Straight Tuck End Box: How It Is Built, Where It Wins, and What It Costs on the Sheet (Video)

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Video transcript

  1. 0:00Buyers pick cartons from photos; closure direction is set earlier.
  2. 0:05It's fixed on the dieline, before artwork, shaping the front, art space, cartons per sheet and opening. Errors surface at sampling: new dieline, proof, often a new die.
  3. 0:17Straight tuck hinges both closures from the back: two clean front edges. Reverse tuck shows a hinge and a tuck edge. Closure grip comes from lock details, not direction.
  4. 0:29For straight tuck: confirm the hinge panel, rotate lid art, keep copy off scores, tucks and seams, then fold a full-size proof with the real product.
  5. 0:39Reverse tuck layouts interlock; straight tucks leave more offcut. Compare cartons per sheet at your size. Front sells? Straight tuck. Heavy? Lock bottom.
  6. 0:50If yours mainly protects and ships, a reverse tuck fits.
  7. 0:55Request a quote and a physical sample.

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