The print catalogue and pallet labels

Lesson 28 of 28 8 min read

Tour every print key, then configure the most widely used warehouse print - the pallet label - and the A4 document prints, property by property.

You now know how print entries work. This lesson shows what you can actually print, and goes deep on the generic pallet label and the A4 prints.

The print catalogue

Print key	Renders from	What it is
`pallet-label`	Pick	Generic pallet label with SSCC and product barcodes
`tesco-pallet-label`	Pick	Pallet label for Tesco
`kehe-shipping-label`	Pick	Shipping label for KeHE (no properties)
`backcountry-shipping-label`	Pick	Shipping label for Backcountry (no properties)
`3v-delivery-note`, `3v-packing-list`	Pick	Delivery note and packing list in a 3V layout
`3v-large-label`	Pick	Large label in a 3V layout
`we-are-rise-delivery-note`	Pick	A detailed delivery note with per-retailer variants
`order-a4`	Order	A4 order
`invoice-a4`	Invoice	A4 invoice
`credit-a4`	Credit	A4 credit note
`proof-of-delivery-a4`	Proof of delivery	A4 proof of delivery

Several are built for particular retailers or customers. The generic ones you will use most are pallet-label and the four A4 prints.

The generic pallet label

A pallet label identifies one pallet: who it's from, what's on it and its SSCC (Serial Shipping Container Code, the 18-digit number retailers scan to receive a pallet).

logoUrl	URL of the brand logo at the head of the label. No logo panel is printed without one.
widthMillimetres, heightMillimetres	Label size. Defaults 105 by 148 mm (A6).
copies	Labels printed per pallet. Default 1.
palletUnitOfMeasureId	The unit of measure that identifies a pallet. Falls back to the organisation's default pallet unit, then to every outermost container.
requireSscc	Default true: a pallet with no SSCC fails the print rather than printing a label without one.
maximumItems	How many products are listed before an overflow note replaces the rest. Default 4.
overflowLines	The overflow note. Default: PALLET CONTAINS MORE ITEMS THAN LISTED ABOVE, REFER TO DELIVERY NOTE OR ASN.
eanIdentifierType, skuIdentifierType	Product identifier types printed as the EAN (default gtin-14) and SKU (default spc).
dateFormat	Format for expiry dates. Default dd.MM.yyyy.
quantityUnitOfMeasureId	The unit quantities are converted to; its UN/ECE Rec 20 code is printed after each quantity. Falls back to the quantity's own unit.
showProductBarcode	Default true: prints the GS1-128 product barcode above the SSCC barcode.

Missing SSCCs fail by default

With requireSscc at its default, a pallet without an SSCC fails the print. That's usually what a retailer needs, because a label without an SSCC can't be received. Only turn it off for customers who don't scan SSCCs.

Mixed pallets

If a pallet holds more products than maximumItems, the label lists the first ones and prints the overflow note. Raise maximumItems only if the label size leaves room.

The A4 prints

order-a4, invoice-a4, credit-a4 and proof-of-delivery-a4 share one set of properties:

logoUrl	URL of the logo at the top of the page.
logoBackgroundColor	Background colour behind the logo, as a hex value.
logoPaddingCm, logoMaxHeightCm, logoMaxWidthCm	Logo padding and the box it is fitted into. Defaults 0.1, 2.5 and 2.5 cm.
noteTags	Notes built from the document's tags, printed beneath the addresses. Each has a prefix, separators and the tags whose values make up the note.
lineNotes	Notes beneath each line's description, from a Liquid template plus map expressions evaluated against the line. Replaces the built-in delivery variance note; an empty list prints none.

lineNotes replaces the variance note

The A4 prints have a built-in delivery variance note on lines. As soon as you set lineNotes, your notes replace it. Setting lineNotes to an empty list removes line notes altogether.

Retailer-specific prints in brief

tesco-pallet-label has just palletUnitOfMeasureId and copies.
3V prints take a logo as SVG markup, a web address, an internal contact, a party identifier type for the customer's account number, and up to two document reference types with labels or formats.
we-are-rise-delivery-note is the most configurable: company, haulier and despatch blocks, signed statements, Liquid templates for Inco Terms, instructions, descriptions and customer codes, and variants chosen by the resolved customer Party, so each retailer can get its own despatch location, codes and wording.

Oakmoor Foods' pallet labels

Oakmoor's grocery customers scan SSCCs at goods-in. The implementer configures one pallet-label entry:

{
  "printKey": "pallet-label",
  "properties": {
    "logoUrl": "https://example.com/oakmoor-logo.png",
    "copies": 2,
    "maximumItems": 4,
    "dateFormat": "dd/MM/yyyy"
  }
}

requireSscc stays at its default so a pallet without an SSCC is caught rather than labelled. Two copies means one label for each side of the pallet. A despatch of loose cartons with no pallets simply produces no label.

Recap

Most warehouse prints render from Picks; the A4 prints render from Orders, Invoices, Credits and Proofs of delivery.
The generic pallet label prints SSCC and product barcodes and lists up to maximumItems products before an overflow note.
requireSscc is on by default, so pallets without an SSCC fail the print.
The A4 prints share logo, noteTags and lineNotes settings; lineNotes replaces the variance note.
Retailer-specific prints such as Tesco, 3V and We Are Rise have their own properties.

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