Flexographic 101: 7 Ways to Make High-Quality Labels for Less

22 10 月 Flexographic 101: 7 Ways to Make High-Quality Labels for Less

Looking for ways on how you can save on label production without risking high-quality results? Here are the best money-saving strategies for you, especially if you’re using a flexographic printing machine!

Every business owner knows the importance of having attractive yet cost-effective labels—key attributes where flexographic printing champions itself. Instead of exhausting your finances, investing on flexographic printing machines efficiently allows you to do label production the smart way. 

Remember: quality printing can be affordable when it comes into flexographic printing.

Ready to know how you can produce exceptional label printouts and save on production costs at the same time? Save these tips now!

1. Adjust the label sizes for different products appropriately. 

For smaller products, aside from choosing less expensive substrates for your flexographic press, you can also reduce the size of your labels. Additionally, you can also minimize the gauge of your labels to further your savings on energy and materials. 

These scaled reductions may not appear significant at first but once you’ve added up all your bulk production for a year, you will definitely see all the benefits of the printing savings you have worked for!  

2. Make a deal ahead of time with your substrate and ink suppliers. 

Almost all of the substrate and ink suppliers you can find offer generous discounts when it comes to bulk-purchase. However, you can only take advantage of this if you know the numbers. Therefore, planning early for your next year’s label printing operations is surely worth your time. 

3. Invest on adaptable label production. 

Thinking of creating a diverse line of labels? Well, now’s the time to think twice about that. To save on label printing with a flexographic press, you might want to create an adaptable label design and format. 

Also, to ensure swift label production, we recommend that you replace mixed or outdated equipment to prevent incurring additional costs. 

4. Recycle labels and label offcuts. 

Many of the labels and label offcuts that you have already used can still be recycled. By implementing recycling bins at important checkpoints of your label production via the flexographic press, you can ensure that you can still benefit from the last cent that you spent on these ‘waste’ outputs. 

5. Use a flexographic printer for bulk label production. 

Label printing operations involving bulk production is where the flexographic press ranks best. Hence, choosing to commit to using flexographic printing machines for bulk-production of high-quality labels is a guaranteed smart option for you. 

6. Try shifting to minimalist label design.

Choosing a smart design for your labels through opting for simplicity while rendering a clean, consumer-friendly, and sophisticated appearance is a great money-saving method for your label production. Also, now that minimalist design and aesthetic are widely becoming a trend, your branding might also benefit well from this.

7. Bring down your flexographic press’ DPI value. 

The correct selection of anilox rollers can in many times help to lower your overall label production cost – as higher LPI (Lines Per Inch) and LPC (Lines Per CM) will increase drastically the quality of ink in terms of finer pigment in which you will need to be able to print successfully. This will translate into higher costs as fine pigment inks are more technical to produce.

A good way to prevent this is to go over the plate design process and revisit your DPI by testing which amount works best for you without compromising the quality of your output before the plate production process.