Min. 100 units · 3–5 days
White Literature Mailers
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Custom white Tab Locking Literature Mailers produced to your size and substrate, with printing and finishing handled in one run.
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Name, email, phone and what you are packing and how it ships. Attach artwork if you have it. We reply with a specification and a written price, usually within one business day.
The tab is over-engineered for the contents, so the recipient tears the mailer badly getting into it.
A tab lock should hold in transit and release by hand. Getting that balance is a die decision and worth sampling.
White Tab Locking Literature Mailers hold literature where a secure closure matters as much as a clean white outer. That is the starting point for the specification, because a tab lock should hold in transit and release by hand. Getting that balance is a die decision and worth sampling.
In service they are used for literature despatch to customers where the parcel should arrive closed and open cleanly.
White Tab Locking Literature Mailers are specified for literature despatch to customers where the parcel should arrive closed and open cleanly. A tab lock should hold in transit and release by hand. Getting that balance is a die decision and worth sampling.
Where a product needs to be held still, a fitted insert cut to its profile does more for damage rates than a heavier outer board. It usually costs less too, because you can drop a grade on the outer.
White-top E-flute with an integrated tab-lock closure — no tape required, which speeds packing.
The options we would consider for this format are below; a tab lock should hold in transit and release by hand. Getting that balance is a die decision and worth sampling.
Standard literature footprints with a tab-lock closure that adds a small amount to the depth.
Send the contents rather than a box size. A stronger lock is specified for security without considering that someone has to open it by hand at the other end.
Mailers arrive flat and score-folded, ready to assemble by hand in a few seconds each.
Delivery windows are confirmed in writing when your order moves into production, and we flag any risk to the date before you approve rather than after.
Four things drive a quote more than anything else: the quantity, the print route, the board grade and the number of finishing passes. Dimensions matter too, but usually through how efficiently the shape nests on the press sheet.
Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. If a cheaper route exists we say so at quoting rather than after the invoice.
Start with dimensions and quantity. If you already run something similar, a physical sample tells us more in a minute than a specification does in a page.
We send a dieline sized to your product, check your artwork and issue a proof. For shipping formats we will also flag it if the pack looks a size larger than it needs to be.
A plain structural sample is the cheapest way to find a fit problem — far cheaper than finding it across a full run.
Sample costs are normally credited against the production order.
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| Product | White Tab Locking Literature Mailers |
|---|---|
| Category | Custom Mailers |
| Construction | Roll-end tuck-front, tape-free assembly |
| Board grade | E-flute or F-flute corrugated |
| Ships as | Flat with pre-scored folds |
| Materials | E-flute corrugated, F-flute corrugated, White-top E-flute, Kraft E-flute |
| Printing | Digital press, Flexography, Litho-lamination |
| Finishes | Matte lamination, Gloss lamination, Soft-touch lamination, Spot UV, Interior flood print |
| Minimum order | Minimum order is 100 units on any format, and unit cost falls sharply as the quantity rises. |
| Lead time | 3 to 5 business days after artwork approval |
| Shipping | Across the US, UK, Canada and Australia |
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Standard literature footprints with a tab-lock closure that adds a small amount to the depth.
The tab is over-engineered for the contents, so the recipient tears the mailer badly getting into it.
Specified for literature despatch to customers where the parcel should arrive closed and open cleanly.
A tab lock should hold in transit and release by hand. Getting that balance is a die decision and worth sampling.
This format sits in our custom mailers range, alongside 31 other made-to-order formats.
Answers
Specification, minimums and lead times for white tab locking literature mailers.
Measure the product rather than the box currently in use. Most operations we quote are running at least one size too large with void fill compensating, and dropping a band saves on every parcel white tab locking literature mailers carry.
That is a brand decision, not a cost or protection one. For direct-to-consumer parcels where the customer opens it, print can be worth it. For business deliveries it usually is not.
Only if boxes are arriving crushed. If they arrive intact with damaged contents, the product is moving inside and a heavier outer changes nothing. A fitted insert solves that case, usually at lower cost.
Yes, and for white tab locking literature mailers we prefer to specify both together. A cavity that holds the contents still often lets us drop a grade on the outer, so the pair can cost less than an over-specified box alone.
Recycled grades are available across most of the substrates we run for mailer boxes. Recycled content, kerbside recyclability and certified compostability are three different claims though, so tell us which one you intend to print.
A print-ready PDF or a vector file, with fonts outlined and any raster images at 300 dpi at final size. We supply the dieline to design onto, and prepress checks bleed, safe area and crease clearance before issuing a proof. The dieline we supply carries the crease positions, so keeping type clear of a crease is easier to solve at layout than at proof.
A flat 100 units on any format. Most mailer boxes in this range are quoted from 100 units upward because unit cost falls sharply above that, but the minimum exists so you can validate a structure first.
3 to 5 business days after artwork approval, plus freight. Mailer box runs with applied finishes can take longer because each finish is a separate pass, and we confirm a firm date in writing with the quote.
Prices start from $0.30 per piece for large-volume orders. For this format the biggest levers are quantity, print route, board grade and how many finishing passes are involved. We quote each element separately so you can see where the money is going. An insert often lowers the total rather than raising it, because holding the contents still lets us drop a grade on the outer.
Yes. We can send a plain unprinted sample so you can check the fit and structure, or a printed prototype for colour and finish. Sample costs are normally credited against the production order. On white tab locking literature mailers the thing to check is whether the contents still sit tight once the pack is closed, because movement inside is what causes damage rather than the board grade.
Send the current specification or a physical sample and we will quote to match it rather than proposing an alternative you would then have to re-approve internally. A physical sample tells us more than a specification sheet — board caliper and coating are usually described loosely and measured exactly.
All 50 US states, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, on the same timeline everywhere: 3 to 5 business days of production after artwork approval, then 5 to 7 business days in transit. Every run is made to order and shipped directly to your address rather than pulled from stock, so you receive current production rather than whatever has been sitting in a warehouse. Freight is costed separately by weight, volume and destination. If you are shipping to a fulfilment centre rather than your own address, send their receiving requirements with the order — pallet height and labelling rules are usually fixed and refusals are expensive.
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Send the dimensions, the quantity and how it ships. We reply with a full specification and a written price, usually within one business day.