Paper tube gift cans: diameter, height, and lid type

Two catalog heights are families

Short straight can and tall straight can are format families in the catalog, not locked millimetre SKUs. They tell us you want a cylinder, not a folding carton or a PVC hang box.

Give diameter × height in millimetres, and label inner or outer. A top-view JPEG of a supplement tin does not carry either number. If only a retail photo exists, say so — we will propose a close format, not clone unknown tooling.

Short versus tall is only a starting family. A tea tin, a powder can, and a confection tube can share a catalog nickname and still need three different lid and liner maps.

• Diameter, height, and lid type as three facts.
• Inner product height with lid clearance.
• Print wrap versus label — say which.

Diameter is not a nickname

Inner diameter decides whether the jar, bag, or loose fill sits. Outer diameter decides shelf and shipper fit. Mixing them without a label is a failed sample. Write which millimetre is which.

Wall build (spiral tube plus wrap) eats millimetres. Do not take a competitor’s outer diameter and assume it is our inner. A physical sample from last season beats a screenshot of a lid.

Height and fill

Height is the cylinder wall, not the lid stack. Product fill plus headspace plus lid engagement all sit in that number. A powder that settles is not a tea tin that stacks leaves.

If the lid is a slip-over cap, inner height of the can and inner height of the lid are two measures. If it is a plug or a metal-rim disc, say so before we guess the stack.

Name the lid type

Tin, paper, plastic, or metal-rim — name the family. A pretty tube with the wrong lid is a failed supplement pack. Slip, plug, and screw-style stories are different converting paths; we will not invent a hardware SKU in this article.

Lid print versus wall print are two faces. A foil seal under the lid, if required, is another line. Do not bury it in “premium canister.”

Wrap print around the wall

Custom print wraps the cylinder. We need wrap length (circumference with overlap) and height of the printed band. Do not send only a top-view JPEG. Grain and overlap sit on the back of the tube unless you specify a clean join.

Print is in-house Heidelberg offset on the wrap sheet after Kodak CTP, same Longgang plant as cartons. A digital mock-up of a 360° wrap is not a production sheet. Spot colours and foil, if any, belong on a finish map.

Liners and contact notes

Supplements, tea, and food-adjacent fills may need a liner, bag, or declared contact path. What touches the product versus what is only the paper wall should be written. Request current documents for the destination — this site does not invent certificate numbers.

A paper tube is not an SBS window carton and not a PVC display. If the buyer actually wants a clear hang-tab cylinder, they are on the wrong line.

Stack, humidity, and destination

Tubes that must pallet-stack need a lid that stays put and a wall that does not crush in the buyer’s warehouse climate. Write destination and whether the can ships filled.

Humidity that is fine in a dry store can soften a paper wall. That is a structure and liner conversation, not a published calendar. We will not invent a moisture test number here.

If the lid is metal and the wall is paper, say whether a rust or scuff story matters for the market. Catalog short versus tall still does not lock a millimetre.

What to put on the RFQ

Diameter (inner or outer labelled), height, lid type, wrap versus label, liner yes/no, quantity band, destination. Catalog short versus tall is a starting family only.

No prices, MOQ, or guaranteed lead times in this article. Structure sample before a printed wrap when the lid fit is the unknown.

Diameter, height, and lid type remain three separate facts even when the catalog photo looks simple. Do not collapse them into “paper can, custom print.”