Creative Swing Tags

Various Printing Techniques

A superior swing tags give you a unique chance to deliver your brand message to consumers and communicate your craftsmanship as well as attention to detail.

Away from your board quality, material type, design and different cuts, you need to think about the finish and printing techniques. This is what will help to elevate your brand’s product presentation.

At the beginning, please confirm the paper material, we have the following options:

1) Coated paper (the most popular one)

2) Kraft paper

3) Black cardboard

4) White cardboard

5) Textured paper

6) PVC film

7) Ivory Paper

8) Tyvek Paper

Next step is choosing a suitable thickness for your own swing tag. Our thickness range is 150-2000GSM.

If you are not sure how thick it should be, don’t worry. Standard business name card is about 300GSM, personal credit card is about 800GSM.

When you are looking for something a little more unique and splendid.

Luckily, we have plenty of options for you to consider. We’ve listed 9 types of treatments in this blog and help you to choose the right one.

1. Matte lamination

2. Glossy lamination

3. UV spot Logo

4. Foil stamping

5. Embossed logo

6. Debossed logo

7. Hollowed-out

8. Die cut irregular shapes

9. Center folded

Lamination can be used for protecting printed finish.

Here’s the difference between matte and glossy: matte is writable but glossy looks shiny and reflective.

As for UV spot printing, it’s transparent and applied to a specific area to highlight that section, to separate areas of your swing tag which enables the particular area to benefit from a beautiful gloss effect.

Regarding foil stamping, rosy golden, silver, luxury golden, copper golden are available for you to consider.

This technique is heat pressing on paper, to make your brand shiny and textural.

Swing tags are both convenient and practical as they can do more than just carry basic information. Now, big brands are seeing their potential and using them as an extension of their brand identity - something you should look into. For your brand, this subtle addition can make you instantly recognizable.

We would love to hear about your requirements, welcome to send us your item details.