# Cosmetic tube print area by diameter (Ø13–Ø60): how much artwork fits.

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## 1. Executive Summary & Core Engineering Scope
The flat printable area of a cosmetic tube by diameter from Ø13 to Ø60 mm — total unwrapped length 40–186 mm, front, centre and back distances — plus how tube length, seal, shoulder, eye-mark and ±1–1.5 mm registration decide how much artwork actually fits.

Designers lay out a tube as a rectangle and are surprised when the barcode wraps round the back or the logo lands on the seam side. The rectangle is real, but its width is the tube's circumference and its height stops short of the seal and the shoulder. This guide gives the layflat dimensions for every standard diameter, explains what the three centre distances mean, and lists the rules that keep artwork inside the area that actually prints.

By the Vella sourcing team · Updated September 2026 · 7-min read

A tube prints flat and is then wrapped, so the printable width is the circumference: from 40 mm on a Ø13 tube to 186 mm on a Ø60 , with Ø25 at 77.6 mm , Ø35 at 109 mm and Ø50 at 155.6 mm . The three template distances — front centre, unwrapped centre and back centre — tell you where the face, the seam side and the back of the tube fall on the flat file; the front-panel centre sits at one quarter of the unwrapped length. Print height is set by tube length minus the 3.5–4.5 mm end seal and the shoulder, registration is held to ±1.5 mm (≥100 ml) or ±1 mm (smaller) , and the eye-mark position belongs to the factory template, not the designer.

Offset and flexo tube printing happens on the sleeve before it is headed and capped: the extruded tube is rotated under the plates and the artwork is laid on as a flat band that meets itself once round the back. So the width of your artwork file is not the diameter you see on shelf; it is the unwrapped length, which is effectively π times the diameter. A Ø35 tube — the most common facial cleanser size at 100–150 ml — gives you a 109 mm wide band. A Ø19 eye-cream tube gives 58.5 mm, which is why small tubes carry a logo and a claim and nothing else.

Read the Ø35 row: 27.25 / 54.50 / 81.75 / 109.00. The file is 109 mm wide. The front centre distance (27.25 mm) is where the centre line of the face panel falls — one quarter of the way across, so the front panel is centred on that line and runs about a quarter of the circumference either side. The unwrapped centre distance (54.50 mm) is the middle of the file, which lands on the side of the tube; on a laminate (ABL or PBL) tube this is where the side seam is usually placed, so keep critical type off it. The back centre distance (81.75 mm) is the centre of the back panel, where the ingredients list, barcode and address block go. The two file edges meet round the back, so a continuous design needs the template's overlap allowance and a hard-edged one should end short of the join.

Practical layout: brand, name, one claim and net weight centred on the front distance; directions, INCI, warnings and barcode centred on the back distance. Barcodes run ladder-wise around the circumference so curvature does not distort bar widths.

## 2. Core Technical & Commercial Sections on This Page
- **The print area is the circumference**
- **What the three centre distances mean**
- **Print height: length minus seal and shoulder**
- **Rules that keep artwork inside the area**
- **Choosing the diameter for the artwork you have**
- **How the print is checked**
- **Frequently asked**
- **Designing a tube? Get the print template before the artwork.**

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| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
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