Abstract: A heat-shrinkable tube holder (10) is used to print unshrunk heat-shrinkable tubes (14) held in a printer. The holder (10) comprises a flat transport material and holds the heat-shrinkable tubes (14) at certain distances, wherein two tongues (22) of the carrier material (12) are placed into the two ends of each heat-shrinkable tube (14). In order to simplify handling, it is proposed that at least one of the two tongues (22) has a slot (24) at the center. Such a heat-shrinkable tube holder (10) can be used to easily insert a cable (26) into the respective heat-shrinkable tube (14) after printing of the heat-shrinkable tubes while the heat-shrinkable tubes (14) is still positioned on the holder (10).