100x50mm Direct Thermal Label Roll

Product Overview

With a compact and practical size of 100mm in width and 50mm in height, these labels strike the perfect balance between readability and space efficiency. They are easy to apply, peel, and scan, making them ideal for shipping labels, product identification, inventory tracking, price tagging, asset management, and various indoor marking applications. The strong self‑adhesive backing ensures reliable adhesion to cardboard, plastic, envelopes, and most common packaging surfaces, while the stable liner material prevents paper jams and ensures smooth feeding in most standard direct thermal printers.

Advantages of 100 x 50mm Direct Thermal Label Roll

Direct thermal labels use a heat-sensitive coating to produce images and text without any ink, toner or thermal ribbon. This eliminates ongoing consumable costs, reduces overall expenditure, and simplifies procurement and inventory management. For high-volume daily printing, it significantly lowers operational costs while maintaining stable output.

Without ink systems or ribbon mechanisms, thermal printers experience fewer malfunctions, paper jams and cleaning requirements. The high-quality liner and stable coating ensure consistent, smooth feeding during high-speed printing. This greatly improves work efficiency, reduces downtime, and supports long-hour continuous operation in busy warehouses and logistics centers.

The 100×50mm dimension is one of the most widely used and universally compatible label sizes in the industry. It fits most desktop and portable direct thermal printers perfectly, balancing sufficient printing area and compact space usage. The moderate size is easy to paste, scan and store, making it suitable for almost all daily labeling scenarios.

Equipped with reliable permanent adhesive, the labels adhere firmly to cartons, envelopes, plastic bags, storage bins, files and various packaging materials. They maintain good stickiness under normal transportation and storage conditions, preventing falling off, curling or shifting, ensuring labeling remains intact throughout circulation.

Label rolls are compact in structure, lightweight and easy to carry, stack and transport. They take up minimal storage space, making stock management convenient for enterprises. The durable roll packaging protects labels from moisture, pressure and damage during storage.

Applications in Different Fields of 100x50mm Direct Thermal Label Roll

This 100x50mm is widely recognized as one of the most standard formats for express waybills and shipping labels. It provides enough space to print sender and receiver information, barcode, QR code, tracking number, logistics platform logo, and delivery instructions. The strong adhesive and durable surface ensure labels remain intact during long‑distance transportation, supporting efficient sorting and delivery across global logistics systems.

In warehouses and distribution centers, 100×150mm thermal labels are commonly used for pallet labels, carton identification, batch tracking, and storage location tags. The large surface allows detailed information such as product name, SKU, quantity, production date, expiry date, and warehouse code to be clearly displayed, improving inventory accuracy, picking efficiency, and warehouse management standardization.

For medium and large packaged goods, gift boxes, electronics, apparel, and daily necessities, these labels serve as outer packaging identification tags. They can print product specifications, price, origin, barcode, promotional information, and anti‑counterfeiting codes, helping retailers achieve unified management and fast cashier scanning.

For food processing, catering, and cold‑chain industries, these labels can be used as food batch labels, storage date stickers, ingredient tags, and distribution box markings. Although standard thermal paper is mainly for indoor and short‑to‑medium term use, it supports clear printing in low‑temperature environments and meets daily operational needs.

FAQ about 100 x 50mm Thermal Labels

Q: Can I customize the different label sizes?

A: Yes, we can provide the customization service.

Q: What customisation services do you offer?

A:  We can customize the label size, label quantity, core size, glassine color, logo printing, and special proof customized labels( waterproof, oilproof, alcohol-proof, etc.) and so on.

Q: Can I get the free samples?

A: Yes, we can provide free samples, but only for some normal-sized products. If there are some special requests, there will be some sample fees.

Q:  How long is the sample production time?

A: A 100 x 100mm thermal label sample can be completed within 3 days. Special customised samples take approximately 20 days.

Q: What is the payment method?

A: T/T, West Union, Alipay, Paypal, Wechat Pay, Apple Pay