Printing labels with Apple Address Book

I like to print Avery labels ( J8160-J8151 ) from my Apple Address Book.
A single label works perfect but I like to print 65 of the same labels on one sheet. How can I do this ?
How can I tell Address Book the printing-position on a sheet of labels when the first five labels are used ?
Where can I find a manual of Address Book ?
Please I like to have some suggestions,
Thanks, daans
PowerMac G4/500 AGP - 512Mb Mac OS X (10.3.9) Printer HP Deskjet 3845

Daan,
There isn't a manaul for Address Book really, just the Help info.
You can't print a page of the same label. You also cannot choose the printing position. Apple has left it up to third party developers really to design products to take advantage of the Address Book database. The real power of Address Book lies in that it works seamlessly throughout the system and acts as a centralized contact database with which other software products can make use of the data.
Here are some programs that might help you:
http://www.belightsoft.com/products/mailfactory/homeedition.php
http://www.chronosnet.com/Products/LE_product.html

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Customer 6,Company 6,76765 NE 92nd Street,,Seattle,WA,98009
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Customer 8,Company 8,7677 4th Ave North,,Seattle,WA ,89876
Customer 9,Company 9,4556 Fauntleroy Avenue,,West Seattle,WA,98987
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