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.