Fernqvist Labeling Solutions

Premium Labels

Digital Label Capabilitiees

Digital Printing makes the most sense for short-to medium runs of high-quality labels. There are no plates, thus no plate charges. Pricing and turnaround are both optimum at quantities up to 50,000 labels. Turnaround can be in as little as one day. Many industries such as Specialty Food, Wine and Beverage, Health and Beauty, Nutraceutical and more seek digital printing for these reasons plus the capability of the Indigo to vary information by label. You can change graphics, bar code, text, part number and addresses on the fly with the Indigo press. Do you have several different products? You can change the product name, photo, bar code, and product number easily, affordably and get your labels quickly. The bottom line is Fernqvist’s digital press can get your products to the marketplace weeks faster, targeted specifically to your market and beautifully printed.

SeaYu's

SeaYu's daring marketing shift. SeaYu® Enterprises had a great product - an all natural, highly-effective, all-purpose odor eliminator perfect for the pet, home and automotive markets. Initial customer research told them that a single, multi-purpose product would be well received by the retailer and consumer. In reality, however, buyer behavior from the larger chain stores - all the way down to the smaller specialty stores - and consumers told them a different story. Rather than a general purpose product, buyers preferred to buy products that addressed specific odor problems over an all purpose product. SeaYu created 15 unique odor elimination and cleaner products, each targeted to a specific audience and specific uses - such as a dog owner with a skunked dog or a cat owner with a litter box odor problem.

Greek Mama

Greek Mama meets marketplace in brilliant color. As do many specialty food companies, Greek Mama uses small plastic containers as seen in the deli section of food stores. The label is the element that distingishes the product. In essence, the label is the advertising. It jumps out at the customer saying, "buy me, buy me." And eye-popping color (as well as the delicious taste) is the reason these products are getting the attention they receive. To date, Fernqvist has printed a dozen different 3.5-inch circular lid labels - each varying in color and label ingredients. Coupled with the assortment of rectangular wrap-around band labels (also in different colors) it was cost-effective and Fernqvist more than met the needed turnaround.

Sun-Ni Cheese

Sun-Ni Cheese reaps benefit with change from flexo to digital printing. Sun-Ni Cheese, a family owned and run manufacturing facility in Broomall, has been awarded the “Best of Philadelphia” recognition for their hummus. As a long time customer of Fernqvist, their signature labels were produced using flexography on synthetic material with 4-color process plus a spot color to maintain consistent color of large background areas. With the purchase of the Indigo press - and in keeping with Fernqvist’s forward thinking paradigm of sharing any opportunity to suggest a “better way” - Fernqvist approached Sun-Ni Cheese with the prospect of producing their labels digitally. The higher resolution capabilities of this press removed the spot color requirement. In addition, a laminate was added for extra durability. Because no plates were required, shorter low-quantity runs of labels now made economical sense. This allowed for additional flavors or new products to be tested on the market in small quantities. It is only fitting that the “ Best of Philadelphia” hummus should have the “Best of Fernqvist” label.

Witch Creek Winery

Witch Creek Winery uniquely named wines, avant garde labels. Dave Wodehouse is a man with a story to tell and he lets his wine and labels do the talking. The winery is named for Witch Creek, which runs near a vineyard east of Ramona, in San Diego County. On some special bottlings, Dave uses a humorous variation of a cat, which according to legend, is a witch’s closest companion. Fernqvist and Witch Creek Winery have had a business relationship for years as Dave purchased the LX810 color label printer to make small runs of private labels. With the LX810 Witch Creek was on their way to making custom labels for their wines. The LX810 worked fantastic for the smaller quantities of 50, 100 and even 200 but soon, as the grapes in the vineyard grew, so did the orders and Dave’s imagination.

Organic Essence

Organic Essence labels shine. Organic Essence had an established product line and a label look-and-feel that was quite distictive and recognizable. The challenge presented to Fernqvist was to maintain the look but offer a more cost-effective production than hot stamping in metallic gold, silver, bronze, or other colored foils. Fernqvist took advantage of the Indigo press’s exacting registration. Printing on silver foil with an undercoat of white in specific areas and none in other areas, Fernqvist was able to create a full range of metallic colors using four-color digital printing. The resulting high quality label cost much less than the metallic foil stamping process.

