Roll labels for efficient product labelling 

Roll labels as product labels are among the most frequently used digitally printed stickers on rolls. Digitally printed roll labels are the first choice for small to medium print runs. The decisive advantage of this modern printing technology is the direct transfer of the label's print data from the computer to the printing machine. This saves time and set-up costs and enables favourable price calculations for labels on rolls.

Winding directions for roll labels

With the winding direction, a basic distinction is made between outer winding and inner winding. With outer winding, the labels are on the outside of the carrier web, with inner winding on the inside.  

It is also important in which direction the printed image on the label should be positioned. Whether the label is a portrait or landscape format label depends on the length and width of the label. Labels that adhere to the backing transversely can run off the roll with the foot or head first. Labels that adhere lengthwise to the liner can run off the roll with the beginning of the word first or the end of the word first. 

Differences in winding direction

Outer winding

Inner winding

Example of outer winding

Foot ahead

Head first

Beginning of word ahead

End of word ahead

The roll core for roll labels

Roll labels and roll cores belong together like car rims and tyres. When printing labels, depending on the requirements (e.g. labelling machine specifications), the stickers placed on the carrier tape must be wound onto roll cores in different ways.

The roll cores that are mainly used in label printing companies are cardboard cores that differ in diameter, roll width and the thickness of the outer cardboard layer. The diameter of the roll core is specified in millimetres and depends on the diameter of the label printer's unwinder. The most common formats are roll cores with a diameter of 26 mm, 40 mm, 50 mm or 76 mm.

Areas of application for roll labels

Digitally printed labels in roll form are often used where products may come into contact with moisture or fats, oils or lubricants, such as in the food industry, for labelling cosmetic products, when packaging chemicals or when labelling lubricants for automotive workshops. UV-curing inks and varnishes react under the influence of UV radiation to form a cross-linked, very stable, immediately dry ink film. Digital roll labels with a UV protective coating (usually on adhesive paper) are more resistant to external weather-related influences such as sunlight. Self-adhesive labels on rolls are usually provided with a permanent adhesive and are used on bottles, cans, tubes and jars of all kinds.

Digital printing of roll labels

An important speciality of digital printing is the ability to print individual labels or various roll labels (sometimes also called continuous labels) with individual, variable data. This is also known as the personalisation of printed labels. The desire for customised printed packaging that appeals emotionally to the respective customer is one of the current trends in the packaging sector and industry.

We are happy to print your product roll labels made out of paper, PVC, PP and PE film in special colours, which are simulated from the CMYK colours of the Euroscale, as well as in conventional label printing.

Labelprint24 only produces high-quality self-adhesive roll labels and also delivers label rolls express. If you have any questions about creating print data or the appropriate media form, the label specialists at Labelprint24 are always available to help.

Advantages of digitally printed roll labels

• Particularly favourable prices for small and medium runs
• Uncomplicated personalisation and consecutive numbering
• No waste or printing plate production
• Perfect printing on special materials and metallic paper
• Continuous labels on the roll with customised roll core and length
• High-quality printing with precise production runs

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Adhesive labels on the roll pay for themselves in the digital printing process from the very first copy. Even for larger print runs, we can achieve the best prices for you through customised calculations. Do you want to order digitally printed labels or stickers on a roll? We are sure to find the perfect solution.

Roll labels in conventional label printing

Would you like a little more? A larger quantity of printed adhesive roll labels in special colours, first-class print quality or colour nuances that digital printing cannot yet reproduce perfectly? Labelprint24 consistently utilises the possibilities and advantages of conventional offset and flexo printing in order to be able to offer the best price for these customer requirements.

Roll labels for bottles

Bottle labels can be used as beverage labels, beer labels, product labels on spirits, sparkling wine labels or as labels on wine bottles. Large industrial packaging systems, for example, apply wine labels to glass and plastic PET bottles. Bottle labels made of paper that are glued before being stuck on and are still removable are called wet glue labels. This production process is usually carried out using a wet glue labelling machine and requires additional label adhesive and label glue.

These paper labels therefore differ from conventional adhesive roll labels in their application due to the lack of a permanent adhesive on the back of the label. The beverage industry likes to use these non-self-adhesive labels for its multi-purpose bottles, as the removable label makes it possible to clean the empty bottles without leaving any residue.

In addition to beverage labels, oils are of course also bottled and labelled. Not forgetting all substances that are filled into jars or bottles by the chemical or pharmaceutical industry.

Away from industrial labelling and industrial bottling, private individuals and hobby winegrowers are also occasionally interested in labels on bottles and small private beekeepers in honey labels on jars. A personalised bottle that you have designed yourself with pleasure makes a welcome gift for guests. Fun motifs and photos adorn these glass and bottle stickers.

As a professional B2B label manufacturer for small, medium and large runs of high-quality customised labels for business customers, we do not specifically offer these small runs of adhesive labels for jam jars and the like to end consumers. 

Standard formats

There are various standard sizes in different shapes for stickers on rolls: 

circular

oval

rectangular

square

star-shaped

Here you will find an overview of frequently used label formats in rectangular, circular and oval shapes:

These listed label standards represent a selection of some standard formats. It is also possible to order labels in special shapes (e.g. heart shape). At Labelprint24 you can calculate your labels 100% freely. Use our label calculator for this purpose. 

We are also happy to help you with special requests and requirements for your labels.