Abstract: An illustrative apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a first plurality of adhering regions and a first plurality of print faces defined between perforated folds and the second substrate includes a second plurality of adhering regions and a second plurality of print faces defined between cut folds, and wherein the perforated folds and the cut folds are collinear. The second substrate may releasably adhere to the first substrate via the second plurality of adhering regions and the first plurality of adhering regions, respectively. Each of the second plurality of adhering regions may be individually released from each of the first plurality of adhering regions and separated along the cut folds to yield a first set of labels and each of the first plurality of adhering regions may be individually separated along the perforated folds to yield a second set of labels.

Abstract: A method includes applying a release formulation to a first substrate, wherein the release formulation is applied to a first portion of the first substrate leaving a second portion of the first substrate without the release formulation; applying the release formulation to a second substrate, wherein the release formulation is applied to a second portion of the second substrate leaving a first portion of the second substrate without the release formulation; applying an adhesive to the first substrate, wherein the adhesive covers at least a part of the first portion of the first substrate and at least a part of the second portion of the first substrate; and laminating the first substrate to the second substrate to form a laminated article; wherein the laminated article is configured to transfer the adhesive on the first portion of the first substrate to the first portion of the second substrate upon separation of the first substrate from the second substrate.

Abstract: An illustrative apparatus includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first adhesive-receiving face. The first adhesive-receiving face includes a first adhesive-coated region and a first release region. The first substrate also includes a first print receiving face opposite the first adhesive-receiving face. The second substrate includes a second adhesive-receiving face. The second adhesive-receiving face includes a second adhesive-coated region and a second release region. The second substrate also includes a second print receiving face opposite the second adhesive-receiving face. The first adhesive-coated region is releasably adhered the second release region and the second adhesive-coated region is releasably adhered to the first release region.

Abstract: A method for forming a sheet of label material is provided. The label material is used to form a label for placement on an object and for subsequent removal from the object without damaging the object. The method includes providing a paper substrate that has an adhesive receiving face and coating an adhesive on the adhesive receiving face of the paper substrate using a gravure coater to form a repetitive pattern of adhesive areas. For example, repetitive dots of adhesive assure a uniform, discontinuous coating of adhesive that allows repositioning of the label, that prevents tearing of or damage to a substrate when the label is removed, including from a newspaper, and that maintains sufficient adhesion to adhere to difficult substrates such as textured surfaces. The adhesive is a water based adhesive. In alternative embodiments, the adhesive is coated on an adhesive receiving face of a release liner, and the adhesive receiving face of the paper substrate removably adheres to the release liner.