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Order Custom Labels with Free iPhone App

Label & Narrow Web Feb. 2010

iPhone users can now get a free custom label printing quote in under a minute with the new iLabel application from Lightning Labels, an all-digital printer in Denver, CO, USA. To download the world’s first iPhone label quoting app, users simply go to the iTunes store and search for iLabel ...

Lightning Labels Leverages the Capabilities of Digital Printing to Meet the Growing Demands for Fast-Turnaround Applications

PackagePRINTING Feb. 2010

Even in tough economic times, there are always bright lights shining through. In the package-printing arena, one of these bright spots is digital printing. This new printing technology appears to be well past the critical-mass tipping point ...

Short Run Labels

Label & Narrow Web Magazine Nov./Dec. 2009

The capability to effectively deliver short run labels opens converters to new markets and more profits, and the right equipment and process know-how are key tools for success in this segment of the industry ...

Digital Printing Apps in Action

CONVERTING Magazine Sept. 10, 2009

What’s it really like to adopt and live with digital printing for your business? Yesterday, four label printer/converters at the TLMI Get Smart! technical conference offered the answer with real-life insights. Some of their comments ...

Lightning Labels Video Profile

Hewlett-Packard Company May 15, 2008

HP produced this video featuring Lightning Labels and our two HP-Indigo WS4500 digital label printing presses.

Lightning Labels Steals Thunder via Digital Path

Denver Business Journal Dec. 7, 2007

A few years ago, all-natural products manufacturer Raining Rose Inc. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, needed 64 types of labels for a new line of shampoos, conditioners and lip balms.

A flexographic printing company that used big, mechanical presses with pre-mixed inks, screens and plates to print labels charged CEO Chuck Hammond $15,000--just for machine setup.

Halfway through the project, a consultant told Hammond the ingredient list had to be changed--thus requiring new inks, screens and plates that would cost another $15,000.

"We kind of learned the hard way that flexo printing is a terrible way to start a project," Hammond said ...

Lightning Labels Makes Inc 5000 List

Inc. Magazine Aug. 27, 2007

Inc. Magazine has just released their list of the fastest growing companies in the US, known as the Inc. 5000. Lightning Labels, one of the pioneers in the digital label printing industry, has a four year growth rate of 500% which places it at #657 on the list.

"We are delighted to be recognized by Inc. Magazine for our rapid growth," said Lightning Labels president Steve Smith. "But it is really a testament to our hard working employees and the loyalty of our customers." With over 2,500 active customers Lightning Labels has one of the largest customer bases in the label industry ...

Product Photo Contest Winners (Jun 2008)

Lightning Labels is pleased to announce the winners of their inaugural Product Photo Contest. The grand prize winner is ...

Lightning Labels Buys a Second WS4500 Press (Oct 2007)

HP today announced that Denver-based Lightning Labels has recently installed its second HP Indigo WS4500, becoming the first North American HP Indigo customer to have a pair of HP’s latest-generation label and packaging digital press. As one of the largest all-digital converters, Lightning Labels produces a wide range of short-run labels for small to mid-sized businesses ...

Lightning Labels Makes the Inc. 5000 List (Aug 2007)

Inc. Magazine has just released their list of the fastest growing companies in the US, known as the Inc. 5000. Lightning Labels, one of the pioneers in the digital label printing industry, has a four year growth rate of 500% which places it at #657 on the list ...

Lightning Labels Introduces Environmentally Friendly Labels (June 2007)

Lightning Labels is delighted to announce the introduction of a new environmentally friendly label material for the digital label printing industry. Most film material (durable material that is both waterproof and oilproof), such as the popular white BOPP material, are made from petroleum. Now, there is an alternative ...

Introducing the Lightning Fast Digital Label Printing System™ (Mar 2007)

Lightning Labels, one of the label industry’s digital label printing pioneers, announced today the introduction of their Lightning Fast Digital Label Printing System™. This system is a 10-point process based on the very latest in digital label printing technology, and it provides label customers with one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry.

The Lightning Fast Digital Label Printing System™ uses digital technology at every step of the label ordering process. Here is a description of the 10-point system ...

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