Customer Reviews

Avery Easy Peel Address Labels for Laser Printers, 1 x 2.625 Inches, White, Pack of 750 (05260)

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If you have a mailing list in the hundreds, anything that shaves a little bit of time on the boring and repetitive parts of the project is very welcome. This new "easy peel" design couldn't be easier to use. You just bend the column every so slightly and you get an easy to grab edge that allows you to peel off each label without having to grab a corner by nudging with your fingernail, over and over again--even after going through the heat of a laser printer. I have found them to feed through smoothly (only one sheet at a time), not get jammed, not have one of the label corners accidentally adhere to the roller or feed dogs of the printer (yes, this has happened to me and it's a nightmare I'm glad to be able to put behind me). They work like a charm.

NOTE TO AVERY:

As much as I have loved these labels, I STILL have a slight objection. It has nothing to do with either quality, functionality, or design. It has to do with size. These one-inch high labels easily accommodate a three-line address. A four-line address fits. However, if you want to take full advantage of your word processor's capabilities and add a zip bar code line (which really DOES work in getting your mail delivered faster), you can fit it in on the three-line address, but it gets cut off on the four-line address.

If you have a longer address structure, you're absolutely doomed. For example: I have several unmarried couples on my list. They each require a line. (Mr. John Smith, Ms. Mary Jones). I also mail some company executives, and this becomes a nightmare:

Mr. John Smith, President
The ACME Company
1234 Main Street, Suite 5
City, State, Zip
//////bar code////////.

This address does not fit on a 1" label.

This makes creating a large mailing a real problem. I print the whole list (800+) in this label, then discard the ones that didn't fit and re-do them manually on label #05163, which are the next size up but, at 2" x 4" they are really to BIG. (#5962 which is 1 1/3" high doesn't provide that much of an improvement and it's still 4" wide!)

Please, Avery, make a 1.5" x 3" label to accommodate the longest names and titles and the longest addresses and not look horrible on the envelope--and make them Easy Peel, just like this one.

Side-by-side comparison: 3M Address Labels are just as good, and usually less expensive. Go for the better price.

I've used Avery and 3M labels for years.

The 3M have the same easy-peel layout, without the laughable salesmanship.

The 3M package claims "Permanent Adhesive" and "Strong Stick." The Avery stick just as well, or almost as well

I find the 1" x 2-5/8" size is big enough if you use size 9 font (Arial). I get up to 38 characters per line x 5 lines.

I've been using Avery's 5267 product to make return address labels for some time now, but despite the increasing quaintness of postal mail, I still have a few people and companies that I mail things to every so often, so tried out Avery's 5260 address labels for laser printers to print up some address labels. They just work.

If you haven't used this type of product, it's a breeze if you have almost any working version of Microsoft Word, because Word has built-in templates for Avery's various labels. Just open or create a document, type in the address you want on the label, select Mailings/Labels (in Word 2007 - varies by version), tell it that you want to use Avery 5260 labels, and Word knows how to lay out the page and to replicate the text 30 times to fill out a page of identical labels. Or you can give Word a list of addresses from a mailing list and it will lay them out to fit on the Avery product.

This appears to be a new generation of Avery's line of labels, with "pop-up edges" to make it easier to peel each label from the page, as compared to older versions which required you to bend the page or pry out each label with your fingernails. Amazing how it's possible to improve even a seemingly mundane product.

Anyway, these just work and I don't even think about them when creating or using them - which to me is the definition of usefulness and quality.

These labels work perfectly. Labels are such a time and effort saver, and they are so versatile; there are so many things you can do with them. I can't imagine living in a world without labels. These particular ones are for laser printers, but they can also be used just for writing on. They are easy to peel. They are address labels, but you can use them for a variety of different reasons. These labels are really awesome.

Convenient, practical, good quality, and they make life easier. These labels can do so many things and you can use them for so many reasons - the list is endless.

Highly recommended for office, home, school, workshop, playroom, etc. - the list is endless.

I got a laser printer and wanted to try out the laser version of these address labels. They are great! Print great and stick great. And they are easier to remove than they used to be. I use address labels for addresses (obviously), but also for all sort of things. Mainly labeling things. But you'll be surprised at how versatile these can be!

I rarely download templates for labels. I use the built-in mail merge in Word and it already supports pretty much every label made - including this one (5260.)

I've been using Avery labels for over a decade, and this latest generation is a marked improvement. The biggest pain with previous labels was removing the label from the rest of the sheet - you know, the remainder after the labels were removed. These labels don't have that "remainder" - just the labels. It makes peeling off the labels easier, cleaner and faster.

They fed fine on my laser printer and inkjet.

People that complain about smudging on the 1st page need to clean the printer more often with a cleaning sheet, or pre-feed heavier stock. Labels are pretty thick! Little fuzzies, pet hair (yes, I have found pet heir in my inkjet print head) and the like may not cause problems with normal paper. But put in card stock, photo paper or labels - you can have a mess. That's why I'll always print a small color block on a piece of card stock BEFORE using labels, or use card stock as the first print as a test. It's a lot cheaper than wasting a sheet of labels!

Feeding: I always print test pages. For example my laser printer has three drawers and a manual bypass. One drawer requires the labels be down. Two drawers need them facing up. Manual bypass facing down, and tail-end in first. Envelopes are even more confusing. With paper this is not a concern, with labels it always is.

Here's a tip. Take a piece of paper. Use a pen and write TOP on the paper. Flip it over, write BOTTOM. Then draw an arrow on one edge- the edge that goes in the printer first. Print a sheet of "labels" on this paper. Examine it. Scratch your head. The results are often confusing - but will save you a ton of headaches.

I experienced a minor smudging on the first label page that I printed. Other than that, the templates provided on avery.com worked well, and it only took me two test prints on regular paper to get the alignment right.

Labels seem to be ok in spite of the fact that Avery places a shelve life of 2-3 years. These labels had a brochure enclosed for a contest that expired 10 years ago. They were worth the price so far.

These are great labels, as are most Avery labels. The template for printing is available for download if it's not loaded in your version of MS Word. They don't smudge and it was easy to get them off the sheet.

Nothing special - no bells and whistles - just good labels.

and yes, they are easy to peel off, haven't caused a printer jam, print nicely and sticks well. i don't know what the difference is between the 5160 and 5260 because they seem to be the same size. from what i can tell, the only difference seems to be that the 5160 comes in a much larger pack (3000 labels) than the 5260 (750 labels). so if you're in need of many more labels than 750, i'd buy the 5160 instead of multiple packs of 5260. but for casual home users who don't want 3000 labels (that's 100 sheets of labels - it's a lot), the 5260 would be a better choice even though you spend more per label - buying in excess is more wasteful than paying for a smaller pack.