Paper label grid generator

A simple generator for label grids useful for printing. The output file will be a PDF with the desired grid on it.

Fabulous ASCII illustration - a page with 2x4 grid (4 rows, 2 columns):

+-------------------+
|                   | <---------+
|  +-------------+  |           |
|  |      |      |  |           +
|  +-------------+  |        pagesize
|  |      |      |  |
|  +-------------+  |
|  |      |      |  |
|  +-------------+  |
|  |      |      |  |
|  +-------------+  | <---+
|                   |     | padding
+-------------------+ <---+
                ^  ^
                |  |
                +--+
               padding

Installation

• tested with Python 3.6, should work on any Python 3 installation
• needs the ReportLab PDF library: Install it via pip3 install reportlab or your OS installation facilities

Help

$ python paper_label_grid_gen.py --help
usage: paper_label_grid_gen.py [-h] [--version] [--rows ROWS]
                            [--columns COLUMNS] [--strokegray PERCENT]
                            [--overwrite]
                            [--pagesize {A0,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,B0,B1,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,LETTER,LEGAL,ELEVENSEVENTEEN}]
                            [--padding PADDING]
                            pdf_file

Simple script for generating a grid on a paper (for labels)

positional arguments:
pdf_file              generated PDF file name

optional arguments:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
--version             show program's version number and exit
--rows ROWS           number of desired rows per page, default: 8
--columns COLUMNS     number of desired columns per page, default: 2
--strokegray PERCENT  stroke gray (0=black, 100=white), default: 50
--overwrite, -y       overwrite existing output file
--pagesize {A0,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,B0,B1,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,LETTER,LEGAL,ELEVENSEVENTEEN}, -p {A0,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,B0,B1,B2,B3,B4,B5,B6,LETTER,LEGAL,ELEVENSEVENTEEN}
                        paper size, default: A4
--padding PADDING     paper padding in cm, default: 2.5

Written by Christoph Haunschmidt, Version 2019-01-04.01

Usage Example

Defaults: 2x8 grid on A4 with 2.5cm padding and 50% gray colored grid

python paper_label_grid_gen.py grid_example_1.pdf

Custom: 3x5 grid on LETTER paper with 2cm padding and 70% white colored grid, overwriting an existing file

python paper_label_grid_gen.py grid_example_2.pdf --rows=5 --columns=3 --strokegray=70 --padding=2 --pagesize=LETTER --overwrite

Credits

Written by Christoph Haunschmidt

License: GNU GPL 2.0