ThreadCloud SOPs

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◐ ThreadCloud SOPs

Print Labels

Three ways to print labels, ranked best to fallback. Use whichever your situation allows.

Option 1 — TC Dymo print (preferred)

The default flow. Dymo 30334 thermal printer, 57×32mm landscape labels.

  1. Receiving tab → click Print Labels
  2. A new tab opens with the label preview — one label per received variant unit (e.g. if you received 5 of Size L, you get 5 labels for that variant)
  3. Press Cmd/Ctrl+P
  4. Select the Dymo printer
  5. Verify the label size in the print dialog is set to 57×32mm landscape
  6. Click Print

What’s on the label

[BRAND]  [STYLE]                          [SIZE]
[Colour]                                  ████ ████ █
[SKU]                                     CA$245.00
  • Brand name + style name (top left)
  • Colour name (below)
  • SKU (small)
  • Barcode (Code 128B of the SKU)
  • Retail price (bottom right)
  • Size is intentionally the largest element on the right — fast scan during fitting

Option 2 — Avery 5160 sheet labels (printer-agnostic fallback)

If the Dymo dies, runs out of labels, jams, or is just unavailable.

  1. Buy Avery 5160 sheet labels (30-up, 1×2⅝ inches) from any office supply store
  2. Load them into any regular laser/inkjet printer
  3. Click Print Labels in TC as usual
  4. In the print dialog: select your normal printer, set paper to Letter, scale to 100%
  5. Print

Heads up
The TC label is sized for Dymo’s 57×32mm format. On Avery 5160 sheets, you’ll get the same visual label but the layout will be slightly different (typically one label per Avery slot, with whitespace). It’s a working fallback, not a perfect match. Verify on one test sheet before printing a stack.

Option 3 — Shopify Admin native batch print (last resort)

When neither TC’s printer nor a backup is available, fall back to Shopify Admin. This works because ThreadCloud writes the SKU into the Shopify variant barcode field on every push.

  1. Open Shopify Admin → Products
  2. In the search bar, type tag:tc-order-247 — replace 247 with your order’s ID (find it in the TC order URL)
  3. Select all rows that need labels
  4. Click More actions → Print barcode labels
  5. Choose label size (Avery 5160 is safest), choose products + variants, hit Print

Differences vs TC labels

FieldTC labelShopify Admin
Brand✅❌
Style name✅✅ (truncated)
Colour name✅❌
Size✅ (large)✅
SKU✅✅
Barcode✅✅
Retail price✅✅

You lose brand and colour but keep size, SKU, barcode, and price — enough to ID and ring up each item.

Reprinting labels later

You don’t always print labels at receive time. To reprint for an existing order:

  1. Open the order → Receiving tab
  2. Click Print Labels — the print preview rebuilds from the saved data
  3. Print

This re-prints all received labels for the order. There’s no per-variant reprint in the UI yet. If you only need to reprint a few:

  • Print the full sheet
  • Discard the ones you don’t need
  • Or use the Shopify Admin fallback for cherry-picking by variant

Custom labels for hang tags / size tickets

ThreadCloud’s labels are receiving-focused (SKU + size + price for stock control). For customer-facing hang tags with brand story, fabric content, etc., that’s a different flow — under Order → Hang Tag Print.

(Documented separately if your team uses hang tags. Most stores don’t.)

Common mistakes

Print scale set to “Fit to page”
This shrinks the barcode below scannable threshold. Always set scale to 100% / Actual Size in the print dialog.

Print preview shows wrong quantities
The preview reads from saved data. If you didn’t click Save Received before opening Print Labels, the preview shows old numbers. Save first.

Forgetting size selection in Shopify Admin fallback
Shopify’s batch barcode print defaults to “one label per variant” — but you may have received 5 units of one variant. Manually set the qty to match in Shopify’s print dialog.

Next steps