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Tutorials // Jobs // How To Customize Your Shipping Labels For Deliveries And Collections

How To Customize Your Shipping Labels For Deliveries And Collections

Detrack allows you to customize your shipping labels to suit your needs. There are various options that you can switch on for your shipping labels.

Below are the available sections for customizing the Shipping Label:

  • Label Size
  • Ship From Address
  • Zone And Routing Code Display
  • Options
  • Order No. and Invoice No. Options
  • Customized Labels

Detrack allows you to customize your shipping labels to suit your needs. There are various options that you can switch on for your shipping labels.

Label Size

You may select the following sizes for your shipping label:

  • A4 (6 labels per page)
  • A4 (9.7 x 6.77 cm) (8 labels per page)
  • A4 (9.91 x 6.77 cm) (8 labels per page)
  • A4 (10.5 x 7.4 cm) (8 labels per page)
  • 10 by 10 cm (4 x 4 inch)
  • 10 by 15 cm (4 x 6 inch)
  • 7.6 by 5 cm (3 x 2 inch)

Basic Shipping Label

Below is a screenshot of the Shipping Label with all the options switched off.

Ship From Address

If you happen to have a fixed permanent address where you are shipping from, you may enter it in this field.

Zone And / Or Routing Code Display Settings

To display the Zone and Routing Code, navigate to Settings > Job > Fields, enable “Postal Code” and “Zone”.

The “Routing Code” refers to the first few characters of the “Postal Code”, and will differ in various countries.
For example:
USA – NY 10004
UK – SW1A 0AA
Australia – NSW 2000
Singapore – 038983

In the below example, a job is created with the following information:
Zone – “South”
Postal Code – “038983”

Include Zone Only

Include Routing Code Only

Include zone and routing code in the format Zone RC

Include zone and routing code in the format RC Zone

Enter divider for include zone and routing code selection
This divider will separate the “Zone” and “Routing Code” information. In the below example, “/” is being used as separator.

Change default number of characters from postal code to include as routing code
Selects the number of prefix from the Postal Code to display as routing code.

For example:

  • if the “Postal Code” information is “038983”, and providing a “2” for this field will result in “03” as the “Routing Code”.
  • if the “Postal Code” information is “SW1A 0AA”, and providing a “4” for this field will result in “SW1A” as the “Routing Code”.

Options

  • You may switch on the following switches to display or hide certain information on your Shipping Label:
  • Include logo
  • Include company name
  • Include start date
  • Include ship date
  • Include items
  • Include instructions
  • Include item count
  • Include tracking no. at footer
  • Hide barcode
  • Hide QRcode
  • Use uppercase
  • Hide phone number
  • You may switch on the following switches to display or hide the “Order No.” and “Invoice No.” on your Shipping Label:
  • Shipping Label Order No.
  • Shipping Label Invoice No.

If you wish to rename the labels, you may provide the customized values under “Shipping Label Order No. Label” and / or “Shipping Label Invoice No. Label”.

Logo

Switching the option on will have your Logo appearing at the bottom of the Shipping Label.

Company Name

Switching the option on will have the Company Name information of your job appearing in the Shipping Label.

Start Date

Switching the option on will have the Start Date information of your job appearing at the right of the Shipping Label.

Ship Date

Switching the option on will have the Date information of your job appearing at the right of the Shipping Label.

Items

Switching the option on will have the Items information of your job appearing in the Shipping Label.

Instructions

Switching the option on will have the Instructions information of your job appearing in the Shipping Label.

Item Count

Switching the option on will have the Item Count information of your job appearing at the bottom right hand corner Shipping Label.

The Item Count number will correspond to the number of entries in the Item Details.

Tracking No.

Switching the option on will have the Tracking No. information of your job appearing at the bottom of the Shipping Label.

Hide Barcode

Switching the option on will hide the Barcode in the Shipping Label.

Hide QR Code

Switching the option on will hide the QR Code in the Shipping Label.

Use Uppercase

Switching the option on will display the field information in Uppercase.

Hide phone number

Switching the option on will hide the phone number in the Shipping Label.

Include Vehicle Name / Include Run Number / Include Job Sequence

Switching the following options on will display the Vehicle Name, Run Number and / or Job Sequence in the Shipping Label.

Customized Labels

  • If you wish to rename the labels to suit your needs, you may rename them here.
  • SHIP TO
  • PHONE
  • SHIP FROM
  • ITEMS

Editing Of Unit of Measurement For Weight
To edit the unit of Measurement For Weight, navigate to Settings > Organization > General, enter the value into the Weight field.

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