Digital tags is quickly becoming a preferred method to labels for products and stickers. There are many reasons why digital tags are becoming an increasingly sought-after option for labels stickers and labels for products.

Digital presses have been utilized by shelf tags to create beautiful labels for food packaging and lotion bottles. As you plan your new labels, it is important to think about the benefits of digitally printed pressure-sensitive labels.

Prime Label or Decorative

Labels that have at the very least four colors, electronic tags are ideal. The print quality of your label is crucial if you want it to promote your product or represent your brand. Color consistency, image registration and color vibrancy are all addressed when using digital labels.

Our HP Indigo presses print most of our labels as the primary label for our products. Our digital room is frequently used for beverage labels, food pouch labels, as well as private label brands. Your label could be used to brand your product.

Digital tags can be utilized at a lower price than labelling with flexographic. It's likely that digital labels will be an ideal fit to your business if you need between 500 and 25,000 color labels. It's not necessary to keep extra inventory if you just require it for a brief production run.

Variable Print On The Press

Variable data label a type of Digital tags, which includes the on-demand label. In this type of label, elements like text, graphics and images can be altered from one printed piece one after the other without stopping or slowing the process of labeling. VDP is a method for obtaining information from an external or database.

Flexo labels require plates for each unique image and color so variable label on on a flexographic press is not possible. Digital presses can print consecutive numbers as well as variable data, and nearly every other variation in label-to-label.

Label costs

Digital finishing labels They can cost hundreds of dollars. The images created by flexographic presses can also be created out of metal plates. Six plates are needed for a 6-color label.

Digital label orders from Weber do not need a charge for cutting dies to cut the labels and, because there are no plates, you'll be only paying for one thing - your labels. More information is available on how do electronic labels work on our site.

Packaging Sustainability

Flexographic labels can have lots of material waste since the operator has to adjust the color and align plates during setup to ensure a perfect label.

However, with digital labels there is a minimal amount of waste. There's no set-up required, which keeps costs lower. And you can buy the exact amount of labels you require, in quantities as low as 500. Often times we have clients who tell us that they had to order thousands of labels to save money however, they ended up throwing out thousands of their old inventory that they didn't need in the first place.

Flexibility

One of the best features of digital labels is artwork flexibility. You might consider making updates to your label as your product line evolves. Any change in a single color or letter can result in paying minimum $100 for a new plate.

Digital plates don't require plates so you can modify your design, then send your revised artwork and then have it printed with no any additional costs. This is particularly beneficial for brands that are just starting out or series runs with many SKUs.