Custom Label Printing Terminology
Essential Label and Packaging Terms Every Small Brand Should Know
Understanding the Basics of Label Materials, Finishes, and Industry Standards
- Adhesives Types
- Back Printing
- Back-Score
- Barcode (UPC)
- Bleed
- Blockout Label
- BOPP
- Box Packaging
- BS5609 Compliance
- Butt Cut Labels
- Carton Packaging
- Child Resistant Packaging
- CMYK
- Cold Foil Printing
- Corner Radius
- Corona Treatment
- Crack and Peel
- CSA Label
- Destructible Vinyl
- Die
- Die Cut
- Die Line
- Die Registration
- Digital Label Printing
- Direct Thermal Printing
- Emboss
- Exact Repeat
- Expiration Date
- Extended Life Labels
- Face Material
- Face Stock
- Fanfold
- Fanfold Length
- FDA Compliant
- Flagging
- Flaming
- Flexo
- Flexography
- Foil Stamping
- Four Color Process
- FTP
- Full Bleed
- Gang Run
- GHS Label
- Gloss Spot Varnish
- Gradient
- Hang Hole
- High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
- Holographic Label
- INCI Label
- Individual Folding Cartons (IFC)
- Kiss Cut?
- Label Adhesive
- Label Liner
- Label Material
- Label Stock
- Lamination
- Lay-Flat Pouch
- Lightfastness
- Lot Code
- Machine Applied Labels
- Mandrel Hold
- Matrix
- Matte Laminate
- Microtext
- NFC Label
- No Label Look
- Opacity
- Opaque
- Outlined Text
- Overlaminate
- Overprint
- Panel Label
- Pantone Matching System (PMS)
- Peeling
- Peel Tab
- Perforation Label Liner
- PET
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Pouch
- Pre-Flight
- Pressure Sensitive Labels
- Printing Plate
- Print Run
- Proof Approval
- QR Code
- Registration
- Registration
- Remoistenable Adhesive
- Repositionable Label
- Reverse Image
- Rewind Direction
- RFID Label
- RoHS Compliant
- Role Cores
- Roll Direction
- Roll-to-Roll
- Sachet
- Scratch Off Label
- Security Label
- Sequential Numbering
- Shrink Sleeve
- Single Labels
- Soft Touch Coating
- Spot Color Label Printing
- Square Cut Labels
- Stand-Up Pouch
- Static Cling Labels
- Substrate
- Tamper Evident Labels
- Tamper Evident Seal
- Tamper Resistant Labels
- Tamper Tab
- Tamper Void
- Tear Notch
- Thermal Transfer
- Trapping
- UL Label
- UPC
- UV Coating
- Variable Data Printing
- Varnishes
- Vector Image
- Vignette
- Waste
- Weatherproof Labels
- Window Cut-Out
- Wraparound Label
- Wrinkling
- Zipper Closure