Claims
- 1. A method of printing a printable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, which tape comprises a polymeric film backing coated on the faceside thereof with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and coated on the backside thereof with a low adhesion backsize coating, comprising the steps of
- (1) heating the tape to a temperature sufficiently high to soften the low adhesion backsize coating, but not so high as to distort the polymeric backing or to degrade the adhesive, and
- (2) applying ink by means of a flexographic printing apparatus to said backsize coating while said coating is in a softened state.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the printable pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprises a backing film having a faceside and a backside, the faceside thereof being coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive and the backside thereof being coated with a low adhesion backsize coating comprising
- (1) at least one low adhesion backsize compound, and
- (2) a chlorinated polyolefin in an amount sufficient to promote ink adhesion, said low adhesion backsize coating being ink-imprintable and low-force removable from said pressure-sensitive adhesive.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 806,380, filed Dec. 9, 1985, which is a division of application Ser. No. 694,082, filed Jan. 23, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,599,260.
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