What Is a “Label Sheet” & What Are They Used For?
by Chelsea Camper | Last Updated December 30, 2015You might hear the term “label sheet” being thrown around in your office or warehouse, but what is a label sheet and what are they being used for? Can you print on them? If so, what would you print on them?
Label sheets are commonly used in the office for various tasks to help speed processes and/or make processes more accurate. In this post we’ll go over what a label sheet is and what it’s used for.
What Is a Label Sheet?
A label sheet is simply a regular piece of paper with labels integrated into it. A single sheet can have as many as 80 labels or just one label. The entire sheet of paper can be a label or you can have part of the paper a label and part of the paper, well, just regular paper.
What makes label sheets so special? Once you’ve printed on them you can simply peel the label out of the paper and stick it to a package, report, file folder, etc. without having to cut and glue the label.
These label sheets can have just about any label layout you can think of. If you can’t find a stock label layout that fits the needs of your company, you can always design your own label sheet.
Label sheets have several different names so don’t get confused when you hear people using any of the following terms to refer to a label sheet:
- Laser label sheet
- Shipping label sheet
- Peel out shipping label sheet
What Are Label Sheets Used For?
As mentioned earlier, they’re used in offices and warehouses to help with a variety of tasks. Let’s first take a look at how they can be used in offices first, then we’ll take a look at their uses in warehouses.
Label Sheets In The Office
Label sheets can be used to help create file folders. By using a label sheet with 80 labels on it, you can print out all of the file names you need onto these labels then peel them off and place them on each file folder.
For pharmacy or doctor offices, you can get a label sheet with fewer labels on it and has room to print on the regular paper. This way you can have labels for the patient and patient information all on the same sheet.
Label Sheets In The Warehouse
Warehouse label sheets generally have fewer labels than office labels sheets. They’re also more commonly known as “shipping label sheets” because of their roll in the warehouse. Many label sheets are used to help move an order from “new order” status to “shipped” quickly and accurately.
Typically label sheets used in the warehouse only have 1-4 labels, leaving plenty of room to include a packing list, invoice, return information, terms of service, etc. The shipping label is usually printed on one of the labels on the sheet and can easily be peeled off and placed onto the package without the need to tape or glue the label to the package.
Having the shipping label stay with the rest of the order information right up until shipping time helps increase and maintain order accuracy. It can also speed up your order fulfillment process by not having your pickers and packers shuffle through packing slips and shipping labels trying to match them up correctly.
And there you have it! That’s what a label sheet is all about; helping your stay fast, organized, and accurate.
Interested in learning more about label sheets? You can check out our laser label sheet category page (for offices) or our shipping label sheet category page (for warehouses).
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