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Creating labels

Every EdgeLabel and Classic Pro drawer front takes a swappable printed label. The generators are the fast path; the slicer path makes anything you can type or draw.

Sizes: W is width (1W = 88 mm) and H is height (1H = 56 mm, 0.5H is half of that). The collection number - 115, 185, 240 - is the case depth in mm.

5 stepsTwo label systemsAny printerRelated: Decor fronts and handles
No printer time to spare?

A label maker works too - the label area is a flat face on both series. The printed label is the option that matches the front and swaps with the contents.

What you'll need

Quantities depend on your layout - the Planner works them out for your build, and every official kit lists them exactly.

1

The fast path: the generators

Open the generator that matches your faceplate series, type the label, download, print. Both run in the browser and give print-ready files sized for their window.

MATCH THE SERIESAn EdgeLabel label does not fit a Classic Pro slope, and the other way round - the generator is chosen by the plate you printed.
ICONS, PICKED FOR YOUThe EdgeLabel generator suggests an icon from what you type. Click the badge to choose your own from 23 built-in icons (bolt and screw heads, nut, washer, tools, electronics), use a letter, number or short code up to four characters, or upload your own SVG.
WHOLE SETS AT ONCELoad a ready-made collection (M2 to M6 socket screws, hex nuts, washers) or import a CSV or TXT file with one label per row. It lays them out on the plate of your printer and exports a two-color 3MF or a single-color STL.

EdgeLabel generator · Classic Pro generator - label blanks also ship inside each faceplate series download.

An EdgeLabel faceplate with a printed label seated in its windowEdgeLabel - the label rides in its angled window
2

Make your own: add text in the slicer

Load a label blank, then add a text object on its face. PrusaSlicer: right-click the label in the object list (Advanced mode) and choose Add part, then Text. Bambu Studio: select the label and use the Text tool at the top of the screen.

FONTSSans-serif fonts such as Arial or Poppins print cleanly. Set size and text in the panel that opens.
M3 SCREWS the text object sits on the label's face - sans-serif, bold enough to print label blank DIAGRAM

The text object sits on the raised face of the blank.

3

One color or several

Multi-material printer (MMU, AMS): assign the text its own color and print. Single-color printer: slice the label, drag the layer slider down to the first layer where the text begins, and add a color change there - PrusaSlicer with the +, Bambu Studio by right-clicking the + to add a pause. Swap filament when the printer stops.

BATCHGroup your labels on one plate and print them together - one filament swap serves them all.
A sliced orange label with green raised text reading M3X4; the layer slider on the right is circled, its upper section green from the layer where the color change was addedSlicer preview · the color change sits at the first text layer
4

Keep it readable

Bold beats thin: if strokes print broken or faint, switch to a bolder variant of the font. Turning on Arachne in the slicer helps thin font sections print.

CONTRASTText color against label color is what reads across a room - dark on light or light on dark, not two mid-tones.
SIZEThe window is small; a short word in a big face beats a sentence in a small one.
An EdgeLabel label reading HEX BITS with a bit icon, black text on a white label: easy to read
READS dark text on a light label
The same HEX BITS label with pale gray text on a gray label: the raised text barely shows
HARD TO READ two mid-tones: the text is there, but it does not read across a room
THE SAME LABEL · TWO Color PAIRS
Photo · Classic Pro, the label lies on the grip slope
A Classic Pro faceplate with a printed label on its grip slope
5

Fit it, swap it

EdgeLabel: slide the label into its window. Classic Pro: press the accent panel into the face and lay the label onto the grip slope. Both come out again the same way, so a relabel is a minute, not a reprint.

WHICH IS WHICHEdgeLabel wears its label in an angled window at the edge; Classic Pro keeps the classic integrated front with a removable label and a swappable accent.

Attaching the plates themselves is Decor fronts and handles.

Labeled Decor drawer fronts fitted in a buildPhoto · labeled fronts in a build