there is disclosed a tag making and stacking system , tag stackers and stack trays . to increase tag making capacity , a wide tag web is slit into completely severed narrow tag webs which are cut apart to form tags which are immediately separated and formed into spaced apart stacks . the new system includes a printer and a stacking system to receive and stack tags . the stacking system includes a tag stacker and a removable tag - receiving tray to facilitate transferring a stack of tags from the tag stacker to the place where the tags are to be used . a method of handling tags involves the provision of at least first and second removable trays wherein a first tray with a stack of tags can be replaced by an empty second tray so that the stacking of additional tags can recommence without waiting for the first tray to be emptied .