1. What is the issue? Please be detailed. I am currently running a fieldwork project in which we are collecting data in ODK. As each supervisor comes in from each day in the field they enter data about collected samples into a form and upload. At the same time they have to hand write a label, often…

Ahhhhh, perhaps this would have been better in "Community"... apologies!

Welcome, @Chad_Hill ! This feels like a perfect question for the support category. Would love to learn more about you and your project in the community introductions thread when you get a chance! I don't think anyone on the core team has tried label printers recently so hopefully someone from the br…

Approaching the problem from a different direction - would it be possible for you to preprint large numbers of QR plus text code labels? Then the workflow becomes fieldwork return to base, review the day's collection, at the end of each submission, use a barcode question to scan a label, this ID …

Thanks! I will try to post in the intro thread. Yes, this was what I understood, that I needed printers that would work with the android print system, not just the manufacturer app, but I was finding it surprisingly hard to tell which ones do that! So your list is VERY helpful. Thank you!!

This is an excellent idea. But probably wont work for my application, unfortunately. This is for an archaeological project (sorry, I was being unnecessarily vague in the original post, in an attempt to be brief!). Back when I was a grad student, I actually worked on an archaeological project that w…

Robust label printer recommendations?

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ahblake October 21, 2026, 5:24am 7

That sounds like my suggestion is completely inappropriate for your use case! Generating and printing will be far better.

If you haven't seen it already, this might help you along the path with creating your printout: