Blockout

LABEL TYPES FOR BLOCKOUT / BLACKOUT & COVER UP FROM SUPPLYLINE ID

Labels that cannot be seen through are most commonly referred to as ‘blockout’ labels but also known as blackout or cover up labels, there sole purpose is to cover over or blockout what is underneath.

These labels are used more and more for various goods and reasons commonly when goods travel from one region to another i.e. Asia to Europe where a product is labelled with non EU standard barcodes / text / price points etc and needs to be re-labelled for re-sale into the EU.

There are plenty of reasons to use a blockout label; like reusing packaging with old information that’s no longer of use i.e. address labels or identity labels used for storage, covering mistakes on a previous label or improved label legibility on pre-printed packaging.

The most widely used methods used to make labels opaque are by using a coloured adhesive or an dark-backed face material.