Lost your tab supplier? Send us a photo. We match the set.
Tabzoola matches tab sets from a photo. A phone photo of one divider, tabs showing, tells us the cut, the stock, the color, whether the tabs are reinforced, and how it prints. We reply with either a quote or a link to the same set in the designer, priced, usually within one business day.
Lay it on a desk with the tabs in view. A second shot of the binding edge helps if it is coil or comb bound.
How many sets you order at a time, and roughly how often. That decides whether it is a designer order or a shop quote.
Standard set: a designer link with the price. Special stock or binding: a written quote, and a paid sample run if you want it in hand first.
Already know it is a standard set on white index stock? You do not need to wait for us. The designer prices it instantly — 25 sets of 5 tabs is $5.45 a set — and draws a free PDF proof. Design it now →
What this looks like in practice
Recent requests, all from buyers whose previous source went away: a construction company’s proposal-book dividers, solid red index stock with six numbered tabs, left unpunched so their own machine can coil-bind them. A law office’s seven-tab estate set, re-cut from 1/7 to 1/4 so the titles read at 12pt. A clinic’s five-tab patient set, punched and collated so it drops straight into the binder. None came in as a spec sheet; they came in as a description and a photo, and that was enough to start.
Common questions
- What can you tell from a photo of my tab dividers?
- Almost everything that matters for a quote: the cut (how many tab positions step down the edge), whether the tabs are Mylar-reinforced or plain cut stock, whether the sheet is paper index or poly, the sheet size, the type and color of the printing, and how the set is bound or punched. The one thing a photo cannot settle is the exact paper weight and shade, which is why we offer a paid sample run before a full order.
- My old supplier went out of business. Can you reproduce the same set?
- In most cases, yes. Custom index tabs are a die-cut product with a small number of variables, and we have been cutting them in Schaumburg, Illinois since 1993. Send the photo, tell us how many sets you order at a time, and we will say plainly whether it is a standard set you can price in the designer today or a shop job we quote by hand.
- Do you offer samples before a full order?
- We offer a small paid sample run so you can hold the stock, color and print before committing to the full quantity. We do not send free samples; the sample run is priced as a short job and the cost is stated up front.
- Is it cheaper to just use the online designer?
- If your set is a standard one — white 90 or 110 lb index, a standard cut, black print, Mylar tabs in one of 19 colors — yes, and faster too. The designer prices it instantly and draws a free PDF proof. Send the photo anyway if you are not sure; we will tell you which path fits.
- What if my tabs are a colored sheet, or unpunched for coil binding?
- Those are shop quotes rather than designer orders, and they are common. Our paper stock is white index, so a colored sheet is matched with colored poly (11 colors) or with color on the Mylar tabs. An unpunched binding edge so your own machine can coil or comb bind, a non-standard sheet size, or a tab cut we do not list online are all things we make; they just need a person to price them.