Print Your First Labels

This quick start walks you through the fastest path to your first printed label sheet: verify a template, create a print job, and print at Actual size.

Before you begin

• Install Qivra PO Label Printer from the Shopify App Store and open it from your Shopify admin.
• Have your label paper at hand (e.g. an Avery 5160 sheet, or your thermal roll). For the very first test, a few sheets of plain paper are enough.
• Your store should have at least one received transfer, or products with SKUs/barcodes.

Step 1: Check your template

Starter templates are installed automatically the first time you open the app.

1. Go to Label templates.
2. Confirm you see the three starter templates: Retail price (Avery 5160), Warehouse SKU (Avery 5167), and Shipping 4×6 (Zebra 4×6).
3. Pick the one that matches your paper. To make it the default for new jobs, open it with Edit, tick Default template, and save.

See Create a label template if you want to customize slots, barcode format, or sizes first.

Step 2: Print a calibration sheet (recommended)

Skip this if you print on rolls. On sheet paper (Avery and compatibles), verify alignment before using a real label sheet:

1. On the Home page, find the Sheet alignment card.
2. Click Check next to your paper size.
3. The calibration PDF opens in a new tab — print it on plain paper at Actual size.
4. Hold it over a label sheet: the numbered grid should line up with the die-cut cells.

Calibration prints are free and never count toward your monthly quota. See Calibration and sheet alignment.

Step 3: Create a print job

1. Go to New print job.
2. At the top, the Template selector shows your default template (with live preview). Change it if needed.
3. Under Where do the labels come from?, pick a source:

Source	Best for
Received transfer	Printing labels for stock that just arrived — counts accepted quantities
Product filter	Reprinting a range of products (search, vendor, type, tag)
CSV import	Supplier files, Shopify PO exports, Stocky exports
Order	Printing a label for every unit in an order

4. Follow the source’s picker, then click the create button (e.g. Create job (accepted qty) for transfers).

For the full transfer workflow — including re-receiving and printing only the difference — see Print from a received transfer.

Step 4: Print

The app opens the job detail page.

1. Review the labels in the Labels in this job table (Accepted / Printed / To print per product).
2. Click Print {count} labels. The status shows Rendering…, then the PDF opens in a new tab.
3. In the browser print dialog, choose Actual size (100% scale) — not “Fit to page”, or labels will misalign.
4. Print on your label paper and peel.

Over quota?

If the job needs more labels than you have left this month, the app offers to print the remaining quota now — nothing is dropped, the rest stays in the job for after you upgrade. See Plans and quota.

What happens next

• The job appears in Print history with status Printed. You can reprint or re-download its PDF for 30 days.
• For transfers: when the same transfer receives more stock, the job updates automatically and, by default, only prints the difference. The Home banner “Stock arrived — labels are ready” surfaces pending labels.
• Jobs and rendered files are kept for 30 days. After that, the job stays in history and Reprint rebuilds the PDF from the saved template snapshot.

Next steps

• Label template overview — fields, sheets, and barcode formats
• Print on a partially used sheet — start from the first empty cell
• Print from products, CSV, or orders
• Troubleshooting

Video Tutorial

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Related Docs

• Getting started
• Print from a received transfer
• Calibration and sheet alignment