label-an-asset

name	label-an-asset
description	Print a QR-coded inventory label for a single asset — asset number big, item name underneath, QR linking to the item's page. Use when the user asks to label an item, print an asset tag, or tag something for inventory.

Label an asset

Prints the standard asset label: QR code on the left, asset id in large bold type, item name beneath it.

What you need

Field	Required	Notes
asset_id	yes	Bare number is fine — 100 prints as A-100. Pass A-100 and it is left alone.
name	no	Item name, e.g. Instant Pot. Long names wrap to two lines automatically.
url	no	Encoded in the QR. The item's page in your inventory system.
copies	no	Defaults to 1. Max 20.

If the user gives a URL and an asset number but no name, print it — the QR carries the detail. Don't block on a missing name.

Steps

1. If the user has not said the printer is on, call printer_status first. It is cheap and the printer sleeps often.
2. Only when the layout is uncertain — an unusually long name, an id longer than about 8 characters, or non-Latin text — call preview_label and check the render before spending tape. For routine labels skip straight to printing.
3. Call print_asset_label.

Judgement

• Confirm before printing more than a few copies. Tape is consumable and the printer cannot report how much is left. For copies above 5, say what you are about to print and get a yes.
• One asset, several copies is print_asset_label(copies=N). Several different assets is print_batch — use that instead of looping this tool.
• If the user gives a URL that is clearly a placeholder (example.com), ask before printing; a wrong QR is a label that has to be redone.

Example

"Here's the link, asset number is 100, it's an Instant Pot — print three copies."

print_asset_label(asset_id="100", name="Instant Pot",
                  url="https://inventory.example/a/100", copies=3)

Prints three identical 62 mm labels reading A-100 / Instant Pot with a scannable QR.