Heat sealable thermo-printable tape

A method of forming a heat-sealable thermoprintable tape bondable to a fabric, the method comprising:

• providing a support layer having an open structure configured to support an extruded coating;
• applying a polyurethane coating onto a first side of the support layer and into open spaces of the open structure to form a top surface;
• applying a top-coat layer on the top surface to form a printing surface;
• and
• extruding a heat-sealable polymer onto a second side of the support layer opposite the first side and into the open spaces of the open structure such that the polyurethane coating bonds to the heat-sealable polymer within the open structure of the support layer to form a tape, the heat-sealable polymer having a top side directly bonded to the polyurethane coating and a bottom side opposite the top side,
• wherein upon application of the tape to the fabric via a heat-seal process, the bottom side of the heat-sealable polymer is bondable and embeddable into the fabric.

A method of forming a heat-sealable thermoprintable tape comprising:

• applying a heat-sealable polymer on to a support layer having an open structure to form a first composite, the heat-sealable polymer having a top side within the open structure of the support layer and a bottom side opposite the top side on a first releasable paper;
• applying an aliphatic coating to a second releasable paper;
• applying a polyurethane coating directly on to the aliphatic coating on the second releasable paper to form a second composite;
• and
• bonding the top side of the heat-sealable polymer of the first composite directly to the polyurethane coating of the second composite within the open structure of the support layer with heat and pressure to form the heat-sealable thermoprintable tape having a printable surface,
• wherein the heat-sealable thermoprintable tape is appliable to a substrate by removing the first releasable paper and bonding the bottom side of the heat-sealable polymer to the substrate via a heat-seal process, and indicia can be printed on the printable surface after removing the second releasable paper.