Herbal Pride

Herbal pride beats the regulation game through digital printing. In the nutraceutical (nutritional supplement) industry, new rules and regulations force the expense of reprinting labels often! This constant change of legal requirements undermines the process of printing labels - again and again - through offset printing. Herbal Pride, a startup company, has used digitally printed high-quality labels from its inception. The digital workflow allows shorter time to market because changes and edits can be made quickly and easily. BONUS: With the Ferqvist Indigo press, an actual press sample can be sent for approval, quaranteeing that Herbal Pride’s expections are met when final labels ship!

Ready-to-Print Labels

Thermal Shells

Create shells for your thermal printer. Have Fernqvist custom print labels that you will complete onsite by running through your desktop thermal printer to add variable data such as ingredients, dates, or bar code information. These labels can also be protected with a UV coating and still be printed with your thermal printer.

Off-the-Shelf: Inkjet LX810 VP485

With the LX810 or LX900 on your desktop, you can print full color labels onsite. The printer is reliable, durable, and economical. It is a convenient way to print color labels if your daily usage demands quantities of a few - or a hundred - labels. The LX810 and LX900 use roll-fed pressure sensitive labels and tags on a 3-inch (76mm) core with a 6-inch (152mm) maximum diameter. labels are available off the shelf for quick turn-around. In addition, with only a 3-5 day lead time, we will produce any quantity of labels in hundreds of popular sizes without custom die charges. The high-gloss and semi-gloss stocks are a perfect match for the LX810 and LX900’s dye- and pigment-based inks. Both stocks are smooth, with an abrasion-resistant and water-resistant finish. The general purpose adhesive has excellect adhesion to cardboard, metals, and most plastics. Off the shelf labels for the LX810 and LX900 are also compatible with the new VP485.

Off-the-Shelf:Inkjet LX400

Inkjet labels for the LX400. With the LX400 on your desktop, you can print full color labels onsite. The printer is reliable, durable, and economical. It is a convenient way to print color labels if your daily usage demands quantities of a few - or a hundred - labels. The LX400 uses roll-fed pressure sensitive labels and tags on a 2-inch (51mm) core with a 5-inch (127mm) maximum diameter. The high-gloss and semi-gloss stocks are a perfect match for the LX400’s dye- and pigment-based inks. Both stocks are smooth, with an abrasion-resistant and water-resistant finish. The general purpose adhesive has excellect adhesion to cardboard, metals, and most plastics. The stock label sizes listed on this page are available off the shelf for quick turn-around. In addition, with only a 3-5 day lead time, we will produce any quantity of labels in hundreds of popular sizes without custom die charges.

Laser Sheets

Standard sheet sizes for laser printers: letter and legal. Uncoated laser labels are available in two standard sheet sizes (8.5" x 11" or 8.5" x 14") in matte white, blue, gray, green, pink, tan, and yellow. Prices for these are listed below. It will be necessary to indicate size, number of labels per page and application when ordering. Please call 800-426-8215 for a quote on label sheets in alternate materials such as: clear; fluorescent chartreuse, green, orange and red; gloss white; latex impregnated; opaque adhesive matte; piggyback matte; polyester clear and white; removable adhesive matte; and vinyl white.

Off-the-Shelf: Thermal

Thermal transfer labels for thermal printers

Thermal Transfer Labels and Tags require a ribbon to print. Stock labels are coated paper, on a 3" core, and available in white/blank. Pink, Light Blue, Yellow, and Light Green are also listed below. The below stock labels are available off the shelf for quick turn-around. In addition, with only a 3-5 day lead time, we will produce any quantity of labels in hundreds of popular sizes without custom die charges.

Direct thermal labels for thermal printers

With Direct Thermal Labels and Tags no ribbbon is required to print. Stock labels are coated paper, on a 3" core, and available in white/blank. The below stock labels are available off the shelf for quick turn-around. In addition, with only a 3-5 day lead time, we will produce any quantity of labels in hundreds of popular sizes without custom die charges.

Label information

Label Stock Material

Paper Labels and Tags

Direct Thermal Labels

Coated paper, on a 3-inch core. Labels can be floodcoated or custom printed. Direct thermal labels and tags do not require a ribbon to print. The paper is heat sensitive and generates images as it passes the printhead. DT labels are adversely affected by light and heat. Shelf life is limited to about one year when labels are stored properly.

