Print packing slips in bulk in Shopify
Eighteen orders are packed before lunch. Printing their slips one at a time means eighteen trips into eighteen orders; the bulk action prints all eighteen from the Orders list. Eleven ship from Toronto and seven from Vancouver, so the run splits by location.
Written · Shopify admin, desktop steps · 4 minutes read
The worked example
| Orders selected | 18 |
| Toronto slips | 11 |
| Vancouver slips | 7 |
| Slips printed | 18 |
| Locations | 2 |
Download the batch list: bulk-packing-slip-batch.csv (443 bytes).
A batch list for the 18 slips: 11 from Toronto and 7 from Vancouver, 18 in total. It is a planning record, not a file Shopify imports.
1Open Orders
From your Shopify admin, go to Orders. The bulk print starts from the list, not from inside an order.
2Select the orders
Select the checkboxes next to the 18 orders that need packing slips. Count the selection before the next step: 11 are Toronto orders and 7 are Vancouver orders.
3Click Print, then Print packing slips
Click Print, then click Print packing slips. Shopify prepares one slip per shipment in the selection.
4Pick the fulfilling location
With more than one location, Shopify asks which location the orders are being fulfilled from. Select Toronto and click Continue for the 11 Toronto slips, then run the same steps again for the 7 Vancouver slips.
5Print or save the slips
Print the slips, or save them. Keep the two location runs apart while you pack: a Toronto slip in a Vancouver box is a packing error waiting to happen.
The arithmetic
The batch is 18 orders across 2 locations.
| Location | Slips |
|---|---|
| Toronto warehouse | 11 |
| Vancouver warehouse | 7 |
| Total | 18 |
11 + 7 = 18, so every selected order has a slip. The two runs are separate because Shopify asks for one fulfilling location per bulk print.
Held at the counter
The location question decides whose slips you print. With several locations, bulk printing asks for the fulfilling location first. Pick the wrong one and you print another warehouse's slips, which then have to be matched back by hand.
A split order needs more slips than orders. Packing slips are per shipment, so an order split into two parcels needs two slips. If your slip count is higher than your order count, that is why.
On Android the slips arrive as a PDF. On Android the bulk slips are generated into a PDF file: download it, open it, then print. The print step is not inside the Shopify app on that device.
Sources
- Printing and editing packing slips — Shopify's help pages: the bulk print steps, the location prompt, the one-slip-per-shipment rule, and the Android PDF step.