Flexible-packaging glossary

Registration

The alignment of print colors and printed features to each other and to the package geometry.

Why buyers encounter it

Registration tolerances affect small type, color-to-color edges, eye marks, registered coatings, and artwork near seals or cuts.
Print registration target and machine eye mark
Buyer diagramReference diagram for registration.

Use the term carefully

This definition helps interpret a packaging conversation. It does not establish a complete film structure, machine setting, regulatory conclusion, shelf-life result, or approval for a particular application.

Research source: PC-074. Application-specific details remain subject to manufacturer and technical review.