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The Manager's Handbook to Printing.

Term GlossaryL

Label: The functional portion of a pressure sensitive construction comprising the face material and adhesive, die cut into various shapes.

Label Stock: Pressure sensitive construction, from which labels are produced, usually refers to roll stock.

Labeling Machine: Dispensing apparatus that, by means of driving or pulling the backing, delivers a pressure sensitive label and applies it to a package.

Lamination: A plastic film bonded by heat, adhesive, and/or pressure to a printed web for protection or appearance. Two or more materials bonded together functioning as one.

Letterpress: Printing process which employs a relief or raised inked image which comes into direct contact with the material being printed. Hard relief plates and oil base inks are used.