Label Printing
Print labels for parts, lots, storage locations, orders, projects, and builds, directly from PartsBox. Each label carries a QR code and a human-readable name, so a bin, a reel, or a finished device is identified both at a glance and by a scanner. This is what closes the loop between a physical object and its record: put a label on a reel, scan it, and you land on that exact reel in PartsBox.
Templates you control
Labels are built from templates, and you have full control of the layout. A template is written in ZPL (Zebra Programming Language): mark each place where data should appear with a numbered marker such as {1}, then map that marker to any PartsBox field — the part name, the manufacturer part number, a lot quantity, a storage location, a serial number, or one of your own custom fields. A marker can print as plain text, or as a barcode or QR code that carries an ID Anything™ URL or any other value you want to scan later.
Each kind of object has its own set of templates, and you can keep as many as you need: a small template for a strip of cut tape, a larger one for a storage bin, a device label that includes a serial number. Switching template changes the size or layout in one step. On a commercial plan, templates are shared across the whole team, so everyone prints the same labels.
Printing a label
Every information screen has an ID Anything™ button in the top-right corner, showing a small QR icon and the object's short code. Click it to open the label dialog: choose a template, check the live preview, and print. The same path works from a part, a lot, a storage location, an order, a project, or a build.
Printer requirements
PartsBox generates labels in ZPL, so you need a ZPL-compatible label printer — a Zebra printer, or another printer that understands ZPL. Older Zebra printers that support only EPL (Eltron Programming Language) will not work.
A part label from a Zebra ZD410 — name, description, footprint, storage locations, and the QR code that scans back to the part:
A printed label is one half of the loop; barcode scanning is the other. For the whole workflow — label an object, then scan to find, receive, or move it — see Labels and Scanning and the Label and Scan Your Inventory guide.
Label printing is in every plan, including the free Maker plan.