Clear sticker printing is available in different sizes and shapes for sticking on a variety of materials directly on products and product packaging, such as stickers for glass bottles, stickers for glass jars, clear plastic bottles, stickers for gift packaging from the brand promotion perspective, MRP stickers, expiry date stickers, transparent logo stickers, transparent name stickers, and product information stickers.
Transparent product stickers made it easy to understand product material instantly—what material is inside packaging stickers without reading enough details.
Sticker Sheet: A sticker sheet is a type of thin layer made of paper, plastic (transparent and opaque), metal, etc., sheet backside with adhesive (glue) that carries a release paper to support the sticker sheet and the sticky surface allows sticking on various surfaces like metal, plastic, paper, etc.
Toner: Solid ink (powder form) CYMK
Ink: Liquid ink CYMK
Here, we are going to dive into sticker printing technology, best transparent sticker printing quality, clear sticker printing machine, print color visibility, different types of stickers, their cutting process, sticker longevity, etc.
Transparent Sticker Printing Technology
Transparent Adhesive Sheet/Transparent Adhesive Roll to Roll
Transparent sticker material is a specific plastic category known as “polypropylene” that comes with adhesive backing in roll-to-roll (3-5 feet wide) and sheet form 12″x18″ and 13″x19″. Here the best transparent sticker is concerned to your sticker printing project requirement as well as transparent stickers for products or product packaging that suit packaging background, sticker shape, adhesive strength, and how long sticker life.
A big-size clear sticker for car, a clear door sticker, or a clear sticker for a window uses roll-to-roll transparent adhesive.
Usually, transparent stickers get printed digitally, using laser and inkjet printing technology printers.
Transparent Stickers: Laser Printing Services
Most of all laser printers do not have white toner, so alternatively, uninked areas remain visually transparent (look-through) finishes. Secondly, there is a limitation in terms of transparent sticker size printing using the laser printer; the maximum transparent sheet form print size is 13″ wide x 19″ long,” but the printing speed is very fast and cost-effective. “Make sure no white-ink printing option is available in a laser printer.”.
“In a clear sticker, no inked area remains transparent visibility in laser printing.”
Transparent Stickers: Inkjet Printing
An inkjet printer (domestic & commercial) comes with a white ink tank, and without the white tank, in CYMK ink format.
Domestic inkjet printers are best for sheet-form clear transparent stickers, and commercial inkjet printers powered with UV curing applications (outdoor stickers) are used for roll-to-roll clear sticker printing.
In terms of transparent sticker print cost, white ink printed sticker cost is a little expensive compared to the other ink tanks as well as CYMK (CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, and BLACK).
A roll-to-roll inkjet printer able to print any size transparent vinyl sticker with white ink background is best for window gloss clear stickers and mono carton packaging.
These inkjet printers facilitate roll-to-roll transparent stickers for glass walls and windows, glass stickers, etc. One-way vision film printing for corporate business and office walls for branding inkjet printers (large format inkjet printer). Clear sticker print size up to 5 fits wide, and any size in length is available.
Inkjet printers are powered with solvent & UV ink curing technology.
Contact for direct print & cut transparent stickers in Delhi. Email: [email protected] or WhatsApp + 91 9211253015.
Clear Stickers Best Uses
There are uncountable uses of transparent stickers for packaging domestic to commercial clear products, from plastic to glass material made of, such as cosmetic products to home decorations.
“Clear stickers are a type of sticker you can see through pots or containers inside, understanding easier, etc.“
- A food, oil, and shampoo product packaging (clear gel tube, shampoo clear sticker label, bottle, clear jar sticker).
- Transparent sticker for uncomfortable printing surface/position of machine and equipment area.
- Transparent stickers for plant pots
- For using waterproof stickers
- Stickering on any stuff metal, wood, plastic, etc.
- Make product surface scratch-free
- Sticker for long-lasting option (7-10 year long)
- Brand promotions perspective
- Clear stickers work best for lightbase surfaces (white, pink, yellow, etc.) in terms of visibility.
- The topmost use of a clear sticker when it comes to giving more inside of your product to the customer before buying products.
Difference Between Kiss Cut & Cut Through Dye Cut Stickers
Clear sticker kiss cut and dye cut, both type stickers are used for the same purposes, but they provide different types of ease, from cutting and peeling off to sticking accuracy.
| KISS CUT Dye Sticker | CUT THROUGH Dye Sticker |
| 1. Kiss-cut sticker sheet: a group of sticker sheets | 1. Dye-cut (full-cut) stickers is an individual stickers that are cut through from sticker sheets & release paper. |
| 2. Sharp edges sticker go for kiss cut | 2. Fast cutting sticker go for cut through |
| 2. Only upper layer of stickers sheet is cut and intact bottom layer (release paper) | 2. Upper layer and backing paper (release) both paper is cut. |
| 3. Kiss-cut stickers sheet made easy to handle stickers and requires a minimum space | 2. Cut through including the upper layer and bottom layer (release paper) both is cut. |
| 4. Easy to peel off from the sticker and paste them | 4. Difficult to peel off from the release paper |
| 5. Required more space and little hard to handle proper | 5. Higher chance to bend sticker from release paper during peel-off |
| 6. Required a more space and little hard to handle properly | 6. Slow speed of peel-off sticker. |
Best Clear Cutting Machine
For low volume or personalize clear cut stickers cutting we have Siser, Cameo, SKY cut brands cutting machine fully computerised sticker cutting able to cut 8-10 pt font size with high accuracy.
Industrial product labeling cutting machine, I heavy duty label cutting machine Graftech, Jindal can cut upto 5 ft wide sticker roll to roll, flat sheet and rotary sticker cutting.
Clear Sticker Cutting Process
To cut stickers (invisible stickers), use traditional sticker cutting and the digital both cut process uses. Which one is the best for your print projects depends on the type of project volume.
| Traditional Dye Cutting Process | Digital Dye Cut Sticker Process |
| 1. A traditional dye cutting stickers process required making a metal dye each design custom dye. | 1. No dye needed, digital line artwork is enough. |
| 2. Making a metal dye is a time-consuming process and has an additional basic setup cost. | 2. No additional set cost for digital dye cut |
| 3. Best option in case of bulk clear sticker production | 3. Best for low volume transparent sticker cutting. |
| 4. Transparent sticker cutting costs High but instant cutting options. | 5. Cutting accuracy—less than the digital sticker cut process. |
| 5. Cutting accuracy-less than digital sticker cut process. | 5. Cutting accuracy—less than the digital sticker cut process. |
Transparent Sticker vs Paper Sticker
It may be the intention of making stickers for a product made of paper or plastic for car and bike decals.; Which one is the best? There are some key points to keep in mind before making a decision.
| Clear Sticker | Paper Sheet Sticker |
| 1. Clear stickers are more rigid & waterproof | 1. Low rigid and easy to destroy |
| 2. Best used for oil or liquid product container packaging box (oil and water product packaging) | 2. Work best for solid product packaging. |
| 3. Available in transparent and opaque surface | 3. Paper stickers come with an opaque base |
| 4. During removal from the products or container entire sticker comes out or damage sticker. | 4. The entire sticker break apart but remove |
| 5. Not tearable sticker | 5. Easily can be tear-off |
| 6. Transparent sticker cost is higher compare to paper sticker | 6. Cheaper |
| 7. Best use for outdoor surface and weatherproof surface use | 7. Best use for outdoor surface and weatherproof surfaces |
How much time does clear-cut stickers take?
Digital clear sticker printing and cutting services available sameday in Delhi, make sure sticker print files and sticker cutting outlines must be submitted before 10 IST.
