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 ; an unwinder mounted to said lower frame toward the distal end of said machine (1; 400); at least two printers mounted to said lower frame ; at least one automated label applicator mounted to said lower frame between said at least two printers ; 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 ; an unwinder mounted to said lower frame toward the distal end of said machine (1; 400); at least two printers mounted to said lower frame ; at least one automated label applicator mounted to said lower frame between said at least two printers ; 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 . <EOS>