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How Water-Activated Custom Paper Tape Works: Dispenser Setup, Application Tips, and Common Mistakes

Many businesses and organizations have found that water-activated paper tape meets their needs, but they can also sometimes struggle to have proper adhesion or encounter other issues. Phoenix Tape & Supply understands how these challenges can frustrate those working with the tape, as well as how when things are set up right, the custom printed paper tape can be a beautiful solution. It is critical to understand how water-activated paper tape actually works, and when you understand this, setting up your dispense properly and using the right application tips can dramatically simplify the process of using it. Let us help make your shipping department less dramatic with the right custom printed paper tape along with application tips. Contact us today to learn more and order your custom printed paper tape.

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Hand-Applied vs. Machine-Applied Custom Packing Tape: What Businesses Should Consider

You need your custom packing tape because it not only seals your packages that you ship, but it is your marketing banner that goes out with each and every order. But what is the right answer for applying that custom packing tape: hand application or machine application? Phoenix Tape & Supply can’t tell you the exact formula for when you need to choose one or the other, but we can provide you with some considerations that might make one or the other the right choice for you. And in either case, your custom packing tape from our team will be ready to go to help you keep growing and keeping your brand in front of your customers as well as potential customers. Talk with us today about your custom packing tape needs and how you prefer to apply them.

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What Makes a Great Custom Tape Company? 5 Qualities to Look For

When you first start looking for a custom tape company to print your custom branded packaging tape, you will find many available, so how do you choose the one that will give you the quality in materials and design? At Phoenix Tape & Supply, we have been helping clients with their custom printed packing tape for 40 years, but experience alone shouldn’t be your deciding factor. There are several qualities that you will want to look for, including years of experience, but more than that you will want to understand if they have a wide range of custom tape options, you will want to make sure that they have clear instructions for proofing your tape design as well as ordering, and finally that they have a responsive custom service team. Our team has all of these, so contact us today to get started with your custom print order.

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How to Choose the Right Custom Paper Tape for Your Packaging Process

There are plenty of options for sealing up your packages for shipping, but only one is recyclable even on the box, and it bonds better with cardboard boxes compared with other options. We are, of course, talking about paper tape, and what makes it even better is when it is custom printed paper tape from Phoenix Tape & Supply. But just because you have settled on using paper tape for your packages that you will ship doesn’t mean that your decisions are done. You will want to understand tape thickness options, the length of your rolls, tape color, as well as how many colors you want to have for your branding. We’ll provide details on each of these, and you can always reach out to our team anytime when you have questions or to start your order. We have more than 40 years of experience in custom tape printing, so you can trust our expertise.

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How Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Use Custom Printed Tape to Build Their Brands Without Large Order Requirements

Custom printed packing tape is not limited to companies placing extremely large orders. At Phoenix Tape & Supply, businesses can order as little as one case, making professionally branded packaging accessible to small and mid-sized companies as well as larger operations. 

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Why High-Quality Branded Packing Tape Makes a Difference for Your Brand

Consistency is an important part of building a recognizable brand. Businesses typically carry their logos, colors, and messaging across their websites, marketing materials, products, and customer communications. Custom printed packing tape extends that same visual identity to the packages customers receive.

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How Custom Polypropylene Tape Holds Up in Real Shipping Conditions

We have all seen claims for some product where it looks like it can tackle nearly any situation or environment, but then you go to use that product and realize that it is nowhere near capable of handling the situation that it claims it was for. At Phoenix Tape & Supply, our custom polypropylene tape is the product that is used widely in a number of different environments and will do a good job. From hot and cold weather situations to rough handling in transit, and even to higher moisture content environments, our custom polypropylene tape is a nearly universal solution for package sealing that performs like you need it to. Contact us today to start your order for custom printed polypropylene tape that just works.

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Where to Use Printed Tape with Your Logo (Beyond Just Shipping Boxes)

If you have been using custom printed tape utilizing your logo and brand name from Phoenix Tape & Supply with your shipping department (and if you haven’t, you are missing out on a GREAT branding opportunity), you might be wondering how else you can use custom printed tape in your operations. What started as a simple shipping need has grown to include multiple kinds of shipments and keeping them all straight is highly important so that your customers get the right order. If you have custom subscription boxes, then using different colored printed tape can help separate them from your normal shipments. But this is just one example of the benefits of using custom printed tape with your logo, and there are countless other options. Talk with us today about your needs and we can help you have multiple versions of your custom printed tape for the different needs you have.

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5 Easy Steps to Print Packaging Tape with Your Logo (Without Costly Mistakes)

You’ve been doing your research and evaluating how having your own custom print packaging tapes for your shipping department would work for your current process. You might even be looking at a branding solution that will be able to easily scale as your business grows. Printed tape with a logo is going to check all of these boxes and several others, and the team at Phoenix Tape & Supply is your experienced partner that helps to make ordering your custom packing tape with logo easy. Here we provide clients with five easy steps to ordering your print packaging tapes while avoiding costly mistakes that can be frustrating and waste resources. When you are ready to get your custom packing tape with logo, reach out to us today to get started.

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The Cost-Effective Custom Shipping Box Solution for an E-Commerce Company with Multiple Box Sizes

Having your brand name on the packages that you ship out is a dream come true for many as it signals that you are in the big leagues. And while having custom branded boxes is definitely an achievement, it also brings with it a host of other issues that many didn’t plan on or think through. At Phoenix Tape & Supply, one of our long-term clients, Lettering.com, thought that their custom printed boxes were the answer, until it became obvious that they had larger costs and required more space than they anticipated. This is where our custom printed packing tape became the right answer that did everything the printed boxes did, but at a fraction of the cost and at much less physical space being required. And it also didn’t impact their shipping process and actually simplified operations. Our custom printed tape has become the go-to answer for all kinds of e-commerce companies. Contact us today to learn how it can be the right answer for your business.

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