Numbering circuits and equipment

A different number on every label, printed instead of handwritten: how to set it up, and what goes wrong.

By the Stickymade team · Updated

Every label in a run can carry its own number, printed instead of handwritten. Adding the numbering is an artwork change, so we quote it. For a plain count, you only tell us the first number. Handwritten circuit numbers are slow to apply and hard to read.

What it costs

Our prices are for print-ready artwork. Adding sequential numbering, QR codes, or barcodes is an artwork change. We can help: reach out for a quote.

The minimum is 50 of a design on our electrical stickers (100 on High-Tack vinyl or on a roll), or 25 on Custom Stickers. A numbered run counts as one design.

How to send the numbers

For plain sequential numbering, tell us the first number, and we count up from it for the quantity you order. No spreadsheet is needed.

For anything else, such as circuit names or codes, send a spreadsheet: one row per label, and one column for each thing that changes.

Design with the longest value in place, not the first. If the space fits "42" but the list runs to "A-1842", the long ones won't fit.

Your list is the source of truth

We print exactly what is in it. A typo in row 300 is a typo on label 300, and a proof can't catch it, because the proof shows only the first entry. Check the data before you send it. It's the one part of the job we can't check for you.

Barcodes need clear space

A scanner needs clear space on either side of a barcode. Crowding a code with a logo, or running it to the edge of the label, is the most common reason it won't read.

Your proof shows the first entry, so scan its code before you approve it. See QR codes that actually scan.

Where the labels go

Panel interiors are powder-coated and dusty. Clean the spot, and choose High-Tack vinyl if standard vinyl has lifted on that equipment before.

Variable data printing has more detail.