Custom Contact Lens Boxes
Custom contact lens boxes — cartons for 6, 30 and 90 blister packs with the prescription parameters printed on the end, a tamper seal and a plain interior — sized to your blister from 100. Dieline and price the same working day.
A box read by its end panel, in a drawer, by an optician
- Board
- 18–20pt coated boxboard; matte laminate outside; unprinted interior
- Builds
- 6, 30 and 90-pack cartons; sleeve for multiples; vial and solution cartons
- End panel
- Parameters in large type both ends; color band; lot, expiry, barcode; label area
Get a price for Contact Lens Boxes
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
Formats by pack
| 6-pack (monthly) | A slim carton about 100 × 55 × 30 mm; blisters stacked |
|---|---|
| 30-pack (daily) | A carton about 110 × 75 × 55 mm; blisters in two rows |
| 90-pack (daily) | A larger carton or three 30-packs in a sleeve |
| Vials and solution | A tuck carton with a platform; a bottle carton with a crash-lock base |
The end panel
Both ends carry the same panel, because a box in a drawer is read from either.
- Power, base curve and diameter in the largest type, in the standard order opticians read.
- A color band per lens type — daily, monthly, toric, multifocal — so a drawer sorts by eye.
- The lot number, expiry and a barcode on a matte patch.
- A blank area for a dispensing label.
Board, seals and the plain interior
18–20pt coated boxboard, matte laminated outside, unprinted inside — blister foil sits against the board and should not touch ink. A perforated tuck or a tear strip for tamper evidence, and a glued seal on regulated lines. Our eyewear boxes for frames and cases cover the rest of the optical range.
Print and the regulated panel
Contact lens cartons are medical devices in most markets and carry a defined set of marks — the device symbol, the manufacturer, the sterile mark, the CE or equivalent. The dieline reserves the panel for the longest list among your markets and the proof is checked against your approved artwork. We do not draft the regulatory content.
The parameters change per SKU while the box does not. The carton is printed as a shell and the parameters are printed digitally or applied as a label per SKU.
SKUs, and the shell-and-label approach
A lens line has hundreds of SKUs across powers and curves. Printing every SKU is impossible at a hundred each, so the carton is a printed shell — brand, type, color band, regulatory marks — and the parameters go on digitally or on a label at packing. One die, one shell run, and the variation handled at the end.
Contact Lens Boxes — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Board
- 18–20pt coated boxboard; matte laminate outside; unprinted interior
- Builds
- 6, 30 and 90-pack cartons; sleeve for multiples; vial and solution cartons
- End panel
- Parameters in large type both ends; color band; lot, expiry, barcode; label area
- Tamper
- Perforated tuck, tear strip or glued seal
- Regulatory
- Device marks reserved per market; proof checked against approved artwork
- SKUs
- Printed shell with parameters applied digitally or by label
- Minimum
- 100 boxes
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. One side or both, with spot colors where a match has to hold.
- Color
- CMYK as standard. Uncoated and kraft stocks print lighter and warmer; a spot color is the only exact match.
- Tolerance
- Cutting plus or minus 1 mm, creasing plus or minus 0.5 mm, confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Tooling
- A cutting die per size, made once and kept. Foil and emboss dies per artwork, also kept.
- Food contact
- Food-grade board and inks where the carton touches food, with the interior left plain.
- Sustainability
- Mono-material board wherever the product allows; recycled-content and FSC stocks; no claim printed the pack does not earn.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build contact lens boxes on
A folding carton is one sheet of board, so the board is the product. These are the stocks we run for cartons, what each is good at, and where it lets you down.
Natural kraft
Unbleached folding board. Warm, hides marks, costs least. Mutes color — one or two flat colors print well, photographs do not.
250–350gsm sleeves; 14–24pt cartonsWhite SBS
Solid bleached sulfate: bright, coated, the retail carton standard. Takes accurate color and every finish. Shows scuffs sooner than kraft.
14–24ptWhite lined chipboard
A recycled gray core under a white printing face. Cheaper than SBS and slightly duller; the back of the sheet stays gray.
16–24ptKraft-look coated
A kraft face over a coated inner. The natural look with a barrier behind it — the answer where oil, grease or moisture would mark plain kraft.
14–20ptRecycled-content board
Post-consumer fiber with a gray-brown cast. Right for outers and inner components; poor for bright whites and photography.
16–22ptMicro-flute E and F
A fine corrugated layer where a carton needs structure it cannot get from board — a large panel, a heavy product, a box that ships alone.
E 1.5 mm; F 0.8 mmUncoated and textured
No clay coat, or a linen or laid grain. Print reads softer and warmer; a deboss goes deeper. Photographs do not sit well on it.
280–350gsmMetallised and pearlescent
A metallic or pearl face for a shelf that needs to catch light. Costly, and it fights a photograph — a mark or a pattern suits it better.
16–20ptNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
- 01
Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
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We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Every finish here is a decision about light on a shelf, not about luxury.
Matte lamination
Reads considered, hides marks, takes a ballpoint.
Gloss lamination
Lifts color; glares under shop lighting.
Soft-touch
Velvet in the hand; shows fingerprints in a bag.
Hot foil
Real metal leaf — the most reliable premium signal.
Emboss / deboss
Shape with no ink; works in the dark.
Spot UV
Gloss shapes on a matte field.
Uncoated kraft
Warm, natural, mutes color.
Textured stock
Texture in the paper; cannot scuff off.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing a folding carton so the die comes out right: contact lens boxes
Measure the product, not the box it is in now. A carton is built around what has to fit inside it, assembled — cap on, lid fitted, folded if it folds — at its widest point in each direction. Send those three numbers and say which is which.
- Length x width x height
- Internal, always. External dimensions include the board and are what the carrier measures, not what the product needs.
- Clearance
- 2–3 mm a side for a snug fit; more where an insert or void fill goes in. A carton cut exactly to the product is slow to pack and transmits every knock.
- Board thickness
- Heavier board takes internal space from the product. It matters most on small boxes, where four walls of 24pt is a real share of the cavity.
- Varies between batches?
- Glass, textiles, molded parts and cured soap all do. Measure several and build to the largest.
- Cutting tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm on folding board. Confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Units
- Metric or imperial, as long as you say which. Mixing them in one spec is where mistakes happen.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Contact Lens Boxes in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about contact lens boxes? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
How do you handle hundreds of prescriptions?
The carton is a printed shell — brand, type, color band, regulatory marks — and the parameters are printed digitally or applied as a label per SKU at packing.
Where do the lens parameters go?
On both end panels in the largest type, in the order opticians read, so the box is picked from a drawer by either end.
Is the inside printed?
No, plain, so the blister foil never touches ink.
Is the box tamper-evident?
Yes, with a perforated tuck, a tear strip or a glued seal.
Do you print the regulatory marks?
Yes, in a reserved panel, checked against your approved artwork. We do not draft the content.
What is the minimum order?
100 boxes.
Can I color-code lens types?
Yes, a color band per type on the end panel.
Do you make solution bottle cartons?
Yes, with a crash-lock base for the weight.
Does it ship flat?
Yes, glued flat, popping open at the packing line.
Can 90-packs be a sleeve of three 30s?
Yes, a printed sleeve around three 30-pack cartons.
Is there space for a dispensing label?
Yes, a blank area on the end panel.
Do you ship outside the US?
Yes, to the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, quoted in the delivery currency.
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