Wine Label Material

[derailedesigns]

Hey there, i am looking into producing wine bottle labels with my BN2-20A. Ive been trying to find a paper product, with an adhesive backing, on a roll of any size, that is compatible with eco-solmax2 ink. Unfortunately, i havent had much luck. It seems any material i can find only comes in small sheets, and seems like poor quality. I would like to be able to make a label that competes with high end wineries, maybe not with all the embossing, and gold stamps, but a label that has a similar touch and feel to a good quality wine label.

It looks like Avery Denison has a wine label division, but i havent been able to track down the materials for purchase. Also, i seen Roland has a 20in roll of paper adhesive but im not to sure thats the product that would best fit my needs. Ive gone ahead and contacted all of my wholesalers for any information or recommendations on the proper material to use for an application like this, but they were only able to point me in the direction of label companies that dont actually sell just material.

Any advice is appreciated!
Thanks

 

[unclebun]

Most wine labels are not self-adhesive. They are paper labels and the winery uses either a manual or automatic label gluer to put water-based adhesive on the paper label.

What Wineries Should Know About Labels, Printing, and Bottle Engraving | The Grapevine Magazine

By Alyssa Ochs In the wine industry, a label is much more than a sticker on the bottle identifying the brand. Rather, a label is an opportunity to tell consumers about your winery, the intricacies of a particular type of wine, and to highlight its character and quality. That is why it’s so...

thegrapevinemagazine.net

 

[derailedesigns]

Do you know of a material like that, that would work with my Roland? Or would I need a special label printer?

 

[unclebun]

There are paper materials made for solvent inkjet which would work. Cutting would not work in the plotter part of your printer because it's not stuck to a backing paper. So you'd have to use a paper cutter to cut your labels apart. Briteline, Epson, Gerber, Magic, Sihl, and others make solvent inkjet paper materials.

 

[Signstein]

Yupo Octopus? It's paper, stickable, and compatible with solvent inks:

YUPO Octopus® - Yupo Synthetic Papers

YUPO Octopus is the exciting new addition to YUPO’s lineup of extraordinary synthetic papers. PVC-Free Non-Toxic Adhesive-Free Child Safe Micro-suction technology – tiny suction cups formed on one side grip any flat, smooth surface No magnets or static, so it’s safe to use on electrical surfaces...

yupousa.com

 

[unclebun]

I've used micro-suction material on windows. It won't hold well enough to do a wine bottle label.

 

[DL Signs]

Bottle labels are usually polypropylene films. Most are non adhesive because it's more cost effective for automated labeling of large runs of bottles, and rolls are all custom sizes, whether adhesive or not for production lines. There are sources for adhesive polypropylene from places like Like Big Systems off the top of my head (used to get from there for glass decals on window displays in stores). The issue is these films are only compatible with UV, aqueous, Indigo, laser, dry powder electrostatic, some for latex, but not solvent because it reacts with the poly. So the Roland is out