Shipping Label Generator

About the Shipping Label Generator

Print address labels for your parcels: the recipient large and clear with the PIN or postcode and phone, the sender for returns, the order and tracking numbers, weight and size, a bold COD box with the amount to collect, handling marks (fragile, this way up, keep dry, do not stack) and a Code 128 barcode or QR code.

Choose a 4 × 6 in thermal label, an A6 label or an A4 sheet with 2, 4 or 8 labels. A shipment of several parcels gets “Parcel 1 of 3” labels, and you can start on any position of a part-used sheet. These are address labels, not a carrier air waybill: a shipment booked with a courier or the post still needs the carrier’s own label. Everything stays in your browser.

Common uses

• Small sellers shipping orders by courier, post or their own delivery staff.
• Cash-on-delivery parcels that need the amount to collect in large print.
• Labelling every carton of a multi-box shipment with its number.
• Addressing parcels, samples and documents from an office printer on A4 label sheets.

What goes on a good parcel label

Sorting staff and delivery riders read a label in a second, so the tool prints the recipient’s name, address and PIN or postcode in the largest type, the phone number in bold and the payment status where it cannot be missed: a black COD box with the amount, or PREPAID. The sender’s address sits above, smaller, with an optional “If undelivered, please return to the sender” line. Order number, date, service, weight and size go in one line of small print.

Text that would not fit is shrunk in steps, and short labels are printed larger, so every label uses its space. For Indian addresses, the tool checks that a PIN code has six digits and does not start with 0.

Barcodes and QR codes

The Code 128 barcode (ISO/IEC 15417) holds the order number, the tracking number or any text made of English letters, digits and keyboard symbols, with the quiet zones the standard asks for. A QR code holds longer text or a link, and phones read it. Tick Add the parcel number to each code to make each parcel’s barcode unique. Print at 100% scale — a barcode shrunk to fit may not scan.

Thermal printers and label sheets

For a 4 × 6 in (101.6 × 152.4 mm) thermal printer, use Download PDF: each page is exactly one label, so the driver does not have to scale it. A6 pages are 105 × 148 mm. The A4 layouts divide the sheet into equal parts — 2 labels of 210 × 148.5 mm, 4 of 105 × 148.5 mm or 8 of 105 × 74.25 mm — with optional dashed cut lines for plain paper. Commercial label sheets come in many sizes with their own margins, so check that yours match these sizes, and print a test page first.

Handling marks

Tick Fragile, This way up, Keep dry or Do not stack to print simple pictograms with their words, or type other handling words such as “Handle with care”. The marks tell people how to handle the parcel; they do not replace packing it well, or the carrier’s own rules for fragile and dangerous goods.

Limitations

• Not a carrier air waybill or a postal booking: carriers and the post use their own labels and tracking numbers for booked shipments.
• The tool does not check that an address or PIN code exists, or estimate postage.
• Bulk labels from an order file are not available — make one label design at a time (with as many parcels and copies as you need).
• Code 128 cannot hold accented letters or other scripts; use a QR code for those. The PDF draws Latin-script text — for addresses in other scripts, use Print.
• The first PDF download needs a connection to fetch the PDF engine and fonts; Print works offline.

Privacy

Everything happens in your browser. Addresses, phone numbers and your logo are not uploaded or stored by MySmartCoPilot; the draft stays in this browser’s local storage until you press Clear saved data on this device.