Replying to my own inquiry (to hopefully save others from wasting their time searching), I got the information directly from Paypal support, which unfortunately is " there is no setting to be able to print the label without instructions". So don't waste your time looking. The mickeymouse "cut the page in half" solution is apparently the only way other than print it on plain paper so you don't waste labels, or go to a real business shipper like stamps.com, which I have done. No more Paypal ads on my shipping labels, no wasting a label every time I print one, now I can have my business name on the return address instead of my personal name, add my business logo, and have shipping notifications sent that include a customized look with my own design and message.
Interesting that Paypal has made itself MORE difficult to use over the years. When they changed to the new website, it took a lot of adjustment just to be able to find things that were easy to find before; then they destroyed the packing slips which were excellent, full-page, and perfectly usable to one that's a half-page and you have to cut the other half off if you don't want the mickeymouse scissors/dotted line graphic to show on your business packing slip (what purpose is it, yet they've stubbornly kept it there to show people where to cut??). Now one can no longer get to the old site...I used to use the "remove shipping options" link to designate which packing slips had been printed, now they've done away with that option. They keep changing things, but they just keep getting worse and harder to use, with less features. Is our so-called US president in charge of Paypal now?...
