Hang Tags Printing
in Encino, Same Day

Hang tag printing is a smaller job on paper but it carries more weight than most people expect, since a hang tag is often the last thing a customer touches before they buy something, whether that is a garment on a rack in Studio City or a candle made by a small business in Sherman Oaks. We print hang tags on a heavier card stock, cut them to size and punch a hole for string or a loop if you want one attached, all in house on the same visit. There is no minimum, so a small maker testing a new product line can order fifty tags without paying for a run of thousands.

Most hang tags we print run 2 by 3 inches or 2.5 by 4 inches, on a card stock heavy enough to hold its shape hanging off a garment or a bag without curling or bending in a customer's hand. We can round the corners, punch a single hole in a corner or run a die cut shape if you supply the outline, and we print full color or a single spot color depending on the brand. A lot of hang tag orders come in alongside labels or stickers for the same product, and we can run both together so the finish matches.

The most common file problem on a hang tag order is artwork built at web resolution that turns soft once it is enlarged to print size, along with text set too close to where the hole gets punched. We check every file before it prints and send a PDF proof, and if a hole punch would land through a logo or a line of text, we will flag it and adjust rather than punch through the design. That proof step is delivered on every order, whether it is fifty tags or five thousand.

Same day means files in by 10 AM and tags ready by 3:30 PM most afternoons.. Bigger runs with a custom die cut shape can take longer, and we will say so before you commit rather than after. We deliver anywhere in the Valley, Encino, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Tarzana, Woodland Hills, Van Nuys, North Hollywood and Burbank, on the afternoon van that leaves the shop around 2 PM most weekdays.

Small brands and makers are our most common hang tag customer, usually a business owner in Woodland Hills or Tarzana who is launching a new product and needs a tag that looks as finished as the item it is attached to. We work with whatever file you have, a print ready PDF if your designer built one, or a Canva export or JPG logo if you are doing it yourself, and we will check that the resolution holds up before we print. A PDF proof goes out either way, so you see the tag at actual size before we run the full order.

Hang tags often travel with a matching label or sticker for the same product, and we can run all three together off the same digital press so the paper stock and the colors match across the set. That matters for a maker selling at a farmers market or a boutique, where a tag, a label and a care card that look like they came from three different printers can undercut a product that is otherwise well made. One visit, one proof round, one pickup covers the whole set, so nothing gets left waiting on a second trip.

No account or card is needed to get a quote, and there is no minimum, so a first order can be small enough to test the stock, the color and the punch placement before committing to a bigger run. Pickup is at the counter on Ventura Blvd with free parking right in front, and we deliver anywhere in the Valley, including Encino, Sherman Oaks and Studio City, on the afternoon van that runs out around 2 PM most weekdays, rain or shine, all year round.

Hang tags are small and usually punched with a hole for a string or ribbon, and the most common mistake is artwork placed too close to where that hole needs to go, so the punch ends up cutting through a logo or a price. We mark the hole placement on the file before printing and flag any design element sitting in that zone, since a customer designing a tag on a screen rarely thinks about where a physical hole punch will land. The second issue is cardstock weight, since a hang tag printed too thin bends and tears the first time it is handled on a store shelf or hung on a product.

We run hang tags on a sturdier stock by default and can add a coating for extra durability if the product will be handled a lot before it sells. Small retail and boutique businesses in the Valley order hang tags most often alongside labels or stickers for the same product line, and we can match the paper stock and color across both so a tag and a label look like they came from the same brand rather than two separate print jobs. Every hang tag order gets a proof with the hole position marked, not just the printed design, before it runs.