printer guide for Meesho & Flipkart sellers.
Step 4: Print at 100% scale (this is why barcodes blur)
The single most common Flipkart printing complaint — "my barcode won't scan" — is almost never the label. It is the print dialog. Turn off "Fit to page" / "Shrink oversized pages" and set scale to 100% (Actual size). Fit-to-page resamples the barcode and softens the bars until scanners choke. At 100%, a properly cropped label scans first try.
Step 5: Use the pick-list to pack faster
Before you walk to the shelf, generate a pick-list summary — one line per SKU with total quantity across all orders. Instead of reading 60 labels one by one, you pull "12 × blue kurti L, 8 × phone case" in a single pass, then match labels to items at the packing table. On high-volume days this is the difference between an hour and twenty minutes.
Splitting by courier (Ekart, Valmo, Delhivery, Xpressbees)
If different couriers pick up at different times, split your output by courier name. You get one Label + Invoice stack per delivery partner, so each pickup gets exactly its own bundle and nothing is handed to the wrong rider.
Is it safe to crop Flipkart labels online?
Only if the tool processes files in your browser. Flipkart labels carry customer names, phone numbers and full addresses — that is personal data you should never upload to an unknown server. The EcomFriendly cropper runs entirely client-side: the PDF is read, cropped and downloaded on your own device, and nothing is transmitted to EcomFriendly.
The bottom line
Download the original invoice_labels PDF, split the invoice off the label, crop to 4x6 or 4-per-A4, and always print at 100%. Do it with a free, private, in-browser tool and the whole daily label chore drops to a few clicks. Try the free Flipkart Label Cropper →