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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 an Inkcups tag printing machine! 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.
Trusted by Industry Leading Brands
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 such as clothing label maker machines
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
- Neck tag printing of fine-line text as small as 6pt type
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 shirt label printing.
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
Industry Updates
July 30, 2020
How to Protect your Brand with Private Labeling
For any DTG company, having a private label is key in protecting your brand. What many companies do not know is that this does not come at an outrageously high cost. Private labeling shirts, face masks and any other textile can be done quickly and cost effectively if the right method is chosen. What does
Industry Updates
July 14, 2020
Tagless Apparel Manufacturers En Route to Cost-Reduction
An Overview of Current Tagless Technologies Originally published in Specialist Printing Worldwide (www.specialistprinting.com) Over the past few years, the so-called Tagless Apparel – t-shirts, jeans, underwear and other garments that do not have sewn-in care labels – are becoming the new standard in apparel manufacturing. Not only this trend is popular with the consumers (who
How-To
June 18, 2020
Tagless Pad Printing Guide
Download the free Tagless Pad Printing Guide to learn more about our tagless systems. What is tagless printing? Tagless printing is a broad term. This could reference screen printing labels, utilizing heat transfer labels or pad printing labels. As outlined in the what is tagless label printing, each method has its own benefits, but none
Industry Updates
July 30, 2020
How to Protect your Brand with Private Labeling
For any DTG company, having a private label is key in protecting your brand. What many companies do not know is that this does not come at an outrageously high cost. Private labeling shirts, face masks and any other textile can be done quickly and cost effectively if the right method is chosen. What does
Industry Updates
July 14, 2020
Tagless Apparel Manufacturers En Route to Cost-Reduction
An Overview of Current Tagless Technologies Originally published in Specialist Printing Worldwide (www.specialistprinting.com) Over the past few years, the so-called Tagless Apparel – t-shirts, jeans, underwear and other garments that do not have sewn-in care labels – are becoming the new standard in apparel manufacturing. Not only this trend is popular with the consumers (who
How-To
June 18, 2020
Tagless Pad Printing Guide
Download the free Tagless Pad Printing Guide to learn more about our tagless systems. What is tagless printing? Tagless printing is a broad term. This could reference screen printing labels, utilizing heat transfer labels or pad printing labels. As outlined in the what is tagless label printing, each method has its own benefits, but none