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How to Create a Custom Nutrition Label That Prints Clean

How to Create a Custom Nutrition Label That Prints Clean

Build a Nutrition Facts panel that passes the FDA format rules, with the layout that fits your package, where the panel must sit and how 6 pt type prints.

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How to Create Labels That Fit, Stick, and Print Clean

How to Create Labels That Fit, Stick, and Print Clean

How to create labels start to finish: measure the container, choose paper or vinyl, set the die line and bleed, and send a file that cuts where you expect.

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How to Make Sticker Sheets in Adobe Illustrator With Print Ready Cut Lines

How to Make Sticker Sheets in Adobe Illustrator With Print Ready Cut Lines

Build a sticker sheet in Adobe Illustrator with a CMYK artboard, a CutContour spot swatch, thru cut and kiss cut paths with overprint on, then a print PDF.

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How to Design a Product Back Label That Scans, Sticks and Complies

How to Design a Product Back Label That Scans, Sticks and Complies

What belongs on a product back label, the minimum type size for required copy, barcode quiet zones on curved bottles, and the stock that survives a fridge.

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How to Design and Apply Car Vinyl Graphics That Last for Years

How to Design and Apply Car Vinyl Graphics That Last for Years

Letter heights that read at speed, cast versus calendered film, surface prep, the center hinge method and how long car vinyl graphics last outdoors.

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How to Design Caution Labels That Meet ANSI Rules and Survive Outdoors

How to Design Caution Labels That Meet ANSI Rules and Survive Outdoors

How to design a caution label with the ANSI signal word and safety yellow, the alert triangle, a three panel layout, and vinyl and laminate that last.

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Warning Label Printing That Survives an ANSI, OSHA and GHS Audit

Warning Label Printing That Survives an ANSI, OSHA and GHS Audit

Which standard your warning label falls under, the parts ANSI Z535.4 and GHS require, safety colors to order as spot inks, and how to prove it later.

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How to Design Warning Stickers That Meet ANSI and OSHA Rules

How to Design Warning Stickers That Meet ANSI and OSHA Rules

Design a warning sticker that holds up, with ANSI Z535.4 signal words and safety colors, the three part message, and vinyl and laminate for outdoors.

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How to Get a Clean Sticker Printout, From File Setup to Final Cut

How to Get a Clean Sticker Printout, From File Setup to Final Cut

A clean sticker printout needs a vector cut line, 1/8 inch bleed and 300 DPI art at final size, so set the file up right and compare home to press.

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How to Get Cheap Custom Label Printing Without Losing Quality

How to Get Cheap Custom Label Printing Without Losing Quality

Cheap labels start at $23.88 a run, so here are the four spec levers that cut the price, the two false savings that cost a reprint, and premium looks.

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How to Make Barcode Labels That Scan Every Time

How to Make Barcode Labels That Scan Every Time

Choose the symbology, size it by magnification, keep the quiet zone blank and pick a face stock that survives, so your barcode labels scan the first time.

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How to Order Bulk Labels and Lower Your Per Label Cost

How to Order Bulk Labels and Lower Your Per Label Cost

How bulk label pricing works, roll versus sheet, materials, sizing and quantity tiers, so you order labels in volume without paying for a second run.

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