Color Label Solutions has been about print on-demand color labels since
the beginning:
- Print the labels you need, when you need them.
- Update the artwork as needed.
- Eliminate the inventory of preprinted labels.
- Reduce or eliminate obsolete label inventory.
- Make adding variable data easy to do
But sometimes, preprinted labels make sense; and now Color Label
Solutions offers the expertise to support your requirements for preprinted
labels. Troy Nettles has joined our team
as our expert in Preprinted and Prime Labels.
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| Troy Nettles |
Troy Nettles is an accomplished Business Development Manager with 23
years of experience working in the label manufacturing industry. His extensive knowledge in
the flexographic/rotary letterpress printing has made Troy a leader in sales and account
management. Troy possesses an in-depth knowledge of pressure sensitive
material/adhesives that provides the best possible solution and economic value
for our customers.
Troy has worked with many different organizations in the labeling and
printing industries such as, Diverse Label Printing (DLP), Copac, ITW Labels and JIT Manufacturing.
His major key accomplishments have been with DLP where he helped to assemble the
“core” team to launch the company and acted as the National Sales Manager. With Color Label Solutions, Troy will work
with our customers to meet their requirements with prime and preprinted labels
as well as sales in the Eastern United States.
In his role, Troy will work with our parent, General Data, who has the
equipment to produce preprinted/Prime labels in both large and relatively small
quantities:
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| Label Plant |
- 15 Flexographic presses from 10” to 23” wide. And soon, General Data will add a new Nilpeter 13” press
- 2 Digital Memjet-based Hybrid printers for printing shorter production runs
Recently, I was in our facility, watching them rewind/slit a label
order for one of our customers:
When asked about when to use Preprinted labels, Troy says, “Volume is
the key question in determining which type of label to use. If you are using 40,000 to 50,000 labels per
month with less than 10 SKU’s, preprinted labels will save you money. We use
both digital and flexographic presses to provide the best possible preprinted
labels for our customers. Which press to use depends on the volume and
materials required.”
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| Label Press |
Continuing, Troy says “Flexographic presses will save money in longer
press runs. In addition, these types of
analog presses enable foil materials, embossing and other options that are
important for certain customers. But
press set up and plate changes take time; up to 1.5 hours per job. If the job takes only 6 hours, then setup
time is a major portion of the costs.
Digital presses take very little time to setup, and work well for
shorter runs. Costs per label, however, do not really decrease with increases
in volume.”
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| Label Press |
In addition to when to use preprinted labels, I asked Troy “what
information is required to quote preprinted labels”. Troy says, “Quantities and even annual
quantities are the most important questions to ask. Using annual quantities enables me to lower
the costs of labels for larger runs.
Also, I ask about material type, hand or automatic application, unwind
direction and other questions from our list to ensure the labels work the first
time for our customers.”
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| Unwind Position Chart |
After discussing the requirements, I asked Troy about what type of
artwork files do you need to produce high quality preprinted labels. Troy says “Adobe Illustrator and/or
high-resolution PDF’s ensure the artwork prints correctly. Other file types may work, but these 2 types
seem to work the best.”
No matter what, Color Label Solutions will sell print on-demand color
labels. But now we have expertise in Troy to help you with preprinted labels as
well; and thus offer you the best “tool” required for your situation. Contact us if we can help you with any type
of color label requirements.
Guy Mikel
855-962-7670
info@colorlabelsolutions.com 
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