What the free bag front shows
A coffee bag has parts a flat design file cannot show: a heat seal and a tear notch at the top, a zipper or a tin tie, a bottom seal and, on a stand-up pouch, a gusset curve. The free tab draws those parts at the bag’s own size and marks the area each one takes, so a word that lands under the zipper is visible while the bag is still a file.
The bands differ by bag. The stand-up pouch and the flat-bottom bag share a 1.75 in top band for the seal, tear notch and zipper; the pouch adds a 1 in bottom band for the seal and the gusset curve, while the flat-bottom bag keeps a 3/16 in bottom margin. The side gusset bag has a 2 in folded top with a tin tie and the same margin below. All three put the front valve 2.5 in below the top, as a 1 in circle.
The material is part of the check. Natural kraft paper shows its fiber and a warm brown; matte film flattens the light; gloss film throws a bright highlight across the front. A word that clears the bands on one bag can still sit under the valve, so the valve is marked as a dashed circle instead of being discovered at the printer.
A sticker route is here too. A plain kraft bag with a printed sticker can be shown at the sticker’s own width and height, and the link to the free label maker opens the Avery 5164 sheet of 4 × 3⅓ in labels, the nearest standard sheet to the 3.25 × 4 in bag sticker, for a test print.




















