Abstract:
A plurality of plastic sheets to be fed into a high speed printer for forming printed labels and similar articles and a stack of printed labels formed form the sheets. Each of the sheets or labels includes a core layer and opposed, upper and lower outer skin layers. The upper outer skin layer includes a polyolefin polymer as the predominant component, by weight, thereof and is capable of receiving printed indicia thereon. The core layer includes a polyolefin polymer as the predominant component, by weight, of the core layer; preferably a high crystallinity polypropylene homopolymer. The lower outer skin layer includes a polyolefin polymer as the predominant component by weight therein; the improvement wherein the lower outer skin layer includes a blend of organic and inorganic antiblocking agents or a blend of inorganic antiblocking agents; the blend including less than 10%, by weight, of the lower outer skin layer.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to self-adhesive labels, label sheet assemblies, and related methods. The label sheet assembly includes a release liner assembly having a detachable portion, and a label releasably coupled to the release liner assembly and overlying the detachable portion. Weakened separation lines, a U-shaped cut, and a transverse cut define the detachable portion. The detachable portion is configured to remain coupled to the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a first direction, and the detachable portion is configured to remain part of the release liner assembly and separate from the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a second direction.
Abstract:
A computer-readable medium stores a plurality of instructions for controlling a printing apparatus. The instructions include a first row of indicator marks provided on the computer-readable medium to define a first one of the plurality of instructions, where the first one of the plurality of instructions includes a direction to recognize a position of at least one label on a substrate; a second row of indicator marks provided on the computer-readable medium to define a second one of the plurality of instructions, where the second one of the plurality of instructions includes an indication of a speed at which the substrate is actuated; a third row of indicator marks provided on the computer-readable medium to define a third one of the plurality of instructions, where the third one of the plurality of instructions includes indication of a first parameter of at least one of a carrier or the at least one label; and a fourth row of indicator marks provided on the computer-readable medium to define a fourth one of the plurality of instructions, where the fourth one of the plurality of instructions includes indication of a second parameter of at least one of a carrier or the at least one label.
Abstract:
A thermal printer processible combination wristband/label form (200) has a top portion comprising a wristband (204) which occupies substantially the entirety of thereof and a bottom portion comprising one of several alternative embodiments of labels (220). The label embodiments include a plurality of individually formed labels (220), a plurality of labels (220) occupying substantially the entirety of the bottom portion, and a die cut (222) defining a label portion with pairs of nicks spaced along an upper and lower border of the die cut and between which a user may tear off labels of a desired length including different lengths. The form (200) is produced in quantity and joined together into a fan fold strip having an overall width of a nominal two inches so as to be capable of being printed by relatively older thermal printers having a nominal two inch throat.
Abstract:
A piece of printing stock (100) for making, in combination with a badge base, an information badge, includes a face sheet (101A) and a liner (101B) . The face sheet (101A) includes a layer of adhesive (101C) , with the liner (101B) releasably adhered to the layer of adhesive (101C) . The face sheet (101A) also includes a badge label (102) , for example, as defined by a weakening line (103A) cut into the face sheet (101A) . In addition, the liner (101B) includes a badge liner (104) , for example, as defined therein by a weakening line (103B) cut into the liner (103B) . The badge liner (104) is smaller in dimensions than the badge label (102) and is positioned with respect to the badge label (102) such that when the badge label (102) is removed from the face sheet (101A) , the badge liner (104) is removed from the liner (101B) and remains adhered to the badge label (102).
Abstract:
A label sheet (1) having a release liner (16) and a column of labels (12) releasably adhered thereto is modified to allow easy removal of the labels. The liner has a weakened separation line (30) formed by cuts and ties running underneath a column of labels near the edge of the labels, and notches (18) at the top and bottom of the sheet aligned with the cuts and ties. A matrix (14) surrounding the labels, if present, also has cuts and ties, with the cuts and ties in the matrix parallel to and slightly offset from the cuts and ties in the liner. The separation lines are strong enough that the label sheet can be fed through a printer, yet weak enough that a user can tear off the liner and matrix along the separation lines, thus leaving a minor edge of a column of labels exposed for easy removal from the label sheet.
Abstract:
A method for custom-printing double-thickness labels that are stored in a booklet (54) without the need for a box includes several steps. The first step is to prepare a die-cut, double-thickness label assembly (30). The assembly has a label sheet (48) with a printing surface and a back surface. The back surface is coated with a pressure-sensitive, temperature-stable adhesive (51). The assembly also has a release coated backing sheet (31), with the back surface of the label sheet (48) being adhesively mounted onto the release coated backing sheet (31). The label sheet and the backing sheet are substantially coextensive, the printing surface is entirely blank and the label sheet is die-cut to form individual labels. The label sheet is perforated into individual sections (82, 84 and 86), at least some of the sections being large enough for printing in office printers without jamming. The label sheet is folded into a booklet (54), and the booklet is secured shut. The user may separate one or more sections (82, 84, 86) from the label sheet. A personal office printer, such as a laser or inkjet printer or copier, prints onto the printing surface of the section or sections. The user removes a label from the sheet and applies the label to a substrate. The backing sheet forms the outside of the booklet and has company and product information and advertising (44) printed on it; and the booklet may have a mounting hole (56) at one end. As an alternative embodiment, the assembly may be a single-thickness sheet of heavy paper or cardstock having closed patterns of microperforations that define printable cards, such as business cards (102).