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Guides for All Custom Labels

Getting great custom labels should be easy.

But if you’re not sure what a great custom label should look like – and if your label company doesn’t ask the right questions, you can wind up with boxes full of labels that just don’t do the job.

The Label Printers can help.

We print 1.75 billion labels each year and have been in this business for more than 50 years. Our team of experts understand the complexities of selecting, designing, and printing labels that do more than just attract attention. We have expertise that spans a variety of industries with very different labeling needs – from eco-friendly materials to weather-resistant surfaces to technology-enabled tracking and tracing.

Our library of label buying guides can help you better understand how to make sure your label does what it’s supposed to do, and that it looks great while doing it.

Label Buying Guides

Guides for All Custom Labels

Custom Label Buying Guide

The right label adheres perfectly, lasts as long as you need, and looks exactly the way you want. Learn all of the important factors that go into selecting and printing the perfect custom label.
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Guides for All Custom Labels

Food & Beverage Label Buying Guide

Food and beverage packaging goes through a lot, both before and after the sale. Whether it’s the environment or the application surface, there are a lot of questions to consider when creating food and beverage labels. Learn how the answers to these questions impact the custom labels you should choose.
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Guides for All Custom Labels

Health & Personal Care Label Buying Guide

Custom labels for health and personal care products require specific sizing requirements and face some tricky challenges, like unusual container shapes or oil-laden contents. Find out what you need to consider in selecting custom labels for this industry.
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Guides for All Custom Labels

Industrial & Automotive Label Buying Guide

Industrial and automotive custom labels have to be tough, have to be clear, and have to be compliant with regulations. Learn which labels are better positioned to withstand the test of time and exposure to the elements.
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Guides for All Custom Labels

Electrical & Electronics Label Buying Guide

Security features and track and trace technology play an important role in custom labels for electrical equipment and electronic devices. You’ll find all the information you need to know about holographic labels, RFID labels and more.
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Guides for All Custom Labels

Artwork Guidelines & Label Planning

Our team is happy to help you design your custom labels. However, if you have in-house or outsourced designers working on your labels, make sure they reference this guide for artwork and label planning.
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The Label Production Process

When you order custom labels from The Label Printers, our team dedicated, hard-working team performs a series of steps to get your label order to you — accurately and on time.

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We’ll help you choose the perfect custom labels for your business and your products.

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We print 1.75 billion labels each year for every type of brand you can imagine—we’ve seen and solved some of the trickiest label challenges out there.
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Receive a Quote

We give you our best price and only promise what we can deliver—you get full transparency.
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We help you choose a label that represents your brand and sets you up for success.
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