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Abstract

Labels with release liners, including integrated labels, are manufactured in a simple manner that does not require two webs of material. A pressure sensitive adhesive is applied (e.g. patterned coated) in a first strip on a second face of a web of label material (e.g. bond paper). Then silicone release material is applied in a second strip on the second face of the web of label material so that the second strip is adjacent, but spaced from, the first strip and substantially parallel to it, a line of demarcation (about 1-25 mm wide) provided between the first and second strips, and each strip is at least about one inch wide. Then the label material is folded (e.g. plow folded while on a Webtron press) about the line of demarcation so that the first and second strips come into face-to-face contact with each other. Then individual labels are formed from the label material by die cutting and/or slitting, each label having a first ply with a first printable face corresponding to the first face of the web from which it is ultimately formed, and a second pressure sensitive adhesive covered face corresponding to the second face of the web from which it is ultimately formed, and a second ply with a first face corresponding to the first face of the web from which it is ultimately formed and a second release material covered face corresponding to the second face of the web from which it is ultimately formed, the second faces of the plies in face-to-face engagement with each other. When integrated labels are manufactured, the matrix material is removed after die cutting.

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