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What You Should Know about Label and Sticker Printing

Even with customisation available, printing labels for business purposes need more than just your imagination and printing money. First, several practical and even legal considerations must be made.

For your next order of label sticker printing, we’ve put up a list of things to look out for. Use these design suggestions to steer clear of errors and problems.

Look into Labelling Regulations

If you’re selling food or drinks, this is very crucial. Labels for your products must adhere to the FSA’s regulations for food labelling and nutritional information.

Choosing Your Sticker Print Material

When choosing a material for your labels and stickers, you need to consider various factors, which we’ll explore below:

What Environment Will Your Products Be In?

Will your goods be frozen or refrigerated? Will it be exposed to the elements outside? If so, have you given any thought to the sort of label you’ll use and how it will perform in these circumstances?

Issues with Transparent Sticker Labels

In some cases, a transparent sticker print is an ideal method to make your box stand out and showcase everything inside of it. One drawback is that they may highlight every flaw in the application process. 

Since no colour covers them, common problems like air bubbles and wrinkles are accentuated on transparent, glossy films. So, solid, smooth surfaces like bottles, glass, strong boxes, and windows are the best candidates for them.

Be Sure of Your Dimensions

Your sticker canvas should be the precise size that will be printed, just like any other piece of art that has to be produced. This is due to the possibility that the wrong size measurements can distort the look of the artwork. For instance, if you were making a 3x3cm sticker, you would need to set your canvas size to 3x3cm.

Make Sure Your Labels Are Legible

The readability of text during printing is among the most frequent errors. The font size on bespoke stickers cannot be any less than 6 pt. When communicating critical product information or food warning labels, this is exceptionally crucial. Any smaller will result in a sticker with ambiguous text that might lead consumers astray.

Set Up Your Margins and Bleeds

You must ensure that your artwork allows for bleeds and margins that are at least 3mm apiece if you want to guarantee that you will receive stickers of the highest calibre. 

There may be a 1–2mm cutting error from the cutting line during the print process, which is to be expected. Without bleed and margins to serve as a safety buffer, some crucial information may be omitted, or the artwork on your items may have an ugly white border.

Go for a Four-Color Printing Process

When printing labels for your items, you should not choose a shoddy digital print job that appears to have been produced on a home colour laser printer. Always use four-colour stickers printed using offset printing. The colours will seem more vivid, sharp, and clear on the unique label paper stock.

Avoid Overcomplicated Die-Cuts

Die-cuts have the same limits as cookie cutters. Some too intricate die-cuts, such as a 70-pointed star, cannot be done on stickers depending on the form. The good news is that most die-cut printing solutions can cut more precisely than cookie cutters. Just be careful not to overdo the shapes, or your sticker might not come out as nicely as you had hoped.

Conclusion

Label printing is a fantastic method for making your products stand out among the others. In this article, we have run you through what you can do to help improve the quality and appearance of your stickers.

Are you in need of sticker printing in London? PrintPal London offers reliable printing services with guaranteed high-quality results. Get your custom quote today!