Printing a removable customer address label from Magento

With the http://www.integratedlabels.co.uk invoice and packing slip software for Magento you can include the following information onto a document with peel off labels to stick to your parcels or letters:

1 Customer invoice and delivery addresses
2 Returns address
3 Loyalty details (or any other text you want to use)


Because the label is on the same document that you pick and pack from it improves the efficiency of your packing process and saves you time. There is also less chance of the wrong goods being sent to the customer. There are no new Magento procedures to learn as you print your invoice or packing slip in the same way that you currently do, shown below:




Invoices and Packing Slips are provided for single and double label paper. If you are using double perforated paper you can tear off the top addresses section.


Examples of all the Invoice and Packing Lists available are shown below. See the Advanced Features section on how to change the address format on the labels (e.g. to put the postcode on a separate line)

Invoice with delivery address at bottom left on single label paper
Invoice with delivery address at bottom left and invoice address at bottom right on double label paper. If using double perforated paper the bottom section can be removed.
Packing Slip with delivery address at bottom left on single label paper
Packing Slip with delivery address at bottom left and invoice address at bottom right on double label paper. If using double perforated paper the bottom section can be removed.

You can also design the text shown on the second label during the installation of the software:




Advanced Features

Line of text on lanel is too wide or too short
The supplied invoices and packing slips wrap the lines at 40 characters. If you want to change this line width amend the invoice.php or packingslip.php file and look for calls to FormatAddressLabel. The last value is the maximum width of each line before starting a new line on the label. For example, to change the maximum line width to 40 characters change the call to

$this->FormatAddressLabel($order->getShippingAddress()->format('pdf'), 50);

Parts of address need to be put onto separate lines (e.g. postcode)
By default Magento displays addresses in the following format:

Customer Name,
Address Line 1, Address Line 2
Address Line 3, Town, Post Code
Country

For example,

Emily Took Brown
The Larches, Appletonea
Monkton, ZZ1 1ES
United Kingdom

You can change the format by using the approach shown below. For example, to put the postcode onto a separate line, shown below:

Emily Took Brown
The Larches, Appletonea
Monkton
ZZ1 1ES
United Kingdom

If you are using one of the newer Magento versions you can change the format in the Configuration options, if this isn't available use item 4 onwards.

1 Select the System->Configuration menu option.

2 On the left hand side if you click on Customer Configuration.

3 In the Address Templates section amend the values in the PDF section. This is described below in item 6.

4 On your website open the file app/code/core/Mage/Customer/etc/config.xml

5 Find the section called pdf (look for the word pdf). You will find the line shown below:

<pdf translate="title" module="customer">

6 The text after this describes how to layout the addresses. To put text onto a new line use a | character. For example, to put the postcode onto its own line change

{{if city}}{{var city}}, {{/if}}{{if region}}{{var region}}, {{/if}}{{if postcode}}{{var postcode}}{{/if}}|

to

{{if city}}{{var city}}, {{/if}}{{if region}}{{var region}}| {{/if}}{{if postcode}}{{var postcode}}{{/if}}|


NOTE: The address description may be slightly different than that shown above for different Magento versions.


Resolving problems
If the address details don't change format on the label the following should resolve this:

1 Do you have a copy of the configuration file at:

app/code/local/Mage/Customer/etc/config.xml ?

If you do you should amend this version as this file is picks up before the core files.

2 Have you cleared the Magento Cache (System > Cache Management)?


If the return address does not print correctly

Are there any ' (apostophe) characters in the return address details (e.g. Goat's shed House). There are 2 possible solutions:

1 Use a different character (e.g. Goat`s shed House)

2 Change the text in the file to use a " around the text (e.g. $page->drawText{"Goat's shed House"...).