Updated 9/26/2022

GrowFlow's label editor allows you to create and adjust labels on the fly for use across GrowFlow. The editor lets you dynamically code variable details like the item's ID, strain name, product name, and so forth that will print uniquely for each item.

Let's look at how to create and edit a label and get printing!

Let's go to Admin > Labels/Templates which takes us to the Label Templates tab:

1. To start a new label, we can either click Copy on a GrowFlow default label to customize our own, or click + Add New Custom Label to start from scratch:

2. When we start a new label, we can give it a name on the left and set our Label Type:

The Label Type will determine where in GrowFlow you can use the label:

3. Once we select a Label Type, we then have the option to select an Inventory Type and check the Primary box to make this label default for a certain inventory type

Click Save to save these settings:

Now to customizing! Let's go to the Editor:

Let's look at each tab on the left of the editor:

On the Canvas tab, you can name the label and change the label type as well as set the label dimensions

Under Sections, we can add text boxes and images to the label using the buttons on the left.

Click Add New Text to add a new text box then click in the text editor box at the top of the page to enter text into the selected text box. You can use Rotate, Dimensions, Padding, Border, Border Color, and Section Color to transform the selected text box:

Format the text within the selected text box using the formatting icons above the text editor, such as font, font size, text alignment, and text color:

Let's say we want to code a label to show the strain name for each item being printed. We will use Dynamic Fields to code this into the label. Click on your text box, then click into the text editor to see the + Dynamic Field button appear on the right. Click it to open the menu:

Keyword search in the search bar at the top of the menu to locate a Dynamic Field, then click on it to add it to the text box:

You can also type a field directly into the text editor enclosed by two pairs of curly brackets, such as {{StrainName}}. Note that Dynamic Fields are pre-coded (you cannot create your own) and they are case-sensitive.

Jump to Preview Label to test the look of the Dynamic Field. Now, let's move on to the next section, Barcodes.

On the Barcode tab, click to add either a barcode or a square QR code. Click and drag the barcode control points to resize the barcode. To remove the barcode, click on it and hit your Backspace key:

Scrolling down the left menu, we see more options to transform the selected barcode:

We have slightly different options to transform a QR code, including encoding your own URL link:

Set a background image for the entire label (cannot be resized) or set a Background Color. Click Remove Image to remove the background image:

Upload new images to your library by clicking Upload New Image or clicking an image to add it to the label. These images can be repositioned and resized by clicking and dragging the corners of the image:

To delete an image, click on it and hit your Backspace key.

Now we're ready to see the finished product! ✨

Click Save again for good measure, then we can click Preview to see an example of this label. GrowFlow will automatically find an item to preview with, or you can paste an ID applicable to this label type in the Enter ID to Preview box: