| Roll labels are ideal for multiple use and when you | | | | CMYK or process color as well as foil printing and |
| need a stash of labels on hand which can easily be | | | | blank or stock labels. |
| handled and applied. | | | | Deciding what you are going to use the label for, indoor |
| Roll labels are cheap and always ready to use in bulk | | | | or outdoor use is important because as we have |
| or for one-off jobs and they have very few limitations | | | | already noted, roll labels are not particularly good for |
| while being easy to design and produce at a very low | | | | outdoor use though there are some products which |
| cost. | | | | are durable - it is essential for your supplier to know |
| Roll labels can be designed with as much artistic flair | | | | whether you are going to be using the labels in outdoor |
| as you wish to apply or they can be mundane and | | | | situations where they will be exposed to the elements. |
| packed with the information you wish to convey with a | | | | Any label is only as durable as the adhesive which is |
| minimum of fuss and effort. The only major limitation of | | | | used to stick it to the object you are working with; |
| roll labels is that they are not generally suitable for | | | | some label adhesives are excellent for glass but not |
| outdoor use; if you are going to expose roll labels to | | | | very good for use with clothes, so once again you |
| external conditions they are not going to last very long | | | | need to think about what the roll label will be affixed to |
| and they usually degenerate very quickly. That being | | | | and ensure your label supplier is made aware of it so |
| said, there are pretty few other limits to be concerned | | | | they can quote you for the right product. |
| about. | | | | You can source roll labels in virtually any size, large or |
| Roll labels are not simply confined to paper rolls and | | | | small, depending on your requirement - bumper sticker |
| stickers either; you can play around with foil labels | | | | size or larger can be produced though generally roll |
| using gold and iridescent colors while many of you | | | | labels or stickers are of much smaller dimensions. You |
| reading this on a PC will see a Microsoft "Windows" | | | | do not need to be restricted to having them on a roll |
| sticker with a holographic image embedded on it - this | | | | either - many labels are printed onto sheets for easier |
| is a roll label simply applied to the PC unit as it comes | | | | storage in the office or can be produced as |
| off the manufacturing assembly line. | | | | stand-alone items. You may also wish to consider |
| Choosing the color scheme for your labels is simple | | | | perforations around individual labels so they can be |
| and straight forward because they lend themselves | | | | easily separated from the rest without having to |
| not only to multiple color schemes (4 or more colors) | | | | remove the label itself which will subsequently affect |
| but also to more sophisticated color schemes such as | | | | the sticking quality of the adhesive. |