How Much Do Labels Cost? How much do labels cost is a complex question. It is easy to think it is just the material but there are loads of other factors that influence how much labels cost. In simple terms, it’s not simple. How Much Do Labels Cost: Units The first thing to grasp is…
Label Printer Running Costs: What You Actually Pay Per Label Label printer running costs rarely appear in the buying decision, which is odd, because over five years they dwarf the purchase price. A printer that costs a few hundred pounds can quietly consume several thousand in consumables and parts. The short answer: for most businesses,…
How To Get a Barcode For Retail: GS1, EAN-13 and What It Costs Getting a barcode for retail is the step that catches out most new product launches. You have the product, you have the packaging, and then a buyer asks for your GTIN, and you discover barcodes are not something you simply print. The…
Peel and Reveal Labels: When You Need One and What They Cost Peel and reveal labels solve a specific problem: you have more information to display than the pack has room for. Rather than shrinking the text until nobody can read it, you add a second printed surface underneath the first. The short answer on…
Desktop Label Printers vs Industrial: Which Do You Actually Need Choosing between desktop label printers and industrial label printers usually comes down to one number: how many labels you print in a day. Get it wrong in either direction and it costs you, either in a printer that wears out early or in capacity you…
Unit Pricing on Shelf Labels: What UK Retailers Must Show Unit pricing is the part of shelf edge labelling that retailers most often get wrong, and it is the part enforcement officers look at first. It is the price per kilogram, per litre or per item that lets a shopper compare a 400g jar against…
Short Run Labels: How Many Should You Actually Order? Short run labels solve a problem most label buyers meet early: you need a few hundred, the quote assumes you want ten thousand, and the unit price makes no sense at the quantity you actually need. The short answer is this. Depending on label size, below…
Labelling Gun Labels: How To Find the Right Size for Your Gun Ordering labelling gun labels sounds simple until you discover your gun takes a size nobody lists on their website, or the labels you ordered jam on the second roll. Getting it right the first time comes down to knowing three measurements and one…
How Tamper Evident Stickers Protect Products and Reassure Customers Tamper evident stickers do something unusual for a label. They are designed to be damaged. The whole point is that interference leaves a permanent, obvious mark that cannot be undone, so anyone receiving the product can see at a glance whether it has been opened. The…
Why QR Code Stickers Are Becoming Essential for Product Traceability QR code stickers have quietly moved from marketing gimmick to supply chain infrastructure. The shift happened because a QR code can carry something a traditional barcode cannot: not just what a product is, but which specific one it is, when it was made and where…
Direct Thermal or Thermal Transfer: A Straight Answer Choosing between direct thermal and thermal transfer printing comes down to one question, and it is not about the printer. It is about how long the label must remain readable. The short answer: if the label outlives its usefulness within six months and is in a benign…
Choosing a Food Labelling System: Six Questions to Ask First Most food businesses choose a food labelling system the wrong way round. They compare features across suppliers, pick the one with the longest list, and discover six months later that the problem was never features – it was whether the person on the early shift…