How to Print Product Labels | POS App

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With product labels, employees can quickly scan product information, significantly speeding up the checkout process. They can also help with stock keeping by removing the need to manually record information such as inventory levels. 

 

1. Product label settings

Step 1. Enable label printer

Go to POS App > [Settings] > [Label] and switch on the "Enable Label Printer" toggle. Then, ensure the label printer is connected.

 

[Coming Soon] Step 2. Set price display

*Note: This feature only supports the POS app updated to iOS v.1.64.0 or later versions.

You can choose whether to display the Regular Price and the Selling Price. Toggle "Print Regular Price" and "Print Selling Price" are switched on by default. If you switch them off, the Regular Price and Selling Price will not display on the labels.

 

Step 3. Set label size

You can choose large or small for the label size.

 

 

2. System's label printing logic

The following are the limitations for printing large labels and small labels.

A. Small labels

  • Name: N/A
  • Variation: N/A
  • SKU: N/A
  • Barcode: It is recommended to set a 10-digit barcode. Barcodes with more than 10 digits will be difficult for scanners to read.

B. Large labels

  • Name
    • Numbers and letters: The character limit is 34, with up to 2 lines allowed.
    • Chinese: The character limit is 24, with up to 2 lines allowed.
  • Variation
    • Chinese: The character limit is 16, with up to 1 line allowed.
    • Numbers and letters: The character limit is 25, with up to 1 line allowed.
  • SKU
    • Numbers and letters: The character limit is 32, with up to 1 line allowed.
    • Chinese: The character limit is 20, with up to 1 line allowed.
  • Barcode
    • It is recommended to set a 10-digit barcode. Barcodes with more than 10 digits will be difficult for scanners to read.

*Notes:

    • Full-width characters and spaces are considered different strings.
    • Chinese characters will be separated as individual strings from letters, numbers, and half-width symbols.

 

 

3. How to print individual product labels

You can print out a product label at the checkout page by tapping and holding down on the product. A window will appear where you can set the number of labels you want to print. 

 

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4. How to print product labels in bulk

If you need to print product labels for multiple different products, you can do this from the "Barcode" menu. 

You can use filters and search products either by category or by date. Once you select the products you want to select labels for, you can choose either "Print inventory quantity" or "Enter quantity". 

 

Step 1

A. Filter products by date added

In the menu on the left-hand side in POS, go to "Barcode".  

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Select the date range from the right-hand side. This allows you to see all products from the selected dates. To reset the date range, press the Reset Date button at the top of the window. 

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Press Select from the top of the window and choose the products you want to print labels for. Press Select All to select all products.

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B. Filter products by category 

Press the All Products drop-down menu from the top of the window. From here, select the product category or supplier to filter products. 

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Press Select from the top of the window and choose the products you want to print labels for. Press Select All to select all products.

 

Step 2

A. Print out current inventory quantity 

  1. This option will print out a label for each unit of a selected product(s) currently in your store's inventory. For example, if you have 10 products in your store's inventory, 10 labels will be printed.
  2. After you have selected the products you wish to print labels for, press Print out labels in the bottom right of the window. From the popup menu, select Print out current inventory quantity

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B. Print a custom quantity of labels 

After you have selected the products you wish to print labels for, press Print out labels in the bottom right of the window. From the pop-up menu, select "Enter quantity". Enter the number of labels you want to print, then press OK.    

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*Note: Clicking "Cancel printing" will stop a print job in progress. However, one or two labels may still be printed even after job cancellation.

 

 

 

 

 

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