Custom Printed Deli Paper

What Are Custom Printed Deli Paper?

Custom printed deli paper is a thin food wrap printed with a restaurant's logo or pattern on the outside face only. It wraps sandwiches and burgers, lines baskets and trays, and separates layers in a box. We print it on dry wax, grease-resistant, kraft, white or black stock in runs from 1,000 sheets.

Custom Printed Deli Paper Sizes

Standard sizes carry no cutting charge. Any other size is quoted on request; the deli paper size chart lists what each one wraps.

What custom printed deli paper does on a busy line

Deli paper is the thin sheet that touches the food before anything else does. It wraps a burger, lines a basket, sits under a slice, and separates layers in a clamshell.

Printed with your logo, the same sheet becomes the most seen piece of branding you own. A customer holds it for the whole meal and sees it again in a photo.

Burger counters, sub shops, taquerias, barbecue pits and food trucks all run it. Multi-location groups like it because one print run keeps every store looking the same.

The photos on this page are sample prints and stock patterns. They show what a one-color repeat, a kraft sheet and a centered mark look like in hand, which tells you more than a mockup.

Which stock should your logo go on?

Start with the food, not the artwork. Fried, cheesy and saucy items need grease-resistant stock, because the sheet hides grease spots instead of showing a dark ring through the paper.

Cold cuts, bagels, pastries and anything held warm are fine on dry wax. It has a soft hand, folds without cracking and keeps a cut sandwich from drying out at the counter.

Full color only prints on white stocks. Kraft and black take spot colors or white ink, and the paper tone shifts every color a little, which the proof shows you before you commit. The deli paper stocks guide compares them in more depth.

Does 12 x 12 or 15 x 15 fit what you serve?

Most burger counters should start with 12 x 12. It closes a single or double on a standard bun with two folds and leaves enough paper to tuck under.

12 x 15 is the sub shop size. The extra three inches run the length of a six-inch sub with room to twist the ends, and it lines a rectangular tray edge to edge.

15 x 15 is for footlongs cut in half, loaded burritos, barbecue plates and baskets that take a full liner. It also makes a tidy half-fold wrap for a thick stacked sandwich.

Custom sizes are quoted on request. If your tray is odd or your bun is oversized, send the measurements and we will suggest a sheet that cuts without waste.

Repeat pattern, corner mark or centered logo

A repeat pattern is the default for a reason. When a sheet is folded around food, nobody controls which part faces out, so a repeat keeps your mark visible on every side.

A corner mark suits basket liners and tray paper. The sheet lies flat, the corner shows, and the rest of the paper stays clean under the food.

A centered logo looks great on the proof and then vanishes under a burger. Use it only for sheets that stay flat, or pair a small center mark with a light repeat behind it.

• Repeat: logo or pattern tiled across the whole sheet, at any angle you like
• Corner mark: one logo in one corner, sized to show above the food line
• Centered logo: one mark in the middle, for flat liners and presentation sheets

You can drop your logo onto a real sheet photo on the Design Your Deli Paper page and see how each layout reads before you ask for a quote.

Spot colors versus full color on deli paper

One spot color is the workhorse. Red on white, blue on kraft or white on black each print clean, run fastest, and read from across the room.

Two or three spot colors let you keep brand colors exact. Send a Pantone number or a printed sample and we match it on the stock you chose.

Full color on white is for photographic artwork, gradients and illustrated patterns. It is not for tiny type: fine lines and hairlines soften on absorbent paper, so the proof thickens them until they hold.

Inks are food-safe soy and water-based and go on the outside face only. The side that touches food stays unprinted.

How does printed deli paper hold up hot, cold or bagged?

Hot and fried: grease-resistant stock keeps the outside clean while a cheeseburger or fried chicken sits in it. Fries steam in a closed bag, so leave the top loose or vent a corner.

Cold and refrigerated: dry wax keeps cut sandwiches from drying out in a display case and does not stick to cheese or mayo. Dry wax covers cold and warm holds and nothing hotter: no oven, no microwave.

Boxed and bagged: a wrapped item in a clamshell holds its shape better and does not slide. The paper takes the sauce, the box stays presentable, and the logo is the first thing seen when the lid opens.

Kraft stocks show less sauce than white when something leaks, which is why barbecue and smash burger places lean toward them.

Packing, storage and reordering the same print

Sheets ship flat, stacked in reams inside a carton, so they pull one at a time at the pass. Keep the cartons off the floor and away from the fryer, and the paper stays flat and dry.

Every run starts at 1,000 sheets of one print. If you want two prints, say a repeat for wrapping and a corner mark for liners, each one is its own run and its own minimum.

• Keep one open carton at the station and the rest sealed
• Note the quote number on the carton so the next order matches
• Reorder when you open the last carton; print and delivery together take up to nine business days

We keep your approved proof on file, so a reorder is a short email and the sheets come back in the same color, stock and size.

Five mistakes first-time deli paper buyers make

Every one of these is caught at the proof stage if you tell us what you serve and how you wrap it. A photo of your current wrap, even a competitor's, helps more than a long description.

1. Choosing dry wax for fried food, then finding grease rings on every wrapped burger.
2. Sending a screenshot of a logo at phone size and expecting sharp edges on absorbent paper.
3. Centering one big logo on a sheet that gets folded into a quarter around a sandwich.
4. Ordering 12 x 12 for a footlong sub because it was the size a friend used.
5. Approving the proof without checking the Pantone against a printed menu or sign.

How to get custom deli paper quoted and printed

Not sure which stock or size to pick? Call (503) 461-4788 or message us on WhatsApp with a photo of the food and we will suggest one. Or start the written quote request form now.

1. Send the stock, size, colors and sheet count through the quote form, or email info@delipapers.com with your logo attached.
2. We email the deli paper quote, in writing, before the next business day is out.
3. We lay out a free PDF proof on the stock you picked. Change anything you like until it looks right; changes are free.
4. Approve the proof in writing. Printing starts only after that.
5. Production takes 4 to 6 business days, then free tracked delivery reaches any US address in 2 to 3 business days.
6. Pay by invoice after approval. If anything arrives misprinted or damaged, send photos within 10 days and we reprint or refund.