---
name: "labelnation"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "labelnation"
version: "1.24-3"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/labelnation"
---

# labelnation(1)

A command-line label-printing program

## NAME

labelnation - A command-line label-printing program

## SYNOPSIS

**labelnation** \[*options*\] *file*

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **labelnation** command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**labelnation** is a Perl program that provides a command-line interface for printing onto peel-off label sheets. It comes with built-in support for the most common label standards (Avery Dennison 5160, Maco LL-5805, etc.), plus the ability to define your own label parameters.

Please see /usr/share/doc/labelnation/help.txt for further instructions how to use this program.

## OPTIONS

List of all available options:

- **-h, --help, --usage**

  Show help.

- **--version**

  Show program version number.

- **--explain**

  Show instructions (lots of output!).

- **--list-types**

  Show all predefined label types.

- **-t, --type TYPE**

  Generate labels of type TYPE.

- **-p, --parameter-file FILE**

  Read label parameters from FILE.

- **-i, --infile**

  Take input from FILE.

- **-l, --line-input**

  Infile contains label text lines.

- **-c, --code-input**

  Infile contains PostScript code.

- **-d, --delimiter DELIM**

  Labels separated by DELIM.

- **--show-bounding-box**

  Print rectangle around each label (recommended for testing only).

- **--font-name NAME**

  Use PostScript font FONT.

- **--font-size SIZE**

  Scale font to SIZE.

- **-o, --outfile FILE**

  Output to FILE ("-" means stdout).

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Dr. Guenter Bechly \<gbechly@debian.org\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).