How to Print Labels for Items

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Labels are used to mark items in your store. Each label can contain the item's name, SKU, price, and barcode. Labels with a barcode allow you to use a scanner to add items to a ticket.

Note: Printing Labels is part of Advanced Inventory Management and requires an active subscription. See Advanced Inventory Management Overview to learn how to activate it.

Printing Labels from the Item List

In the Back Office, go to the Item List.

'Item list' menu

Click the ⋮ (More) menu and select Print Labels.

Click on the ‘Print labels’ button

In the Print Labels form, configure the following options:

Setting

Description

Label Type

Select a predefined printing template from the drop-down list.

Barcode Source Field

Choose SKU, Barcode, or None (selecting None omits the barcode from the label).

Store

Select the store whose item prices will be printed on the labels. The price will include the currency symbol or name as defined in your account settings.

Print Name

Check this box to include the item name on the label.

Print Price

Check this box to include the item price on the label.

form ‘Create labels’

The system will remember your settings and use them as defaults the next time you open the Print Labels form.

Options for adding items

In the Items section, build your list of items to label using one of the following methods:

  • Search Item field — Add items one by one.
  • Add by Category — Add all items in a specific category.
  • Add by Supplier — Add all items assigned to a specific supplier.

Enter the number of labels to print in the Quantity column for each item.

Click Create Labels.

A new browser tab will open with the generated labels as an HTML page. 

HTML page with labels

Click Print to print them on your printer.

 

Printing Labels from a Document

You can also print labels directly from a Purchase Order, Transfer Order, or Stock Adjustment document:

  1. Open the document.
  2. Click More → Print Labels.
    More menu
     
  3. The Print Labels window will open with the items from the document pre-populated. The quantity of labels will be filled in automatically based on the item quantities in the document.
  4. Adjust quantities or remove any items that do not need labels, then proceed as above.

Barcode Notes

  • Format: Code 128, which supports digits 0–9 and Latin letters A–Z and a–z.
  • Maximum length: 80 characters. For better readability on small labels, keep barcodes to 18 characters or fewer.

 

 

See also:

Advanced Inventory Management Overview

How to Work with Purchase Orders and Suppliers

How to Work with Transfer Orders

How to Work with Stock Adjustments

Inventory History and Valuation Report

How to Work with Inventory Count

How to Work with Additional Costs in the Purchase Orders