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It's time to Go Tagless
The Gold Standard for Neck Labels and More
Lower cost and increase production efficiency – go Tagless with Inkcups! We are the world leader in converting large and small manufacturers, brands and contractors to Tagless Printing. Pad printing a neck label is quick, easy, and cost-effective. We stand by the quality of our tagless labels.
The Benefits of Tagless Printing
Lower Your Costs
- Average cost of supplies per print: $0.003
- Utility consumption: 0.0096 KW per printing machine
- 40% fewer printing machines and operators needed than with older neck label technology
Save Time
- Print 800 parts per hour on a single machine (60% faster than with heat transfer)
- Brand-new graphics (or adjusted graphics/colors) are ready for print in less than 30 minutes
- No drying process or additional equipment necessary
Improve Quality
- Withstand 50 industrial washes
- Soft to the touch tags, even after washing
- A neck label will stretch with the substrate, won’t crack, distort, or break
- Fine-line text as small as 6pt type
Trusted by Industry Leading Brands
Inkcups Tagless System Advantages
Everything You Need
Unlike our competitors, Inkcups offers the complete tagless printing solution: all machines, inks, and supplies you'll need from a single supplier.
Global Footprint
Technicians, warehouses, sales offices, and distributors are located in North, Central and South America, Asia and Europe. Inkcups is continuously adding new locations to support our customers.
Innovator & Market Leader
Over 3,000 machine installations worldwide. Inkcups pioneered Tagless printing technology and converted the 3 largest global t-shirt manufacturers to Tagless.
Expert Training & Support
We help you all the way through the Tagless process – from getting compliance approvals and suggesting production layouts, to setting up machines and training workers.
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From the Blog
How-To
February 20, 2020
5 Steps to Tagless Tags
Utilizing pad printed tagless tags instead of heat transfers or screen printing has many benefits. Namely, this method is more cost effective, durable and is much more sustainable. If you are still unfamiliar with the tagless process, be sure to read up on what is tagless label printing. Once you have made the decision that
Industry Updates, Podcasts
February 11, 2020
Sustainability In The Printing Industry – Heat Transfer vs Pad Printing (PODCAST)
Matthew Yates of Inkcups discusses sustainability in the printing industry, specifically the waste inherent in heat transfer printing for tagless apparel. Matthew explains just how much waste is generated by heat transfer, and how much power is consumed, and compares that to the much more eco-friendly and sustainable pad printing options.
Applications
January 28, 2020
The 5 Best Applications for Tagless Labels
If you haven’t already, nows the time to go Tagless. Tagless pad printing is quickly becoming the industry standard for tagless labels. The number of applications is always growing as new garment markets are adopting the tagless solution. Here are our top 5: Tagless Labels for Shirts The term “shirt” is a broad term, but
How-To
February 20, 2020
5 Steps to Tagless Tags
Utilizing pad printed tagless tags instead of heat transfers or screen printing has many benefits. Namely, this method is more cost effective, durable and is much more sustainable. If you are still unfamiliar with the tagless process, be sure to read up on what is tagless label printing. Once you have made the decision that
Industry Updates, Podcasts
February 11, 2020
Sustainability In The Printing Industry – Heat Transfer vs Pad Printing (PODCAST)
Matthew Yates of Inkcups discusses sustainability in the printing industry, specifically the waste inherent in heat transfer printing for tagless apparel. Matthew explains just how much waste is generated by heat transfer, and how much power is consumed, and compares that to the much more eco-friendly and sustainable pad printing options.
Applications
January 28, 2020
The 5 Best Applications for Tagless Labels
If you haven’t already, nows the time to go Tagless. Tagless pad printing is quickly becoming the industry standard for tagless labels. The number of applications is always growing as new garment markets are adopting the tagless solution. Here are our top 5: Tagless Labels for Shirts The term “shirt” is a broad term, but