Printing labels

ItemTrack supports two print formats. Use whichever matches your printer and what you're labelling.

Single-label print

A full A4/Letter page with one large QR sticker (about 6×9 cm) plus the code text. Good for big surfaces — moving boxes, plastic bins, self-storage doors.

Open the resource's view page (or the QR Labels list) and click Print label. The page opens with print-friendly CSS — no nav, no chrome, just the sticker. Hit your browser's Print or Cmd/Ctrl + P.

Cut around the dotted lines, peel off the backing if you printed on sticker paper, or apply with double-sided tape.

Sticker sheet print

A grid of small QR stickers on a single page (Avery template format — typically 21 stickers per A4 sheet). Good for individual items.

Go to /qr/print-sheet.php. The page lays out as many of your unclaimed codes as fit on the sheet. Print, peel each sticker, stick on items.

The sheet auto-numbers each sticker with its centre label (K1, K2, K3...) so you can match the sticker to the right resource later. See QR centre labels for how the centre labels work.

Paper choice

For a one-time test, just print on regular paper and tape the sticker on. The QR will scan fine.

For permanent labels:

• Self-adhesive label paper (sometimes called "sticker paper" or "shipping label paper"). About €10 for a pack of 100 sheets. Print like normal paper, peel-and-stick.
• Avery 7160/7161 size for the sticker sheet template (21 per sheet, 63.5 × 38.1 mm).
• Permanent vs removable — permanent labels are stronger for long-term storage; removable for things you'll resell.

Printer settings

A few things that ruin a QR scan:

• Scaling. Make sure your browser print dialog is set to 100% / Actual size, not "fit to page". Scaling can blur the QR's modules.
• Toner saving / draft mode. Use normal print quality. Light-grey QR modules don't scan well.
• Two-sided printing. Turn it off — the back of one sticker bleeds through.
• Margins. Use the lowest margin your printer supports. The default centring should be fine.

Test the scan first

Before printing 50 stickers, print one and scan it with your phone (camera app or in-app scanner). If it doesn't scan reliably from 15-30 cm away in normal lighting, the print quality is too low — adjust before doing the rest.

Thermal label printers (DYMO, Brother)

Coming in a future release. For now, the A4 sheet route works well enough for most users.