Label to be wrapped around adherend and method of printing and attaching the same

A label to be wrapped around an adherend after being printed, the adherend having a diameter equal to or smaller than a prescribed diameter, the label comprising:

• a base material having a printing surface;
• an adhesive layer provided on an opposite side surface of the base material from the printing surface;
• a release material bonded to the adhesive layer with a portion of the adhesive layer exposed, the release material having a higher stiffness than the base material;
• and
• a special shape for alignment to be used when bonding together exposed sections of the adhesive layer or an exposed section of the adhesive layer with the release material in order to form the label into a loop shape,
• wherein the special shape is provided at a position for forming the label in the loop shape having an inner diameter greater than the prescribed diameter.

A method of printing and attaching a label, the label including:

• a base material;
• an adhesive layer provided on a first surface of the base material;
• and a release material bonded, on a first side of the release material, to the adhesive layer with a portion of the adhesive layer exposed, the release material having a higher stiffness than the base material, the label including a mark provided on a second side, of the release material, which opposes the first side of the release material, the method comprising:
• a first step to print a second surface of the base material;
• a second step to wrap the label around an adherend and to bond together exposed sections of the adhesive layer or an exposed section of the adhesive layer with the release material to form the label into a loop shape while leaving a gap between the label and the adherend, the second step being performed after the first step;
• and
• a third step to fold over the release material and to lay a protruding portion of the label protruding out from a loop-shaped portion over the second surface of the base material while reducing the gap between the label and the adherend, the third step being performed after the second step.