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Tapered Tumbler Wrap Template

A tapered cup does not unroll into a rectangle. Print the shape it really unrolls to and the wrap goes on flat.

Nothing is uploaded. It runs in your browser, so your files never leave your machine — and it stays free.

Part of the Maker Toolkit: nineteen tools that share one shop profile and one product list, so what you set up here is already known everywhere else.

Maker Toolkit v1.0 · August 2026

How it works

Tapered Tumbler Wrap Template, step by step

A tapered tumbler is part of a cone, and a cone does not unroll into a rectangle, it unrolls into a curved band. Measure the cup and this tool gives you that exact band, with your art already curved into it at print resolution. Print it as a UV DTF wrap or a decal and it lies flat all the way round.

  1. Measure the cupAcross or round the cup where the print starts and stops, and the height between them.
  2. Drop your flat artDesigned as a plain rectangle, at the size the tool suggests.
  3. Keep the handle clearFor mugs, mark the handle zone and the seam goes in the middle of it.
  4. Print the curved artA warped PNG stamped with its size, a cut template, or both in one print-and-cut file.

Why it is built this way

The decisions behind it

Geometry, not guessworkThe top arc is the top circumference and the bottom arc the bottom one, to the thousandth. No more trimming a wrap that almost fits.
Straight cups tooSame top and bottom and you get the plain rectangle, circumference by height, with the seam marked.
Straight into your workflowSend the wrap to the UV Print Checker or the Gang Sheet Builder at its real size.

Questions

Tapered Tumbler Wrap Template — common questions

Why does my wrap not fit my tapered tumbler?

Because a tapered tumbler is part of a cone, and the side of a cone unrolls into a curved band, not a rectangle. A straight wrap is the right length at one height only: it gapes at the wide end or overlaps at the narrow end, and the design leans as it goes round. Printing the art already curved into the band fixes all three.

How do I measure a tumbler for a wrap?

Measure across the cup (or a tape round it) at the top and at the bottom of where the print will go, and the height between those two lines, straight up the cup rather than along its side. Measure inside any curve near the lip or the base: that is where wraps wrinkle.

What size should I design the flat art?

The tool tells you: about the average circumference by the height along the side, less any handle zone. Design the art as a plain rectangle at that size and the tool curves it to the cup.

Does it work for straight tumblers and mugs?

Yes. Give the same size top and bottom and you get the plain rectangle, circumference by height. Tick the handle option and the art stays clear of the handle, with the seam in the middle of that zone.

Next in the workflow

What most makers open after this

These are not a list of everything. They are the tools this one hands off to, and they already know what you did here.

FreeUV Print CheckerFind out whether the decal will come off the roll looking like the file.FreeGang Sheet BuilderPack a UV roll into the shortest length you can, then see what one decal really costs.FreeCutout StudioRemove the background and walk away with everything the print or the laser needs, at real size.

Free, and staying free

This one costs nothing. No account, no limits, no watermark.

Fifteen of the nineteen tools are free for good. If you want the generators that design the product, and the planner that tells you whether the batch fits your week, that is what the Hub is for.

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