Print Options
Box Styles Available:
- Straight Tuck / Reverse Tuck Boxes: The retail standard for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and small goods.
- Crash-Lock / Auto-Bottom Boxes: Heavy-duty bases that snap into place instantly—ideal for heavier items.
- Sleeves & Belly Bands: Wrap-around card branding designed to slide over standard postal boxes.
- Bespoke Display Cartons: Custom structural designs engineered exactly around your unique product silhouette.
Finishing Choices:
- Printed Mock-up: Full-colour high-definition printing to evaluate your branding, text legibility, and colour accuracy.
- Blank Structural Sample: Unprinted white or Kraft boxes used purely to check product fit, scoring, and structural integrity.
Material & Folding Boxboards:
- 300gsm to 450gsm Folding Boxboard (FBB): Premium, lightweight, yet highly rigid cardstock with a smooth white coating.
- Eco-Friendly Kraft Board: For brands looking to achieve a rustic, sustainable, and organic aesthetic.
Lamination Upgrades (For Printed Dummies):
- Matt Lamination: For a sophisticated, smooth, glare-free finish.
- Gloss Lamination: For high-contrast impact and a vibrant high-shine look.
- Soft-Touch / Velvet Lamination: Gives the mock-up a premium, tactile suede-like texture.
Artwork
How to Setup Your Dummy Box Files
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Supply a Flat Net (Dieline): Please supply your artwork overlaid onto a flat, unfolded engineering dieline. Use separate, clearly labeled layers for Artwork, Cut Lines (solid lines), and Crease/Score Lines (dashed lines).
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Test with a Paper Prototype: If you are engineering the shape yourself, we highly recommend printing out a basic paper mock-up at home to roughly check the tabs and interlocking flaps fold in the correct direction.
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Bleed & Quiet Zones: Include a standard 3mm bleed past all outer cutting edges. Keep all text, nutritional information, and barcodes at least 3mm away from any score or fold lines to avoid cracking or visual misalignment.
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File Format: Please supply your structural template as a vector-based PDF or Adobe Illustrator (.AI) file.
Dummy Boxes
Before committing to a massive commercial print run, it is vital to know exactly how your packaging looks, feels, and functions in the real world. Our custom-made Dummy Boxes—or packaging prototypes—allow you to test your dimensions, verify your structural design, and perfect your graphics with absolute confidence.
At Barkers Litho, we bridge the gap between digital design and physical reality. Whether you need a single mock-up for a high-stakes client presentation, unbranded blank samples to test product fitting, or a small batch of high-fidelity printed prototypes for a marketing photoshoot, we have you covered. Using precision digital cutting tables at our Rochester workshop, we create structurally accurate retail boxes with clean creases and flawless folds, ensuring no surprises when you transition to bulk manufacturing.
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Dummy Boxes
Before committing to a massive commercial print run, it is vital to know exactly how your packaging looks, feels, and functions in the real world. Our custom-made Dummy Boxes—or packaging prototypes—allow you to test your dimensions, verify your structural design, and perfect your graphics with absolute confidence.
At Barkers Litho, we bridge the gap between digital design and physical reality. Whether you need a single mock-up for a high-stakes client presentation, unbranded blank samples to test product fitting, or a small batch of high-fidelity printed prototypes for a marketing photoshoot, we have you covered. Using precision digital cutting tables at our Rochester workshop, we create structurally accurate retail boxes with clean creases and flawless folds, ensuring no surprises when you transition to bulk manufacturing.
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