A machine (1; 400) for manufacturing a roll of multi-layer price tags (800; 900), said machine (1; 400) having a proximal end and a distal end, said machine (1; 400) comprising: a base; a lower frame attached to said base toward the distal end of said machine (1; 400); an upper frame suspended by a support rod directly above the lower frame; a secondary frame attached to said base toward the proximal end of said machine (1, 400); an unwinder mounted to said lower frame toward the distal end of said machine (1; 400); at least two printers (40, 60) mounted to said lower frame; at least one automated label applicator mounted to said lower frame between said at least two printers (40, 60); and a completed product rewinder mounted to said secondary frame, wherein the automated label applicator is provided with a second label unwinder and a second label rewinder, wherein the second label unwinder and the second label rewinder are mounted to the upper frame, wherein the unwinder and the completed product rewinder are adapted to move a base layer web from the unwinder to the completed product rewinder, wherein the second label unwinder and the second label rewinder are adapted to move a second label web from the second label unwinder to the second label rewinder, wherein the first printer is adapted to print onto the base layer web to form a printed one-layer price tag web, wherein the automated label applicator is adapted to remove a plurality of second layer labels from the second label web and to apply the second layer labels to the printed one-layer price tag web to form an unprinted two-layer price tag web, and wherein the second printer is adapted to print onto the unprinted two-layer price tag web. a base; a lower frame attached to said base toward the distal end of said machine (1; 400); an upper frame suspended by a support rod directly above the lower frame; a secondary frame attached to said base toward the proximal end of said machine (1, 400); an unwinder mounted to said lower frame toward the distal end of said machine (1; 400); at least two printers (40, 60) mounted to said lower frame; at least one automated label applicator mounted to said lower frame between said at least two printers (40, 60); and a completed product rewinder mounted to said secondary frame, wherein the automated label applicator is provided with a second label unwinder and a second label rewinder, wherein the second label unwinder and the second label rewinder are mounted to the upper frame, wherein the unwinder and the completed product rewinder are adapted to move a base layer web from the unwinder to the completed product rewinder, wherein the second label unwinder and the second label rewinder are adapted to move a second label web from the second label unwinder to the second label rewinder, wherein the first printer is adapted to print onto the base layer web to form a printed one-layer price tag web, wherein the automated label applicator is adapted to remove a plurality of second layer labels from the second label web and to apply the second layer labels to the printed one-layer price tag web to form an unprinted two-layer price tag web, and wherein the second printer is adapted to print onto the unprinted two-layer price tag web.