Understanding Sticker & Label Printing: CMYK, Bleed & Cut Lines Explained
A technical guide to sticker printing — CMYK colour mode, bleed margins, cut lines, safe zones, resolution, and how to prepare artwork for professional print…
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UK custom label printers since 2007 — 20 years hands-on experience
Sticker Nation has been printing custom labels and stickers in the UK since 2007. What began as a bedroom operation — running off small batches of address labels in the evenings after a day's work — has grown into a dedicated label printing company trusted by more than 60,000 clients.
Along the way, we've printed for brands that have gone on to launch in Waitrose and for founders who have gone on to become Dragons on Dragons' Den. We've watched first-time makers grow into established names, and in the process we've learned exactly what separates a label that sells a product from one that doesn't.
In 2016 we built our own online designer tool — a direct response to the frustrations of traditional label artwork: bleed margins, colour mismatches, and endless file corrections. That platform, refined year after year, still powers every order today. Customers design in minutes, preview their work in 3D, and submit a print-ready PDF that drops straight onto our press — no back-and-forth, no artwork chasing, no surprises.
Everything we publish in our Knowledge Base comes from nearly two decades of hands-on production experience. If you read something here, we've done it ourselves — probably hundreds of times.
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