Blockout Opaque Labels · Functional
The cheapest way out of an expensive mistake
The short answer: a coated paper carrying an extra opaque layer, so what is printed underneath does not show through — a wrong date, an old price, a superseded address, a translation for another market. It saves a print run of packaging for £145 per 100, and it is one of the most useful products in the catalogue.
Any shape within this size — rectangle, round, oval or custom die-cut.
VAT invoice · card or bank transfer · proof before production · ±5 % quantity tolerance
- Printing
- 1 option
- Protection
- 1 option
- Adhesives
- 1
- Sizes
- 16 formats
- Smallest
- 35 × 30 mm
- Largest
- 100 × 105 mm
- Quantities
- 100 → 10 000, more quoted
- Variable data
- quoted on request
Printed from £145 per 100. Production 2 to 10 working days after proof approval.
The arithmetic
£145 against a reprint
A batch of five thousand boxes carries the wrong telephone number. Reprinting them costs several thousand euros and three weeks; covering the line with an opaque label costs £145 for the first hundred and a morning of work. That comparison is why this stock exists, and why it is ordered far more often than anyone admits.
The same material handles market adaptation without a second packaging run: one pack produced in volume, a small blockout label per country carrying the local mentions. For a small producer, it is often the difference between exporting and not exporting.
- Opacity
- extra layer, nothing shows through
- Prints over
- dark and coloured backgrounds
- Adhesive
- permanent
- Printing
- full colour
- Sizes
- up to 100 × 105 mm
- Production
- 2 to 10 working days
- From
- £145 / 100
Getting it right
Three things that make a correction invisible
Cover the block, not the line
A label sized to a single line draws the eye to it. Covering the whole panel or a complete block of text reads as design rather than as a patch.
Match the background
The stock is white and opaque, but it can be printed in the colour of the packaging underneath — including a dark one — so the correction disappears.
Check the surface first
A varnished or laminated carton is a slick surface. Say what the packaging is and we spec a reinforced adhesive rather than letting the labels lift in a warehouse.
Price by quantity
What a run actually costs
Up to 55 × 70 mm, full colour, unprotected — die, setup and printing included.
| Quantity | Run price | Per label |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | £175 | £1.75 |
| 200 | £179 | £0.90 |
| 300 | £182 | £0.61 |
| 500 | £185 | £0.37 |
| 1 000 | £204 | £0.21 |
| 1 500 | £218 | £0.15 |
| 2 000 | £237 | £0.12 |
| 3 000 | £268 | £0.086 |
| 5 000 | £342 | £0.068 |
| 10 000 | £527 | £0.053 |
Excluding VAT and delivery. Other sizes, finishes and quantities are priced in the configurator above.
Where it is used
Products that take this material
FAQ
Blockout — what customers ask us
Will the old text really not show through?
That is the whole specification: the paper carries an extra opaque layer specifically so that dark or coloured print underneath does not ghost through. An ordinary white label over black text almost always shows a shadow — this one does not.
Can it be printed in a colour to match the pack?
Yes, in full colour. Printing the label in the background colour of the packaging is what turns a visible patch into an invisible correction — worth doing whenever the pack is not white.
What if the packaging is varnished?
Tell us at the order. A varnished or laminated carton is slick, and a standard adhesive can lift in transport. We spec a reinforced adhesive for those surfaces, at no change in price.
Is it food safe?
The adhesive is food-grade, which covers a label on the outside of a pack. Where the correction concerns mandatory food information, remember that the label must stay legible and attached for the whole shelf life — which is exactly what this material is built for.
How fast can I have it?
Production runs 2 to 10 working days after proof approval. Corrections are usually urgent, so send the artwork and the pack dimensions together and we can often approve the proof the same day.
One label saves the whole print run.
High-opacity blockout paper, from £145 per 100.