Foil Labels

Gold or silver foil-layered paper popular in fancy-food and wine applications. Thermal transfer printing requires resin-enhanced wax ribbon. Custom print labels flexographically or digitally.

High Gloss (Hg) Labels

Attractive, extra glossy, multi-purpose material ideal for flexographic and digital printing.

Piggy-back Labels (high-gloss material)

A double-layer label popular in specialty applications as direct mail when a label must be adhered for a second mailing. For special applications where the label needs to be able to adhere twice.

Semi Gloss (Sg) Labels

Economical, attractive, multi-purpose material ideal for flexographic and digital printing.

Thermal Transfer Labels

Coated paper stock available in white/blank, fluorescent red, orange and lime green. Labels can be floodcoated or custom printed. Thermal transfer labels and tags require a ribbon to print. This category is subdivided into two main divisions: paper and film (poly material).

Thermal Transfer Tags (no adhesive)

An economical material designed specifically for fast thermal transfer printing. A smooth, matte-finish surface that can be floodcoated or custom printed.

Wine Labels

High-gloss foil, estate #4, estate #8, matte lithography stock used for this application.

Film/Poly Labels and Tags

Kimdura (Kimdura Substitutes)

Popular in nursery applications but more expensive than poly lyte material. Available in white (matte finish) film material manufactured by Kimberly Clark.

Bopp/Poly Lyte Labels

Economical, water-resistant, durable, film material used when the environment requires more than a paper label can deliver (example: nursery label). White (glossy finish) and clear (requires black sensor line).

Polyester Labels

Top-of-the-line film material used when ultimate durability and UL recognition is required. Printer requires a resin, UL-recognized ribbon. Primary usage is nameplates, asset tags and electronic component marking applications. Available in white, clear, and silver (metalicized) blanks or preprinted.

Tyvek

Material known for its usage in tear-proof envelopes. It is extremely rugged, durable and tear resistant. Available as a continuous strip.

V-Max Poly Tag

Economical, water-resistant, durable, film material used when the environment requires more than a paper tag can deliver (example: nursery tag).

Die Sizes: Digital

For Digital Printing. For digital printing, we have found these to be the most popular die sizes chosen for creating a custom label. These are readily available at our site and therefore we can pass the cost savings on to you. If however, you need a size you do not see below, please call to explain your needs.

Digital: Square / Rectangular Die Sizes

Size (w x h)

0.875" x 0.875" square

1.0" x 2.0"

1.125" x 9.875"

1.4" x 4.5"

1.5" x 2.0"

1.5" x 7.0"

1.5" x 4.25"

1.75" x 1.25"

1.75" x 3.5"

1.875" x 6.125"

1.9376" x 6.375"

2.0" x 1.0"

2.0" x 1.375"

2.0" x 2.0" square

2.0" x 3.0"

2.0" x 4.5"

2.0" x 5.5"

2.0" x 5.875"

2.0" x 6.0"

2.125" x 2.5"

2.125" x 6.5"

2.25" x 1.0"

2.25" x 1.125"

2.25" x 3.0"

2.25" x 4.5"

2.25" x 4.75"

2.375" x 2.5"

2.375" x 2.75"

2.375" x 2.9375"

2.375" x 5.1875"

2.375" x 6.75"

2.375" x 7.25"

2.5" x 0.5"

2.5" x 1.0"

2.5" x 1.25"

2.5" x 2.0"

2.5" x 3.0"

2.5" x 5.25"

2.5" x 5.4375"

2.5" x 6.25"

2.5" x 7.0"

2.5" x 7.25"

2.5" x 7.5"

2.625" x 0.875"

2.625" x 5.75"

2.625" x 7.0"

2.75" x 6.0"

2.75" x 7.9375"

2.7953" x 6.5748"

2.875" x 7.625"

3.0" x 0.625"

3.0" x 1.75"

3.0" x 2.0"

3.0" x 3.0" square

3.0" x 4.25"

3.0" x 5.0"

3.0" x 5.4375"

3.0" x 6.0"

3.0" x 9.5"

3.1876" x 8.875"

3.25" x 3.5"

3.25" x 3.0"

3.25" x 5.5"

3.25" x 8.0"

3.375" x 3.6875"

