How do I use Address Book to print multiple labels using just one address?

Hi. I'm trying to print multiple address labels using the same address on each label, but I'm stuck trying to make this happen in Address Book. Can anyone help?
Thanks!

The work-around that I've found to solve this issue is to create a new group in address book, then duplicate the contact 20 times or so, and drag the duplicates to the group you've created. Then, when you go to print, you will have a sheet of 20 or so duplicate labels. If you want to save it to repeat this task later, you can select "save as PDF" in the print menu, and simply print the PDF file next time. (assuming you use the same size labels next time, of course) Then, don't forget to delete the umteen duplicates from address book, taking care not to delete the original.
Not the perfect solution, but it gets the job done. Maybe somebody wants to make an automator action that will do this?

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