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A printed label is a label printed and attached to clothing — not an address, ASN or UPC label. Garment labels come in two kinds: brand labels, which sit inside or outside a garment and display the clothing's brand name, and care labels, which show garment size, care and washing instructions and fiber content. Both can be printed, and the two primary label choices overall are woven labels and printed labels.
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Do you know what we mean when we say brand label? The brand labels are on the inside or outside of a garment and display the brand name of the clothing. Example of popular brand names...
Do you know what we mean when we say care label? The care labels are utilized to show the garment size, care instruction (washing instruction), and fiber content details for the garment. Learn more about care labels.
Both the brand label and the care label, can be printed.
Often when discussing clothing labels their are two primary label choices. One choice is woven labels and the other is printed labels. When dealing with printed labels, you have several choices of base fabric. For example, you can find printed satin labels, printed velvet labels, printed cotton labels, printed twill labels, printed canvas labels, printed nylon, printed reflective labels etc. These printed labels can come in an assortment of shapes, sizes and finishes.
Printed labels generally have excellent detail (unless you use a not so good label manufacturer...). Printers can typically produce custom labels with very complex design. If done properly, the printed labels will maintain a soft hand for comfort against the skin.
You can find printed label factories in our garment trimming directory.
Learn about wash care labels; they are often printed...
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The brand label identifies whose garment it is; the care label tells the owner how to keep it. Both live against the wearer's skin or close to it, which is why softness matters alongside legibility. A label that prints a detailed logo beautifully but scratches will be cut out by the wearer, taking the brand and the care information with it — the practical reason printers work to keep a soft hand on satin, cotton and twill bases.
Woven labels build the design into the weave; printed labels put the design onto a base fabric's surface. Printing wins on fine detail and complex artwork and is the usual route for care content with its small type and symbols, while woven labels are often chosen for a premium brand mark. Many garments carry both: a woven brand label at the neck and a printed care label in a side seam. Printed label factories are listed in the garment trimming directory. This entry is signed ML111007.
Printed satin, printed velvet, printed cotton, printed twill, printed canvas, printed nylon and printed reflective labels are all available, in an assortment of shapes, sizes and finishes.
Printed labels generally offer excellent detail — printers can typically produce custom labels with very complex designs — and, done properly, a printed label maintains a soft hand for comfort against the skin.
Garment size, care instructions including washing instructions, and fiber content details. Wash care labels are often printed, and brand labels carry the maker's name.