Liquor Bottle Stickers:
From Design to Finished Product
Have you ever wondered how your Liquor bottle stickers are printed? Each sticker goes through a specific liquor sticker printing process to produce an eye-catching finished product, whether it’s a minimalist design or an ornate construction. Here’s how to turn a liquor sticker design into a completed sticker.
Step 1: Prepress and Sticker Quotes
The first step in the digital liquor bottle sticker printing process is gathering information and putting together a quote. As a digital liquor bottle sticker printing company, we’ll need the size of your liquor bottle label, the material you want your stickers printed on, and some quantities of your total sticker order. Based on that information, we’ll respond with a project quote. If everything looks good, we’ll need your artwork before printing so we can send you a digital proof.
Your artwork is sent to our prepress department for review after all of the approvals have been received. The prepress process serves as a last line of defense before anything is sent to the printer. This team looks over various aspects of your art file to make sure it’s ready to print. We make sure the fonts are outlined, spot colors and Pantones are correctly labeled, images are embedded, and any other important details are addressed before we print your water stickers.
The prepress team will also examine the liquor bottle sticker for any elements that could be improved. They may print a test copy of your liquor bottle sticker if it has a barcode, for example, to see how well the barcode scans. If you want to change the barcode or the surrounding areas to improve the scan-grade, they’ll double-check with you.
If the prepress team discovers any opportunities for improvement or issues with the art file, they will notify your account manager and return your file, ensuring that your liquor bottle sticker is perfectly prepared for the printers. It’s now time to move on to the next stage of the project.
2: Printing
When the art file is complete, it is sent to our state-of-the-art HP Indigo digital printing presses for printing. Unlike traditional printing methods, digital liquor bottle sticker printing does not require the use of plates to transfer images onto stickers. Instead, the HP Indigos read digital files and use electronically charged particles in the inks to apply designs directly to label material. By eliminating the need for plates, digital water liquor bottle sticker printing saves you money on plate costs and setup fees, as well as providing faster turnaround times, which saves you time.
The procedure is simple during the printing phase: print. The sticker material comes in long rolls that are fed into the printer, which prints your design onto the material of your choice. After the rolls have been printed, they must be cut for use and undergo any necessary finishing treatments.
Step 3: Die Cutting and Finishing
The stickers are fed through a finishing machine after they have been printed. From embossing or hot foil stamping to protective top layers like laminates and UV varnishes, this machine can give a sticker a variety of treatments.
Die cutting each sticker and slitting the large roll into manageable multiple rolls are also part of the finishing process. To reduce waste and printing costs, we’ll print the stickers side by side. After being die cut, the stickers roll through a slitting section of the finishing machine, where the rolls are slit into two or three rolls by small razors at the end of the press. This prepares them for the final step in the sticker-making process.
Step 4: Shipping and winding
Now that each roll has been finished and slit to a manageable size, it’s time to rewind them. Large quantities of stickers come out of the finishing machines, which can be a problem for some applicators. Rewind machines re-roll your labels in precise quantities, making them easier to manage for your business.
The packaging department conducts a final quality check after rewinding to ensure that your stickers are in good working order. Once everything is clear, your stickers will be packed and shipped out so you can use them on your products.
Make Your Company’s Liquor Sticker Process Easier
Although the process of creating a high-quality product label entails several steps, it does not have to be difficult. From start to finish, Label Gurus Designs will guide you through the entire process. Because of this collaborative approach, we can better understand what you and your stickers require. Contact Label Gurus Designs today to discuss your next sticker project.