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Packing Slip Design
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by Colin
This article describes the configuration options for ShipStream's automatically generated Packing Slips. Packing Slips are always generated at the time they are downloaded or printed so you can update the configuration and re-download the Packing Slip any time to see the new result.
Navigate to System > Configuration > Packing Slip Design and choose the correct configuration scope.
Layout/Printing
This section of the configuration can be customized at the Merchant and Brand scope.
The example Packing Slip below was generated with the following configuration:
Font Family | Helvetica/Arial (Standard) |
Display Order ID in Header | Order Ref # or Order # |
Header Logo | ![]() |
Top Greeting | Top Greeting Normal <b>Top Greeting Bold <i>Top Greeting Italic |
Default Greeting | Default Greeting |
Bottom Greeting | Bottom Greeting |
Paper Size | Letter (8.5"x11") |
Design | Square Logo |
Header Text Position | Right |
Header Text | Header Text Line 1 Header Text Line 2 Header Text Line 3 Header Text Line 4 |
Barcode Position | Right |
Display Country in Shipping Address | No |
Display Telephone in Shipping Address | No |
Display Packing Solutions | Yes |
Display SKUs | Yes |
Footer
At the Global and Warehouse scope you can customize the footer with features that may be useful operationally.
The example Packing Slip below was generated with the following configuration:
Shipment ID Barcode | Yes |
External ID Barcode | Yes (replaces Shipment ID Barcode) |
Alphabetic Index | Yes |
Batch ID Barcode | Yes |
Example

A Default Greeting is shown when there is no Custom Greeting on the Order. A Custom Greeting can be added from the UI or by the order.create
API.
