SOURCING WORKSHEET / FIRST ORDER
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Prepress and sample path
Resolve open artwork, foil and revision questions for wholesale printed labels before two factory quotes are treated as the same construction. This page is a prepress and sample path, not a sustainability pledge and not a carbon roadmap.
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Ask for a die line that states width, height, corner radius and any wrap taper. A rectangular artwork file is not a die line. If the container is tapered, a straight wrap will wrinkle; that is a construction limit, not a print-quality complaint.
Write color count and whether PMS or process is required. Digital for short runs can avoid a plate; conventional flexographic printing often keeps spot color steadier once the run is stable. Gravure printing is uncommon on short wholesale lots; if a plant offers it, ask why the cylinder cost is listed.
A foil swatch on the named face stock is not the same as a registered foil stamp on the die. Ask whether the sample is a hand-stamped drawdown or a press proof. Registration drift between lots is a known foil limit; ask how the plant records the foil lot.
Rewind specification applies when the label is supplied on roll. Write inside or outside wind, core diameter and roll outer diameter. A sheeted sticker proof does not prove applicator unwind.
Plate, foil-die or cylinder charges should be listed once and then marked as already paid or still open. A new SKU that only changes a date code is not the same as a new die line.
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Name which elements are foil and which are ink. A plant that quotes "print included" without a foil-die line is not yet on the same line as a plant that quotes six-color flexographic printing plus a foil charge. The number three is a field count (foil color, coverage, registration), not a savings claim.
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High SKU counts and frequent artwork changes can reduce plate cost with digital print. Stable long runs often keep unit cost and spot foil control better in flexo. Pick one path per quote line. Two is a path count, not a verified plant score.
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Before accepting a substitute face stock or adhesive, verify thickness in mil or μm, liner, and whether waterproof construction was a film change or only a varnish. One alternative still needs a new sample if the applicator or fill changes.
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Width, height, bleed and foil-stamp window on the named container.
Paper, PP, PE or metallized film plus thickness and liner.
Permanent, removable or freezer-grade pressure sensitive adhesive.
Ink and foil migration testing when the label can contact food or skin.
These numbers describe checklist steps on this page. They are not factory headcount, years in business or a discount.
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Artwork and rewind checks on the timeline above
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Document types a buyer may request from a named plant
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Published savings percentages on this site
Review inquiry options then request factory quotes when die line, foil and rewind can be written. We will not invent a circular-economy pledge or a net-zero badge for this page.
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