3.5" x 2.5"

3.5" x 3.5" square

3.5" x 4.0"

3.5" x 5.0"

3.5" x 6.125"

3.5" x 7.0"

3.5" x 7.5"

3.5" x 9.5"

3.75" x 2.75"

3.75" x 4.0"

3.75" x 4.875"

3.875" x 9.5"

4.0" x 1.0"

4.0" x 1.5"

4.0" x 1.75"

4.0" x 2.0"

4.0" x 2.5"

4.0" x 3.0"

4.0" x 3.5"

4.0" x 4.0" square

4.0" x 5.0"

4.0" x 6.0"

4.0" x 9.25"

4.0" x 9.75"

4.25" x 5.375"

4.25" x 10.0"

4.25" x 11.5"

4.375" x 14.875"

4.5" x 1.5"

4.5" x 2.5"

4.5" x 6.0"

4.5" x 8.0"

4.875" x 4.6875"

4.875" x 5.1875"

5.0" x 1.25"

5.0" x 4.0"

5.1875" x 6.875"

5.25" x 1.375"

6.0" x 1.41"

6.0" x 1.625"

6.0" x 2.75"

6.5" x 17.0"

6.75" x 1.625"

7.5" x 8.9375"

Digital: Circle Die Sizes

Size (w x h)

0.5"

1.0"

1.25"

1.5"

2.0"

2.5"

3.0"

3.5"

3.75"

4.0"

4.5"

5.5"

Digital: OVAL Die Sizes

Size (w x h)

1.25" x 0.25"

2.0" x 3.0"

2.25" x 1.25"

2.75" x 1.5"

Die Sizes :: Flexo

For Flexographic Printing. Your label needs will vary just as do your products and package designs. We have found these to be the most popular die sizes chosen for creating a custom label. These are readily available at our site and therefore we can pass the cost savings on to you. If however, you need a size you do not see below, please call to explain your needs.

Flexo: Square / Rectangular Die Sizes

Size (w x h)

0.1875" x 1.75"

0.25" x 5.0"

0.5" x 0.25"

0.5" x 1.0"

0.5" x 1.75"

0.625" x 0.25"

0.63" x 1.5"

0.7875" x 0.7875"

0.88" x 1.25"

0.9375" x 0.375"

1.0" x 0.15"

1.0" x 8.0"

1.102" x 0.2559"

1.13" x 6.0"

1.18" x .315"

1.25" x 0.25"

1.25" x 0.5"

1.25" x 0.88"

1.25" x 1.0"

1.25" x 1.25"

1.25" x 2.63"

1.3125" x 0.5"

1.3385" x 0.7874"

1.375" x 1.375"

1.38" x 1.0"

1.5" x 0.125"

1.5" x 0.25"

1.5" x 0.63"

1.5" x 0.875"

1.5" x 1.0"

1.5" x 1.125"

1.5" x 1.5"

1.5" x 2.25"

1.5" x 2.5"

1.5" x 3.0"

1.5" x 3.5"

1.5" x 7.0"

1.56" x 0.88"

1.732" x 2.834"

1.75" x 0.875"

1.75" x 1.13"

1.75" x 2.125"

1.75" x 4.0"

1.81" x 1.38"

1.81" x 3.0"

1.88" x 1.0"

1.88" x 2.13"

1.88" x 3.13"

1.88" x 4.0

1.88" x 4.13"

1.88" x 5.0"

1.88" x 6.5"

1.969" x 2.756"

2.0" x 0.5"

2.0" x 0.75"

2.0" x 1.0"

2.0" x 1.25"

2.0" x 1.31"

2.0" x 1.5"

2.0" x 1.75"

2.0" x 2.0"

2.0" x 3.25"

2.0" x 3.5"

2.0" x 4.0"

2.125" x 7.25"

2.1875" x .25"

2.25" x .375"

2.25" x 0.5"

2.25" x 0.75"

2.25" x 0.88"

2.25" x 1.25"

2.25" x 1.75"

2.25" x 3.0"

2.25" x 4.75"

2.3" x 2.3"

2.5" x 0.88"

2.5" x 1.25"

2.5" x 2.5"

2.5" x 3.88"

2.5" x 4.0"

2.5" x 6.5"

2.5" x 8.0"

2.63" x 1.75"

2.75" x 1.75"

