Abstract: A dimensionally stable pressure sensitive label, and method of making the same, primarily for application upon in-process components in manufacturing operations to provide a reliable bar code identification means and real time data tracking capability of those components when subjected to high temperature processing environments of up to 800-degrees Fahrenheit, which label, following imprint thereon of either or both machine and human readable matter, is thereafter dimensionally reinforced with a high polymer film mechanically bonded to the face stock top-side surface thereof to produce a laminate structure that protects and maintains the printed imagery in a distortion free configuration during utilization in the high temperature processing environment and consistently provides a 100% read rate legibility of the machine readable matter imprinted thereon when sensed with compatable scanning equipment.

Abstract: A bar code printing method for generating extended height bar code image target patterns and human readable matter in combination therewith on bar coded items, such as labels, forms, papers and the like which enables the unmodified utilization of currently available computer driven pulsing hammer raise-engraved fixed font printers of that type wherein the long axis of the bar code font characters are disposed parallel to the lateral edge direction of pitch advance feed of the print stock material wherein the printing method is accomplished by the technique of utilizing raise-engraved bar code characters in the printing font which are of a slightly greater elevation than the pitch advance of the printing stock whereby each successive impact printed bar code character image on printing stock pitch advance vertically registers on and slightly overlaps the previously printed image thereof and thus produces a continually printed bar code image target pattern to a line length of any multiple of pitch advances desir