A combined receipt and label roll comprises a core, and a web having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate, and (iii) a water-based microsphere adhesive disposed on the back side of the substrate along the web axis. The water-based microsphere adhesive comprises at least four separate adhesive patches. The at least four adhesive patches are both sized relative to each other and positioned relative to each other on the back side of the substrate such that additional tack desired can be obtained by increasing volume of the adhesive patches without having to increase coat weight of the adhesive patches.

An adhesive label is provided. The adhesive label includes an adhesive patch that covers at least 50% but less than 85% of a backside surface of the adhesive label and that is at least partially horizontally and vertically centered on the backside surface.

Self-laminating label assemblies, self-laminating labels and methods for laminating label facestocks are described herein. The self-laminating label assemblies may include a label support liner and one or more self-laminating label(s) releasably affixed to the label support liner. Each self-laminating label may include a label facestock releasably affixed to the label support liner and a laminating facestock for at least partially laminating the label facestock. The laminating facestock may be releasably affixable to the label support liner, directly or indirectly, and may be provided between a non-laminating configuration in which at least part of the aminating facestock is releasably affixed to the label support liner for holding the laminating facestock thereon or thereabout, and a aminating configuration in which the laminating facestock is at least partially affixed to, and laminates, the label facestock.

A printed linerless face laminate includes a release layer including a release agent, a second layer including a thermoplastic polymer, a second adhesive layer, a first layer including a thermoplastic polymer or fiber-based material, and a first adhesive layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the print is on one or more printable surface(s) between the first layer and the second layer. A method for producing the printed linerless face laminate is also described.

A label for being applied, by being wrapped around, to an object to be identified, includes a non-adhesive top side including a printing region for receiving a print on the top side and an adhesive bottom side, by which the label is fastened to the object. The label is in the shape of a strip having a length that is greater than a periphery of the object to be labeled. A transparent wrapping tab is arranged adjacently to the printing region in a longitudinal direction of the label. A length of the wrapping tab is at least equal to the periphery of the object to be labeled. The wrapping tab is wrapped on the printing region and covers the printing region when the label has been applied to the object. An RFID transponder is arranged between the top side and the bottom side in the printing region.

A label for a tube having a diameter D may have a transparent facestock. A printing area is defined on a first surface of the transparent facestock, the printing area configured to receive data thereon, the printing area covering only a portion of the transparent facestock, whereby a shielding portion of the length of the label is transparent. An adhesive layer is on a second surface of the facestock. A wireless communication inlay is adhered to the adhesive layer in a portion of the label corresponding to the printing area. The printing area and the facestock are sized for the shielding portion to overlap at least partially the printing area when the label is wrapped on a tube.

A label assembly and a method for affixing a label to a surface, the label assembly comprising: a label support liner having a label receiving surface comprising a release coating, the label support liner including a main liner portion and a removable liner portion separable from the main liner portion; and a label layer extending over the label receiving surface, the label layer including: a label releasably affixed to the label receiving surface, the label including a first label portion overlapping the main liner portion and a second label portion overlapping the removable liner portion such that separating the removable liner portion from the main liner portion and moving the removable liner portion away from the label receiving surface peels the first label portion away from the main liner portion while the second label portion remains affixed to the removable liner portion.

A printable magnetic label tape including a magnetic first layer and a printable second layer. The printable magnetic label tape includes spaced apart transverse oriented lines of weakness along the length of the label tape. A printable magnetic label, and methods of making.

A shipping label is operable to be applied to a package and includes a single label ply. The single label ply presents longitudinally spaced ends, opposite top and bottom faces extending between the ends, and a generally transverse fold line of weakness spaced between the ends. The label ply is foldable about the fold line to define upper and lower label sections, with the upper label section overlying the lower label section when the label ply is folded, and the top face of the upper label section being operable to receive package address indicia thereon. The upper label section includes a separation line of weakness defining a border portion and a separable central portion. The upper label section includes adhesive applied to the bottom face along at least part of the border portion. The lower label section includes a dividing line of weakness defining a connecting portion and an end portion, with the connecting portion extending between the fold line and dividing line. The end portion is at least in part positioned underneath the central portion of the upper label section when the label ply is folded, with separation of the central portion from the border portion providing access to the end portion thereunder.

A linerless thermal label web includes layers in the following order: a release layer, a thermal paper comprising a heat sensitive part, and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes an adhesive deadening varnish at longitudinal edge areas of the linerless thermal web so as to reduce the tackiness of the adhesive layer in the longitudinal edge areas. A thermal label can be produced from the label web and the label web can be used for variable information printing applications.