Print pallet labels from an Excel load list

Pallet id, dest, qty, large type

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Print pallet labels from an Excel load list

Published: · 3 min read · How-to
Do this in the free app: app.mylabelmaker.com. No signup. Design the label, then print on a Zebra or download PNG / PDF / ZPL.

Open pallet label template

Pallet ID sample from the free label maker
This is the pallet id template in the free app. Open it and swap in your own text.

Shipping desks build a load list in Excel and then need a 4×6 on each pallet. Huge pallet id, dest, piece count, barcode the id. Open the free label maker to do it now.

Good to know: SSCC / GS1-128 check digits and carrier pallet labels are yours. Official SSCC PDFs print as issued.

How to print pallet labels from an Excel load list

  1. Open the free label maker and set the size of your stock.
  2. Add a native barcode (not an Excel font) and map the spreadsheet column, for example {{code}}. Use a column of {{pallet}} as hero type.
  3. Preview row 1 and a row near the end of the sheet.
  4. Print the stack on a Zebra, or export PDF / ZPL.

One pallet, two faces

Opposite sides of a pallet should match. Print two copies per row (quantity 2) so receiving sees the same id.

Print or save

Zebra thermal: print from the browser with Browser Print at the printer’s DPI. Everyone else: download PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, or ZPL. JSON keeps the editable master.

Print from your spreadsheet

Map a column, preview a row, then print. No signup.

Open pallet id template