Abstract: A plurality of two-ply labels in sheet form include base and top layers on a single backing sheet with a release surface to which the transparent base layer is adhered with a transparent pressure sensitive adhesive. The top layer is unprinted paper releasably adhered to the upper side of the base layer by a dry residue adhesive. The top and base layers are cut to define a grid of printable labels and the sheets are of a size that can be fed through an inkjet or laser printer or copier. The adhesion between the base and top layers is less than the internal cohesion of the base and top layers and the adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive. A user can print the labels and peel them from the backing sheet, apply them to a product or other substrate, and the top layer can then be peeled from the base layer leaving the transparent base layer adhered to the substrate with the separated top sheet and the exposed surface of the base layer substantially tack-free.

Abstract: A method and system for designing printed promotional items are disclosed. The method includes providing onto a computer network first information concerning a plurality of possible characteristics of a printed promotional item. The method further includes receiving from the computer network second information submitted by a user customer and concerning a desired characteristic of the printed promotional item. The method additionally includes providing onto the computer network third information concerning a proposed design for the printed promotional item for review by the user customer.

Abstract: A promotional coaster has a promotional panel releasably adhered to a coaster panel. The coaster panel has a liquid absorbing upper face and an opposite lower face, which may be provided by an overlaminate barrier layer, that is adhered to an upper face of the promotional panel. Indicia are printed on either or both panels at the interface between them. Thus, when the two panels are joined the promotional indicia is concealed to be revealed fully only after the promotional panel is separated from the coaster panel, which is facilitated by a lift region where the coaster and promotional panels are not joined. The location of the lift region is identified by indicia on the upper face of the coaster panel. A method of promoting a product with the promotional coaster is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wrap for a napkin, ice cream cone or similar item made up of at least two plies, including a top sheet and a base sheet, in which the two plies are laminated together releasably. Preferably, the lamination of the two plies is accomplished with a dry residue adhesive such that the adhered together surfaces of the two plies are non-tacky after the top ply is removed from the base ply. Printing may be provided on all four surfaces presented by a wrap of the invention to add value to the wrap, for example to present a game to the user or to present the user with coupons.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wrap for a napkin, ice cream cone or similar item made up of at least two plies, including a top sheet and a base sheet, in which the two plies are laminated together releasably. Preferably, the lamination of the two plies is accomplished with a dry residue adhesive such that the adhered together surfaces of the two plies are non-tacky after the top ply is removed from the base ply. Printing may be provided on all four surfaces presented by a wrap of the invention to add value to the wrap, for example to present a game to the user or to present the user with coupons.