2.75" x 2.0"

2.75" x 6.5"

2.75" x 7.38"

3.0" x 0.5"

3.0" x 1.0"

3.0" x 1.5"

3.0" x 1.6875"

3.0" x 1.75"

3.0" x 2.0"

3.0" x 3.0"

3.0" x 3.25"

3.0" x 3.5"

3.0" x 5.0"

3.0" x 6.0"

3.0" x 6.5"

3.125" x 0.375"

3.25" x 1.0"

3.25" x 2.0"

3.25" x 2.25"

3.25" x 9.88"

3.38" x 8.0"

3.5" x 7.0"

3.625" x 2.75"

3.75" x 2.75"

3.93" x 0.4375"

4.0" x 0.92"

4.0" x 1.25"

4.0" x 1.4375"

4.0" x 1.75"

4.0" x 2.0"

4.0" x 2.5"

4.0" x 3.0"

4.0" x 3.5"

4.0" x 4.0"

4.0" x 4.5"

4.0" x 5.0"

4.0" x 6.0"

4.0" x 6.5"

4.0" x 10.0"

4.0" x 13.0"

4.25" x 0.88"

4.25" x 2.375"

4.25" x 2.5"

5.0" x 3.0"

5.5" x 8.0"

5.5" x 8.5"

6.0" x 4.0"

6.0" x 5.5"

6.0" x 7.0"

7.0" x 2.5"

8.0" x 9.88"

8.0" x 11.0"

8.25" x 4.0"

Flexo: Circle / Oval Die Sizes

1.125" circle

1.25" circle

1.5" circle

1.75" circle

2.0" circle

2.5" x 1.25" oval

2.5" x 1.5" oval

2.5" circle

2.63" x 5.0" oval

3.0" x 5.0" oval

3.0" circle

3.25" circle

4.0" x 2.0"

4.0" x 2.5" oval

4.0" circle

5.0" circle

Flexo: Tag Die Sizes

Size (w x h)

1.25" x 2.5" tag

1.5" x 2.25" tag

1.5" x 3.0" tag

2.0" x 2.125" tag

2.19" x 0.81" tag - no holel

2.25" x 4.0" tag

4.0" x 2.25" tag

4.0" x 6.0" tag - no hole

5.0" x 6.0" tag

Label Artwork (Preparing / Sending Artwork)

Information for preparing and sending artwork for label printing. That State Before Printing.

What exactly is prepress?

Prepress is the term used in the printing industry for the processes and procedures that occur between the procurement of original artwork and placing the art on the printing press. The following items are considered part of prepress: typesetting, copyediting, page layout, trapping (also referred to as spreading and choking), separation (specifying images or text to be put on plates applying individual printing mediums [inks, varnishes, etc.] to a common print) and platemaking (photomechanical exposure and processing of light-sensitive emulsion on a printing plate). As you can imagine, prepress takes time. To help us get your labels to you faster there are a few things you can do to aid us.

FTP

If your files are too big to email to us you can upload them to our FTP server rather than sending them on CD. Our FTP service is www.ibackup.com. The user name for our customers is fernqvist2 and the password for our customers is labels2. Once you have uploaded your art files please email or call (800-426-8215) us so we know to look for them.

Outlined Fonts

If you are creating your artwork in Adobe Illustrator (which we prefer over artwork created by other software) please make sure to outline your fonts. To do this, first Select All then choose Outline Fonts from the type menu. It would also be helpful of you to send a non-outlined version of the file as well in case you later want us to make any changes to the text.

CMYK vs Pantone

All digital labels are done in CMYK. However, if you are ordering flexographic labels we have the option of printing in either CMYK or Pantone inks. CMYK will allow us to create full color jobs with only 4 inks. However, if your job uses only 1-3 colors there is a cost advantage to using Pantone colors. There is also an advantage to using a Pantone ink in addition to CMYK when you have a large solid area of a specific color or a color that's hard to mix out of CMYK such as oranges or purples (imagine mixing paints back in grade school - some colors always come out muddy no matter what you try). We cannot print your job until you tell us which Pantone inks to use. You can pick up a swatch book (we use the Solid Coated type) at an art supply store or at your request we can recommend some colors for you and send swatches with your proof.

