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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.4ColorProcess You would be surprised at how many clothing companies are using tagless heat transfer labels -- Mr.4ColorProcess

I agree, it started about 3-4 years ago, remember when Hanes started doing it ?
Well, there were some Newbies that were doing it before Hanes and the massive brands.

Now it makes me wornder if this type of labeling would be the way to go if you want to be different, as new trend setters often do.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.4ColorProcess Tagless labels are very popular right now and something that I have enormous experience in. You would be surprised at how many clothing companies are using tagless heat transfer labels -- Mr.4ColorProcess

When I looked into doing heat transfer labels all I found were companies in China who made the labels and told me I needed a massively hot machine to do it myself.

Not true, eh?

Do small inexpensive and easy to use heat press machines exist? (My tees are silkscreened by a contractor and my labels are sewn in. Would love to do tagless and do it myself).

 

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Mr.4ColorProcess

Yes, small and inexpensive heat press machines do exist. The question is, what is inexpensive to you and your budget. Somewhere in the neighborhood of $320 will get you a very nice heat press. And the trend of heat transfer neck labels is still picking up steam. Because of the overall cost of direct printing these labels, a lot of larger companies are investing in heat press machines and exclusively using heat transfers as their means of tagless labels. This trend will continue for quite some time.

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Mr.4ColorProcess

Quote: Originally Posted by LucyRoberts I agree, it started about 3-4 years ago, remember when Hanes started doing it ? Well, there were some Newbies that were doing it before Hanes and the massive brands. Now it makes me wornder if this type of labeling would be the way to go if you want to be different, as new trend setters often do.

In fact, just this year I was told by five or our licensed distributing customers that heat transfer neck labels are the new "way to go" ... for whatever that's worth.

-- Mr.4ColorProcess

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DFras

Quote: Originally Posted by LaMamaHen Do small inexpensive and easy to use heat press machines exist?

Inexpensive, not sure. But, I know two of the sponsors here have the small presses. "Heat Label Press", made for just this purpose. I think Best Blanks and Coastal Supply both have these.

 

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LaMamaHen

Re: using transfers for care labels.

Can you get the type small enough yet legible? Will it stay on through several washes?

Sorry for these very newbie questions. I am just a bit fascinated about the possibilities for relabeling.

(I just bought a Gocco and will try my hand at that for care labeling)

 

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Mr.4ColorProcess

Very good question. Small lettering isn't a problem if we back the transfer with a clear coat. However, the larger name clothing lines do not like the clear coating. They want the tag to last about 6 washes. Depending on the artwork and how heat transfer friendly it is, you'll get about 10-20 washes out of it before you see a degrading effect. But the kind of garment you apply it to has a lot to do with the longevity, as well. Cheap cotton = wack transfer longevity.

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Buechee

I think I will just go with putting biz cards in with the t-shirt.

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NathanAnderson

There are machines that will apply tags roll to roll, these are only really cost effective for very large volumes. For mid-range (1,000 to 50,000 tags) there are "pick and place" machines that will actually keep a stack of transfer tags in the hopper and place them on each garment. Price range here is about $3,500 to $6000.

There are a lot of companies jumping on the tagless train, unfortunately they are not all created equal. Walk through the mall and give them the tug test, some of them will explode off the shirt. Some are tremendous, very durable, very detailed print on the text and no longer have a clear backer.

I recommend getting as many samples as you can from suppliers and testing it out yourself. It's time consuming, but its less time consuming than rebuilding a relationship with a disappointed customer.

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Jasonda

Quote: Originally Posted by Buechee I think I will just go with putting biz cards in with the t-shirt.

Instead of a tag or label in the collar of the shirt? That won't be legal.

 

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JonWye

With regard to the first post about sizing variations on tags

Quote: This kind of throws a wrench into my plan because now I would need to have custom labels made with the different sizes on it, which I really don't want to do because I want to keep inventory, etc. as simple as possible.

If you ask nicely the company Global Trim (ask for Tami) will get you woven tags with small batches of different sizing variations, ie order 1000 tags, and they can get you 250 Small, 250 med, etc...

Hope that helps.

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Buechee

Quote: Originally Posted by Jasonda Instead of a tag or label in the collar of the shirt? That won't be legal.

Sorry, wrong thread. I had to go back and read the first page.

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cancelledbyrequest

clothinglabels4u is way too expensive

 

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emjay777

i just cut(cleancut as possible)the Gildan logo and leave the material and washing info and i put a glossy cardboard tag with my logo and website

 

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237am

theres a few distributors that will relabel before they ship u the blank shirts.... i was doing screenprinting tags...but i still had to cut the gilden tag out...not cool.... i did the math and the cost for the tag and relabel was about the same as the cost for the screenprint tag..... so i'm switching to tags...looks more professional i think and i dont have to cut tags when i ship/display...

cost for tag was about $.45usd....cost to relabel per shirt was $.30 so $.75 per shirt...

screenprint was $.85 per shirt

figure that out

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