Searching for a plant label printer or plant tag printer that can keep up with a busy garden centre or nursery? Standard office printers fade in sunlight, smudge in the rain, and can’t print white ink on clear or dark tags. The OKI Pro1050 is a 5 colour (CMYK plus White) digital label printer built for exactly this job, producing waterproof, UV resistant plant labels and tags on demand.
Ideal for self-adhesive plant pot labels, swing tags, stick-in labels and bed cards on synthetic, waterproof media.
*Contact OKI Supplies for current pricing and a tailored quote.
When growers, garden centres and nurseries search for a plant label printer or plant tag printer, they’re usually after the same thing in a few different forms. They want a machine that can:
• Print self-adhesive plant pot labels with variety names, prices and care instructions.
• Print swing tags, loop ties and stick-in labels that survive watering and weather.
• Update designs instantly for new varieties, seasonal ranges and price changes.
• Produce bed cards, shelf edge cards and point of sale signage from the same printer.
The catch is that “plant label” and “plant tag” cover a wide range of materials – paper, synthetic stock, clear film, coloured card – and most of it ends up outdoors, in trays, or under a hose. That’s where most printers fall down.
If you’ve ever watched a plant label turn to mush after one watering round, you’ll recognise these.
Inkjet-printed labels look fine on the bench, then blur or fade within days outdoors. UV exposure and watering are often enough to make prices and variety names unreadable.
Most digital printers are CMYK only, so they can’t lay down an opaque white base. On clear film or coloured card, that means washed-out colours and text you can barely read.
Ordering thousands of pre-printed labels for each new variety or season means minimum order quantities, lead times, and boxes of stock that go to waste when a range changes.
Waterproof plant labels are usually printed on synthetic, Teslin-style media rather than standard paper. Office inkjets and lasers aren’t built to handle this stock reliably.
Sending designs out to a label printer works for one big run, but new varieties, sold-out lines and price changes happen too often to wait on bureau turnaround.
A label looks fine coming off the printer. The real test is a few weeks in a tray outdoors, getting watered, handled and rained on.
It’s not a generic office printer with a label feeder bolted on – it’s a dedicated 5 colour digital label press.
The Pro1050’s fifth toner station prints an opaque white underprint, so labels and tags on clear film, coloured card or metallic stock still show bright, accurate colours and crisp text.
Printed on synthetic Teslin stock, OKI Pro1050 labels are tested to EU standards for underwater survival of up to three months – ideal for pot labels that get watered every day.
Print one label or a thousand, and change designs between jobs with no plates, no setup fees and minimal training. New varieties and price changes can go straight to print the same day.
Once you’ve got a plant label printer that handles waterproof, synthetic media properly, the whole process becomes a lot more relaxed:
Media Compatibility: The Pro1050 handles a wide range of synthetic and coated stocks, but plant label and tag media varies by supplier. Contact OKI Supplies to confirm the right stock for self-adhesive labels, swing tags or stick-in pot labels before ordering in bulk.
Plant labels and tags have a hard life. They sit in trays that get watered every day, spend weeks or months outdoors in full sun, and get handled by staff and customers every time stock is moved or sold.
With the OKI Pro1050, you’re not relying on surface ink that washes off in the first week. Toner is fused onto synthetic, waterproof stock, and the white underprint keeps colours and text visible on clear and dark tags right through the season.
Match the printer with suitable label and tag media, and you get plant labels that do their job from the first watering to the final sale.
The OKI Pro1050’s 5-colour CMYK+White engine – built for exactly the kind of waterproof, on-demand label printing plant labels and tags need.
Anywhere plants, pots or trays are labelled and the labels need to survive being outdoors, a plant label printer earns its keep.
Update plant pot labels and bed cards every time a new variety, price or seasonal range arrives, without waiting on a print run.
Print swing tags and stick-in labels for trays and pots heading out to retailers, with care instructions and variety information that survives transport and outdoor display.
