Partial label sheet tracking
How to reuse partly printed label sheets without shifting label geometry or losing track of open positions.
Help updated for v0.10.21 · 2026-07-13
Start-position reuse
Start-position reuse is the simplest way to use a partly printed sheet. Choose the first open label position, then print. Earlier cells stay blank, and the first printed label lands at the chosen position. The template does not move, shrink, or reflow; Pluck keeps the same physical sheet geometry and only changes which planned cells receive content.
This matters because a label sheet is physical stock, not a normal document. If you choose position 17, positions 1 through 16 should remain empty and position 17 should still be exactly where the sheet definition says it is. If the run crosses onto another page, the next physical sheet starts at position 1 because that sheet is fresh for the continuation.
Tracked physical sheets
Tracked sheet mode gives a physical sheet a digital memory. The sheet record knows the sheet definition, optional template, human-readable reference, status, and used positions. That lets Pluck show which cells are still open and makes it easier to return to the same sheet later without counting every blank by hand.
Opening a preview should not permanently consume positions by itself. A useful tracked-sheet workflow needs a recovery path for misprints, jams, wrong printer settings, or user cancellation. That is why a sheet should support actions such as reprint, discard, remove sheet, or continue from a specific open position instead of assuming every preview succeeded.
Sheet reference markers
A sheet reference marker helps a user match the physical sheet to its saved record. When the selected sheet has a tested safe gutter or margin area, Pluck can print a short reference, a QR marker, or both in that area. The marker should make the sheet easier to resume without changing where labels print.
Markers must never alter label geometry. If the marker is printed in a safe gutter, it should not overlap label rectangles, the sheet manufacturer mark, or likely printer non-printable margins. If the user chooses to use a label cell as the marker instead, that cell is intentionally consumed and the number of printable labels on that sheet goes down.
Reprint and recovery
Reprint exists because physical printing fails in physical ways. A printer can jam, a sheet can feed crooked, the wrong printer can be selected, or a browser setting can resize the page. Reprinting a tracked sheet should reopen the original print preview with the same planned labels so the user can recover without accidentally creating a new sequence.
If the sheet itself is damaged, discard it instead of pretending the remaining cells are reliable. If only some positions were affected, mark those positions unused or choose a later open position depending on what actually happened. The important habit is to make the digital state match the physical sheet before printing the next batch.