Magnetic label stock material

In a method of mounting a supply tape of a magnetic label stock in which magnets are adhesively attached to the substrates, the improvement of preventing thin substrate edges from becoming bent, crushed, distorted and torn, comprising supplying to a labeling machine:

• a) a translucent tape having a longitudinal direction and a traverse direction and a dimension in said transverse direction, and at least one major release surface;
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• b) a plurality of magnetic labels, each of said magnetic labels having at least one major surface at least partially covered with a pressure sensitive adhesive, said magnetic labels being fixed on said release surface by means of said pressure-sensitive adhesive;
• wherein said labels are spaced in said longitudinal direction by a distance sufficient to permit transmission of an optical signal through said tape between said magnetic label, and wherein at least some of said magnetic labels have a dimension in said transverse direction substantially equal to or extending beyond said transverse dimension of said translucent tape.

In a method of distributing a supply tape of a magnetic label stock in which magnets are adhesively attached to the substrates, the improvement of preventing thin substrate edges from becoming bent, crushed, distorted and torn, comprising distributing from a labeling machine:

• a) a translucent tape having a longitudinal direction and a traverse direction and a dimension in said transverse direction, and at least one major release surface;
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• b) a plurality of magnetic labels, each of said magnetic labels having at least one major surface at least partially covered with a pressure sensitive adhesive, said magnetic labels being fixed on said release surface by means of said pressure-sensitive adhesive;
• wherein said labels are spaced in said longitudinal direction by a distance sufficient to permit transmission of an optical signal through said tape between said magnetic label, and wherein at least some of said magnetic labels have a dimension in said transverse direction substantially equal to or extending beyond said transverse dimension of said translucent tape.