| ditional way to print hang tags has always been thick | | | | design finish for product labels. They already have built |
| paper. It is cheap, easily printable and easily cut for a | | | | in glossiness because they are hang tags. Also, the ink |
| variety of custom product hang tags. However, as | | | | that is needed to print in plastic is very special and in |
| advances in technology have provided us with a lot of | | | | most cases, the designs in plastic hang tags are so |
| interesting ways to print, one great idea for hang tag | | | | embedded into the plastic that it will probably never |
| printing nowadays is to print them in plastic. | | | | ever fade until the plastic hang tag is melted or |
| There are many advantages in printing plastic hang | | | | destroyed. |
| tags. Albeit more expensive than traditional hang tag | | | | - Long lasting hang tags — Of course, since |
| printing, these benefits far outweigh the extra cost. | | | | plastic hang tags are plastic, they can last for a very, |
| That is why more and more people are now trying | | | | very long time. Plastics are not biodegradable. They |
| plastic hang tags for their product labels. To explain to | | | | should last well on to forever as long as they are |
| you the benefits of plastic hang tag printing, below is a | | | | protected from very extreme heat. This means that |
| small list that should explain it all. | | | | you won't need to replace your hang tags if ever your |
| - Maximum durability — One very big advantage | | | | products have a long wait at the shelves. Those |
| of plastic hang tags is their durability. Unlike paper hang | | | | plastic hang tags will still look vibrant, new and |
| tags that can easily deteriorate in the face of moisture, | | | | welcoming even after decades have past. |
| extreme heat or physical damage, plastic hang tags | | | | - Potentially Affordable — Finally, with the |
| can easily shrug off such environmental effects. | | | | current technologies for printing plastic hang tags are |
| Moisture will just roll off plastic hang tags, while it | | | | now very affordable. With a few tweaks on the |
| requires really extreme (product burning temperatures) | | | | design options and a little management in the size and |
| to melt a plastic hang tag. Finally, plastics are usually | | | | shape of the plastic hang tags, a lot of firms and even |
| pretty tough and they can spring back to shape when | | | | small businesses should be able to print special plastic |
| necessary unlike fold and crease prone paper hang | | | | hang tags at a minimum cost. So it is truly for |
| tags. So in durability alone the plastic hang tag wins. | | | | mainstream printing already. |
| - Best design finish — Also, with current printing | | | | So that is the story with plastic hang tags. |
| standards today, a plastic hang tag has the best | | | | |