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How to Order Bulk Custom Boxes and Drop Your Per-Box Cost

How to Order Bulk Custom Boxes and Drop Your Per-Box Cost

What makes the per-box price drop on a bulk custom box order, how to forecast the run size off your real ship rate, and when a bigger quantity costs you.

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How to Order Custom Food Bags That Survive Grease, Heat and a Health Inspector

How to Order Custom Food Bags That Survive Grease, Heat and a Health Inspector

What food safe and grease resistant really mean on a custom food bag, how bags are sized W x G x H, and the cheapest way to get your logo on takeout packaging.

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How to Order Custom Packaging Without Paying for a Reprint

How to Order Custom Packaging Without Paying for a Reprint

Order custom packaging in five steps: choose the box style, read the dieline, pick the board, approve the free online proof, and set a run size that fits.

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How to Order Custom Paper Tape Without Guessing the Spec

How to Order Custom Paper Tape Without Guessing the Spec

What to specify when ordering custom printed tape: gummed kraft against pressure sensitive film, 2 or 3 inch widths, case minimums and the real cost per box.

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How to Order Custom Sandwich Wrap Paper for a Deli or Food Truck

How to Order Custom Sandwich Wrap Paper for a Deli or Food Truck

Which grease-resistant stock to specify, the sheet sizes delis use, and how to brand sandwich wrap with labels or sleeves instead of a 10,000 sheet minimum.

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Order Custom Sized Cardboard Boxes Built to Your Exact Dimensions

Order Custom Sized Cardboard Boxes Built to Your Exact Dimensions

Order custom sized cardboard boxes by entering exact inside length, width and height. Board grades, clearance, minimums and right-sizing explained by our printers.

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How to Order Customizable Gift Bags That Fit, Hold and Print Right

How to Order Customizable Gift Bags That Fit, Hold and Print Right

How to order customizable gift bags: sizing from the gift, kraft versus laminated finishes, handle strength, the three zones that never print, and tissue pairing.

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How Custom Plastic Bags Are Printed and the Reusable Bags That Replace Them

How Custom Plastic Bags Are Printed and the Reusable Bags That Replace Them

How plastic bags are printed with flexo, screen and gravure, why the film is corona treated first, and the reusable totes and kraft packaging that replace them.

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How to Reuse and Recycle Packaging Boxes, Pouches and Inserts

How to Reuse and Recycle Packaging Boxes, Pouches and Inserts

Which packaging boxes, pouches and inserts to reuse, which to recycle, how to sort every material correctly, and how to design a box that earns a second life.

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Minimalist Packaging Benefits for Your Brand and the Planet

Minimalist Packaging Benefits for Your Brand and the Planet

How minimalist packaging cuts components, print passes and shipping weight, where a plain box loses on a retail shelf, and the kraft rules that keep it sharp.

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What Ecommerce Brands Print and How to Source the Whole Stack in One Order

What Ecommerce Brands Print and How to Source the Whole Stack in One Order

The five print pieces an ecommerce brand ships with, from mailer boxes and packaging labels to tissue, tape and thank you cards, with real starting prices.

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Product Certification Marks for Packaging and What Each One Means

Product Certification Marks for Packaging and What Each One Means

What each certification mark on packaging means, which seals you must be licensed to print, and where every mark legally belongs on a label or a carton panel.

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