Pressure-Sensitive Labels: Face, Adhesive and Liner

A pressure-sensitive label uses an adhesive that forms a bond when pressure is applied. In this label context, it is also called a self-adhesive label. A common construction supplied before application combines a face material, adhesive and release liner. These parts serve different roles; the liner is a carrier rather than the surface that displays the label information. Avery Dennison label definition · STOFF + STOFF construction

Label facestock, adhesive and release liner

Label facestock is the face material, often paper or film, on which graphics or information are presented. Its role differs from that of the temporary carrier beneath the adhesive. Paper and film are common choices rather than an exhaustive list of every possible face material. Avery Dennison facestock · STOFF + STOFF Obermaterial

The adhesive provides the connection between the facestock and the surface being labelled. Adhesives can be designed for different bonding behaviour, including permanent or removable adhesion. The component name alone does not establish bond strength or suitability for a particular surface and environment. STOFF + STOFF adhesive role and conditions

A release liner supports and protects the adhesive-bearing label before application. The carrier commonly has a release coating that allows separation from the adhesive. It can be made from paper or film; “liner” does not necessarily mean a paper sheet. STOFF + STOFF carrier and release coating · Avery Dennison liner materials

Three components are a functional description

Facestock, adhesive and liner describe a common label-material arrangement. A release coating on the carrier is also part of the construction, even when the liner is counted as one component in the overview. Counting those three roles therefore does not specify every physical coating or layer. STOFF + STOFF release coating · Avery Dennison three-component overview

What changes with a linerless label?

A linerless label is supplied without a separate release liner. One construction described by Avery Dennison uses direct thermal paper in a continuous roll, adhesive on the reverse and a release coating on the face. That coating lets the roll unwind without the adhesive permanently bonding to the adjacent face. This is a construction example, rather than a definition requiring every linerless label to use direct thermal paper. Avery Dennison linerless example

Removing a separate liner changes how the material is handled. The same example uses printers with release surfaces along the material path; it does not establish compatibility with every conventional label printer. Avery Dennison equipment context

Bonding and printing describe different tasks

Pressure-sensitive bonding does not require water, solvent or heat activation at the application step. That statement concerns forming the adhesive bond. It does not define the printing method; the linerless example above is direct thermal media. Avery Dennison bonding explanation · Avery Dennison thermal-media example

Continue through the labels and printing section for related concepts. Component names explain the construction, but do not certify print quality, recyclability, food-contact compliance or a label’s service life.