Produce branded plant labels and tags for show gardens, client planting schemes and trade displays.
Print durable, weatherproof labels for permanent and seasonal planting that need to survive months outdoors.
Print waterproof labels and swing tags for plants and bulbs dispatched by post, where labels need to survive transit and storage.
Print bulk runs of variety labels, price tags and point of sale signage for trade customers and community gardens.
A dedicated plant label printer sounds like a bigger step than ordering another box of pre-printed labels. Once you weigh up minimum orders, wasted stock and reprints every time a range or price changes, the comparison usually looks different.
• Pay per design, per batch, with minimum order quantities.
• Hold stock for every variety, price point and seasonal range.
• Reorder or discard stock whenever a range or price changes.
Simple to order, but inflexible and wasteful when ranges change.
• Lowest upfront cost – no new equipment.
• No white ink, so clear and dark tags print poorly.
• Standard ink fades and runs once labels go outside.
Cheap to start, but the results don’t survive a garden centre or greenhouse.
• 5-colour CMYK+White digital label printer, available on a tailored quote from OKI Supplies.
• Print exactly the labels and tags you need, in the quantities you need, when you need them.
• Waterproof, UV resistant results on synthetic stock designed for outdoor use.
Contact OKI Supplies for pricing based on your label sizes, media and volumes.
For garden centres and growers regularly updating ranges, prices and seasonal stock, the ability to print exactly what’s needed in-house, on demand, usually pays for itself well within a season.
You don’t need the entire spec sheet – just the bits that make it a solid plant label and tag printer.
| Print Engine | 5-colour LED dry toner technology (CMYK + White) |
| Resolution | Up to 1200 × 1200 DPI for sharp variety names, prices and barcodes |
| Print Speed | Up to 6 inches per second |
| Media Range | Roll media up to 8″ diameter on a 3″ core – paper, synthetic, transparent, coloured and metallic stocks |
| Waterproofing | Labels on synthetic Teslin stock tested to EU standard for underwater survival up to 3 months |
| Outdoor Life | UV-resistant printing, holding up for around a year of outdoor exposure |
| Duty Cycle | 160,000 A6 labels per month, or equivalent |
| Connectivity | USB and LAN network printing |
| Compatibility | Windows and Mac |
| Warranty | 12 months parts only (2-year extended warranty available) |
Media types and durability figures vary by stock – contact OKI Supplies to confirm the right label and tag media for your application.
If pre-printed labels and standard printers aren’t keeping up with your plant ranges, the OKI Pro1050 gives you 5-colour CMYK+White printing on waterproof, UV resistant stock – ready whenever a new variety or price change comes in.
Need help choosing the right label or tag media? Contact OKI Supplies for guidance on stock and pricing.
The OKI Pro1050 is a 5-colour digital label printer (CMYK plus White) designed for exactly this kind of job. It prints on synthetic, waterproof stock and adds an opaque white underprint, so plant pot labels, swing tags and stick-in labels stay legible and colourful even on clear or coloured media.
Yes. The Pro1050 has a dedicated white toner station alongside CMYK. On clear film or coloured stock, it lays down an opaque white base first, so variety names, prices and graphics show up clearly instead of looking washed out or transparent.
When printed on synthetic Teslin media, labels from the Pro1050 are tested to EU standards for underwater survival of up to three months, making them well suited to pot labels and tags that are watered every day.
Printed on suitable synthetic stock, labels from the Pro1050 are UV resistant and designed to remain legible for around a year of outdoor exposure, covering most growing seasons and display periods.
Yes. The Pro1050 is built for on-demand, short-run printing, from a single label up to thousands, with no plates or setup fees. That makes it easy to print new varieties, price changes or seasonal ranges as they happen, rather than waiting on a bulk order.
OKI Supplies can advise on synthetic and waterproof label and tag media compatible with the Pro1050. Contact us on 01182 076590 or email sales@okisupplies.co.uk to discuss the right stock for your plant labels and tags.