This document illustrates the range of possible design features for specimen labels and collection reports created with Specify Software. Although not exhaustive of all features, these samples provide a starting point for specifying a new specimen label or report design. When requesting label or report templates, we will need as much of the information identified below as can be provided.
You can follow the guide below to import and export labels:
:specify7: Specify 7 & Jaspersoft Studio
These report and label templates are taken from the University of Kansas Ichthyology collection. Members can reach out to support@specifysoftware.org for help with report and label development. If you have any questions or comments please leave them below!
do you by any chance have examples of double-sided / front-back labels in Specify reports?
I am currently working on labels for our paleo collection. Their workflow so far has been very manual:
they create one PDF for the front labels and another PDF for the back labels, then manually print both sides separately and align them afterwards.
So far I managed to create a working front/back setup in JasperReports, but only with a workaround:
I generate the front labels in normal order and the back labels mirrored/reversed so that duplex printing aligns correctly.
The problem is that this only works reliably if I print exactly one sheet (27 labels).
As soon as I generate multiple pages, I end up with separate multi-page PDFs for front and back, and then have to manually split, reorder, and match pages before printing. That basically reintroduces the same manual workload we are trying to avoid.
The report itself uses a 4-column label layout, so changing the column setup is unfortunately not really an option.
I also tried using multiple detail bands and page/column breaks inside JasperReports, but I could not get a proper “all fronts first, then all backs in matching positions” workflow working within a single report.
I was wondering if there is already an established approach or best practice for duplex labels in Specify/JasperReports that I may be missing?
Any examples or ideas would be hugely appreciated.
This document illustrates the range of possible design features for specimen labels and collection reports created with Specify Software. Although not exhaustive of all features, these samples provide a starting point for specifying a new specimen label or report design. When requesting label or report templates, we will need as much of the information identified below as can be provided.
Specify 6 & iReport