How to make chemical container and safety labels
A secondary-container label: the contents in full, warning wording white on black, a pictogram added as an image, and a date with an owner.
Steps
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Start a 4" × 2" label
New label → Roll / thermal → 4x2. When something is decanted out of its original container, the new one needs its own label.
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The contents, as large as the label allows
The name of what is actually in it — not an abbreviation and not a code. The name somebody unfamiliar would recognise.
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Warning wording underneath
White text on black makes a signal word carry.
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Add pictograms as images
Pictograms are images: add them with the Image tool. They need to be solid black shapes to print properly on a thermal printer.
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Add a date and whose it is
An auto date field handles the date. An unlabelled bottle of clear liquid is somebody's bad afternoon.
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Think about the stock
Print it black and white, and remember this is the label most likely to meet a solvent — a standard paper label is the wrong choice.
Worth knowing
- GHS and workplace chemical labelling are regulated and the rules depend on where you are. LabelVault prints what you design; it does not check it against any standard, and it does not supply compliant pictograms.