Guides
How to Measure a Packaging Sleeve
Step-by-step instructions for measuring the length, width and height of your product for a custom sleeve, with clearance tips.
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How to Choose a Material for Your Packaging Sleeve
A comparison of kraft, SBS/C1S, recycled board, and corrugated to help you pick the right base material.
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Preparing Artwork and Dielines for a Custom Sleeve
File formats, bleed and safety margins, and common mistakes to avoid when preparing artwork and dielines for a custom sleeve.
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Sleeve Assembly Options Explained
The four ways a sleeve can arrive and close - taped and flat, assembled, peel and seal, or flat with no tape - and how to choose.
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Sleeve Printing Options Explained
How print colors, one or both sides, and finishes like soft-touch and foil change the look and the price of a sleeve.
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Which Packaging Sleeve Style Is Right for Your Product?
A plain guide to choosing between belly bands, box sleeves, window sleeves, tray sleeves and more, based on what you sell and how you sell it.
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How Much Do Custom Packaging Sleeves Cost?
Real per-unit prices for custom sleeves, what makes the price go up or down, and simple ways to lower your cost without hurting the look.
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How to Design a Packaging Sleeve People Notice
Where to put your logo, how big to make the text, how to work with folds and kraft board, and the mistakes that spoil a good design.
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How to Size a Sleeve for a Jar, Tin, Cup or Tube
How to measure a round product and work out the length of its sleeve, with worked examples for candles, jars, cups and tubes.
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Eco-Friendly Packaging Sleeves: Kraft, Recycled Board or SBS?
An honest comparison of kraft, recycled board, SBS and corrugated, so you can pick a material that fits your brand and your budget.
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