Generating labels

While labels can be generated from many places, the Print Labels page allows you to generate labels from multiple sources.

About this task

If you want to generate labels, you generally want to do so on either the Specimen Management, Storage, or Shipping page. On these pages, you can create labels for a specific participant, a particular shipping or storage container, or an individual shipment. These are the most common scenarios for which you will need to generate labels. You can also choose to upload a list of unique specimen IDs, which will set a specimen criteria to locate any sample with a unique specimen ID appearing in the list.

There may be times where you need to generate labels from a variety of sources. For example, you may want to print labels for all specimens received on a specific day.

Figure: The label generation page


Screen image: The label generation page.
Note:

Labels can be generated for up to 500 specimens.

Procedure

  1. On the navigation bar, hover over Labels, and then click Print Labels.
  2. Optional: At the top of the Print Labels page, use filters to narrow down the list of specimens displayed.
  3. For each specimen you want to print a label, select the check box in the Selected column.
  4. Optional: Use dropdown next to Sort Order to specify the order in which labels are generated. This option is also available in the Print Labels window.
  5. Click Print Labels.
  6. In the Print Labels window, select the following.
    Option Description
    Project Only shown if specimens from different projects were selected.
    Use Defaults If the project has a default label format defined, selecting this check box will re-select that default
    Format The label format to use
    Size The size of your label stock
    Skip  
    Sort Order Order in which labels are sorted
  7. Click Generate Labels.

    A PDF with the labels will be generated, which may open or you may be prompted to save it, depending on your browser's settings.

    If generating labels for specimens from more than one project, a check will appear in the Generated column for that project. Repeat the previous steps with the next project.