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Custom Printed Food Packaging That Keeps Ink Off the Food
Which food packaging touches food, the materials that survive hot and greasy orders, and how restaurants brand takeout with boxes, sleeves and labels.
How Custom Logo Tape Is Made, From Printed Web To Slit Roll
Custom logo tape is flexo printed on a wide web, coated with adhesive and slit into rolls, with the stages, materials, widths and what sets the minimum.
How Poly Bag Printing Works and How to Brand One
How poly bags are printed with flexo plates on corona treated film, what gauge and seal choices mean, and how to brand short runs with labels and sleeves.
How to Choose a Custom Packaging Design Company That Prints It Too
What to ask a custom packaging design company before you pay, from who draws the dieline and owns the file to reorder cost and where lead time goes.
How to Choose a Packaging Printer for Custom Boxes and Labels
The best printers for custom product packaging print, cut and glue in house; this page shows what to ask on dies, minimums, proofs and kraft color first.
How to Choose Custom Pouch Packaging by Style, Barrier Film and Label
Pick a pouch style by how the product behaves, choose the barrier film before artwork, then decide between printed film and a label sized to the panel.
How to Choose Custom Rigid Mailers That Arrive Flat and Unbent
When a rigid mailer beats a poly bag, how to size one so the carrier does not bill you for air, and what printing on kraft board does to your colors.
How to Choose Custom Shipper Boxes That Survive the Carrier
Match corrugated board grade to packed weight, size the box so carriers do not overcharge you, and know when printed tape beats a printed box.
How to Choose Custom Shipping Envelopes for Your Ecommerce Brand
Which shipping envelope fits your orders, the packed thickness that decides your postage, paper against poly mailers, and how to build a print ready file.
How to Choose Packaging Mailers That Fit Your Product and Your Shipping Bill
Match the mailer to the product, poly, paper, bubble, rigid and corrugated mailer boxes compared on protection, depth, print surface and shipping cost.
How to Create Branded Gift Bags Customers Notice and Keep
Brand plain gift bags with die-cut stickers, printed tissue and hang tags, with real bag face measurements, kraft color limits, artwork setup and prices.
How to Design Branded Paper Bags That Work as Walking Ads
Kraft or white, which handle survives a heavy load, the retail sizes that fit, and where the logo sits so a carried paper bag reads from the street.
