Surface printable polyvinyl chloride laminate with carrier and application tape

A subsurface printable, laminated sheet material for use in forming a wear-resistant printed laminate, the sheet material comprising:

• a carrier tape including a substrate of plastic film or paper having an exposed surface and having an opposite, adhesive-carrying surface, and a low tack adhesive layer on the adhesive-carrying surface of the substrate;
• an application tape including a plastic film or paper substrate having a release surface contacting and releasable from the adhesive layer on the carrier tape when the carrier tape is removed from the application tape and having an opposite, adhesive-carrying surface, and a low tack adhesive layer on the adhesive-carrying surface;
• a layer of polyvinyl chloride film having a release surface contacting and releasable from the adhesive layer on the application tape when the application tape is removed from the layer of polyvinyl chloride film;
• wherein the adhesive on the adhesive-carrying surface of the application tape is releasably adhered to the release surface of the polyvinyl chloride film, and wherein the adhesive layer on the adhesive-carrying surface of the carrier tape is releaseably adhered to the release surface of the application tape, and
• wherein the polyvinyl chloride film has a printable subsurface opposite its release surface for printing with graphics or reverse image printing with text, and adherence to a supporting surface.