Hotstamp & Emboss

Minimum stroke size- .3pt. Minimum font size- 7pt. Set up areas to be embossed and/or hotstamped, as a seperate layer in Illustrator or as a defined Spot Color in the Swatches palette.

Bleed

If your label has art all the way to the edge (colored backgrounds or borders) we need you to add bleed. Bleed should be at least 1/16th of an inch beyond the edge of the label so that when we cut it out there are no inkless gaps at the edges.

File Type

It’s important that you send us a file that we can work with the first time. Adobe Illustrator .ai or .eps is ideal, Adobe Photoshop .pdf or Adobe InDesign .indd files will also usually work. As long as you do not want us to make any changes to the artwork (text, color, etc), you have allowed enough space for bleed, the file is high enough resolution (300 dpi at the actual size of the printed label), and your job is CMYK we may be able to work with a .jpg file but a .jpg should be a last resort.

One of the advantages of digital labels is that words can be printed very small. However, if you are ordering flexographic labels you lose that advantage. For flexographic labels, please make sure that your fonts are at least 7pt and that any fine lines are at least 0.5pts wide. If you require smaller text or finer lines consider having your labels printed on our HP Indigo digital press.

Print Position

The last thing we need to know before we can manufacture your labels is your print position - which way do you want the labels to come off the roll. Here’s a chart to help you indicate to us which direction you would like.

Hot Stamping / Embossing

Great label finishing techniques!

Standing out on the shelf

Fernqvist now offers Hot Stamping and Embossing to accent your digital labels and draw more attention to your products.

The Process

Hot Stamping is a fusion of heat, pressure, a metal plate, and foil to create reflective and eye catching portions of a label design. This is an inkless and dry process. Foils used can be in a variety of colors. Embossing is using a metal plate to raise a design and/or image on a label. It creates a three dimensional look. This gives a label more depth to its design.

What we offer

We can hotstamp and emboss your custom design as small as .3pt stroke and 7pt font size. We have a variety of standard and special foils for use with your design, consult your Sales Associate on the best options for your label.

Fernqvist Labeling Solutions

Services

Premium Labels

Digital Label Capabilitiees

SeaYu's

Greek Mama

Sun-Ni Cheese

Witch Creek Winery

Organic Essence

Herbal Pride

Ready-to-Print Labels

Thermal Shells

Off-the-Shelf: Inkjet LX810 VP485

Off-the-Shelf:Inkjet LX400

Laser Sheets

Off-the-Shelf: Thermal

Thermal transfer labels for thermal printers

Direct thermal labels for thermal printers

Label information

Label Stock Material

Paper Labels and Tags

Direct Thermal Labels

Foil Labels

High Gloss (Hg) Labels

Piggy-back Labels (high-gloss material)

Semi Gloss (Sg) Labels

Thermal Transfer Labels

Thermal Transfer Tags (no adhesive)

Wine Labels

Film/Poly Labels and Tags

Kimdura (Kimdura Substitutes)

Bopp/Poly Lyte Labels

Polyester Labels

Tyvek

V-Max Poly Tag

Die Sizes: Digital

Digital: Square / Rectangular Die Sizes

0.875" x 0.875" square

1.0" x 2.0"

1.125" x 9.875"

1.4" x 4.5"

1.5" x 2.0"

1.5" x 7.0"

1.5" x 4.25"

1.75" x 1.25"

1.75" x 3.5"

1.875" x 6.125"

1.9376" x 6.375"

2.0" x 1.0"

2.0" x 1.375"

2.0" x 2.0" square

2.0" x 3.0"

2.0" x 4.5"

2.0" x 5.5"

2.0" x 5.875"

2.0" x 6.0"

2.125" x 2.5"

2.125" x 6.5"

2.25" x 1.0"

2.25" x 1.125"

2.25" x 3.0"

2.25" x 4.5"

2.25" x 4.75"

2.375" x 2.5"

2.375" x 2.75"

2.375" x 2.9375"

2.375" x 5.1875"

2.375" x 6.75"

2.375" x 7.25"

2.5" x 0.5"

2.5" x 1.0"

2.5" x 1.25"

2.5" x 2.0"

2.5" x 3.0"

2.5" x 5.25"

2.5" x 5.4375"

2.5" x 6.25"

2.5" x 6.25"

2.5" x 7.0"

2.5" x 7.25"