Direct thermal and thermal transfer label combination
AssigneeIconex LLC
InventorsRoger Francoeur, Timothy Darren Livingston
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Abstract
A direct thermal and thermal transfer label combination is provided. The label includes a substrate, and the substrate includes a thermal print coating applied to a front side of the substrate. The label also includes a liner attached to a backside of the substrate along a first side of the liner. Further, an aqueous resin-based thermal transfer coating is applied to a second side of the liner. The front side of the label is capable of being imaged through direct thermal printing while the second side of the liner represents an opposite side of the label that is capable of being imaged through thermal transfer printing.
Claims15
A label combination comprising:
- a first substrate having a thermal print coating applied to a frontside of the first substrate;
- and
- a liner having a thermal transfer receptive coating applied to a backside of the liner, wherein the thermal transfer receptive coating is an aqueous resin-based thermal transfer receptive coating that is formed using a resin dissolved in an alkaline solution so as to raise the alkalinity of the aqueous resin-based thermal transfer receptive coating above a pH of 7.0 and is an alkaline mixture that comprises a wax;
- wherein the thermal print coating and the thermal transfer receptive coating enable printing or imaging on the frontside of the first substrate and the backside of the liner;
- wherein the first substrate is affixed to the liner;
- wherein the thermal print coating activates on the first substrate in response to applied heat that is in excess of 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
A roll of label combinations comprising:
- a web of a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a thermal print coating on a frontside of the substrate;
- and
- a liner, wherein the liner includes a thermal transfer receptive coating on a backside of the liner, wherein the thermal transfer receptive coating is an aqueous resin-based thermal transfer receptive coating that is formed using a resin dissolved in an alkaline solution so as to raise the alkalinity of the aqueous resin-based thermal transfer receptive coating above a pH of 7.0 and is an alkaline mixture that comprises a wax;
- wherein a backside of the substrate is affixed to a frontside of the liner to form the roll of label combinations;
- wherein the thermal print coating activates on the substrate in response to applied heat that is in excess of 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
A label combination comprising:
- a thermal print coating disposed on a frontside of a first substrate;
- and
- a thermal transfer receptive coating disposed on a backside of a liner, wherein the thermal transfer receptive coating is an aqueous resin-based thermal transfer receptive coating that is formed using a resin dissolved in an alkaline solution so as to raise the alkalinity of the aqueous resin-based thermal transfer receptive coating above a pH of 7.0 and is an alkaline mixture that comprises a wax;
- wherein a backside of the first substrate is joined to a frontside of the liner to form the label combination;
- wherein the thermal print coating activates on the first substrate in response to applied heat that is in excess of 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.