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Labels are small pieces of packaging material, often adhesive-backed, used for identification, marking, or providing information about a product, object, or container. They come in various shapes, sizes, and materials, depending on their intended use. Labels serve several purposes, including branding, organizing, providing instructions, promoting products or events, and conveying important details to consumers or users.
Our labels are available in two types: sheet and thermal.
Sheet Labels are pre-cut adhesive labels that come in the form of individual labels or multiple labels arranged on standard-sized sheets. These labels are designed for printing using standard office printers,
You’d better hold onto your seats, folks, because we’re about to dive headfirst into the electrifying field of packaging labels. Can you imagine a world without them? It’d probably be a sad and unproductive place with packages never reaching their destinations. One shudders at such troubling thoughts.
While sheet labels (the kind you use with a conventional laser printer) are a popular option, most workers in industrial settings will be using thermal labels. Thermal labels are available in two types, direct thermal and thermal transfer, and are printed with thermal printers, which heat up either a ribbon of hot melt ink or the label itself to print words and images.
In this article, we will go over the different properties of these two types of labels and when to use them.
Direct thermal printers do not contain a ribbon of hot melt ink. Instead, when the chemically treated label paper passes in front of
If you plan to do business with international customers, prepare to deal with the issues of shipping things overseas. You can save time, money, and clients!
In March of 2020, many companies closed their doors. Some were permanent—while others were simply due to the pandemic. Many individuals struggled to support their families under uncertain times. Others pivoted their dreams and decided to start businesses.
Local artists created masks & small companies started producing hand sanitizer to combat shortages. These individuals have remarkable courage—finding ways to succeed through hardship and unknown times. These small businesses are making an incredible impact.
We at PackagingSuppliesByMail want to thank all businesses for diligently showing up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are some tips to design incredible unboxing experiences—even in hard times.
Barcodes, product contents and expiration dates are very often printed on thermal labels. These labels are very convenient for these purposes, and can be carried out using one of the following two methods:
