# Robust label printer recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** odk-collect\ **Created:** [October 20, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/robust-label-printer-recommendations/58699 "2026-10-20T16:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![ahblake](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/ahblake/32/22392_2.png) [@ahblake](https://forum.getodk.org/u/ahblake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/robust-label-printer-recommendations/58699/7 "2026-10-21T05:24:16Z")
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: > [@Generate a PDF for saving/printing inside the form](https://forum.getodk.org/t/generate-a-pdf-for-saving-printing-inside-the-form/45039/): > > From the latest [beta](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-collect-v2024-1-beta-inline-form-error-messages-cascading-select-caching/44290) and next Collect release, this is a worked example of a form utilising the new printer appearance for a text field. With thanks to @Grzesiek2010 for the example repeat join The attached zip contains an example form and an image, which is an example of collecting parent fields plus fields within a repeat and then combining all of this into a PDF that can be immediately printed out or saved as PDF, including generating a QR code to identify the document and link it to the r… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.getodk.org/t/robust-label-printer-recommendations/58699)._