Print dispensing labels

Print a medication label for each drug on a prescription — the sticker that goes on the pack when you hand it to the patient. Each label carries your pharmacy's name and address, the patient's name, the drug, the directions (Sig), the quantity, the date, the prescriber, and standard safety wording.

Before you start

• The labels use your organisation's name, address and phone as the letterhead. If those are blank or wrong, fix them in Settings → Organisation first — every label (and receipt) reads from there.
• Add the drug lines to the prescription. The button prints one label per drug line, so make sure the directions (Sig) and quantity are filled in for each.

Steps

1. Open the prescription (Pharmacy → Prescriptions), on the Details tab.
2. In the Prescribed drugs panel, click 🏷 Print labels.
3. Your browser's print dialog opens with a preview of the labels. Choose the printer (or Save as PDF) and print.

Each label prints at about 80 mm wide; on plain A4 paper two sit side by side and flow down the sheet, so you can print a batch and cut them. For a dedicated label printer, set the paper size to your label in the print dialog — the layout re-flows to fit.

What's on the label

• Pharmacy name + address / phone (your organisation letterhead).
• Patient name and the date.
• Drug name (with strength when the catalogue has it).
• Directions (Sig) — exactly the text on the drug line. If a line has no Sig, the label prints "Take as directed."
• Qty dispensed and the Rx number.
• Standard cautionary wording and the prescriber.

Tips

• The button is greyed out until at least one drug line has a name. Pick a drug from the catalogue or type a name on the line first.
• Nothing is saved or posted by printing — it's just the label. You can re-print any time.
• Want the strength on the label? Set it on the item in Products & Services; it's pulled from the drug catalogue automatically.

Common problems

• The pharmacy name says just "Pharmacy". → Your organisation name isn't set. Fill it in under Settings → Organisation.
• A label is missing a drug. → That line has no drug name yet — labels only print for lines with a drug picked or typed.
• The preview is blank / prints the whole screen. → Re-open the prescription and try again; if it persists, use your browser's Save as PDF option, which always captures the labels only.