Box-free printing blank packaging
A method for custom-printing double-thickness labels that are stored in a booklet (54) without the need for a box includes several steps. The first step is to prepare a die-cut, double-thickness label assembly (30). The assembly has a label sheet (48) with a printing surface and a back surface. The back surface is coated with a pressure-sensitive, temperature-stable adhesive (51). The assembly also has a release coated backing sheet (31), with the back surface of the label sheet (48) being adhesively mounted onto the release coated backing sheet (31). The label sheet and the backing sheet are substantially coextensive, the printing surface is entirely blank and the label sheet is die-cut to form individual labels. The label sheet is perforated into individual sections (82, 84 and 86), at least some of the sections being large enough for printing in office printers without jamming. The label sheet is folded into a booklet (54), and the booklet is secured shut. The user may separate one or more sections (82, 84, 86) from the label sheet. A personal office printer, such as a laser or inkjet printer or copier, prints onto the printing surface of the section or sections. The user removes a label from the sheet and applies the label to a substrate. The backing sheet forms the outside of the booklet and has company and product information and advertising (44) printed on it; and the booklet may have a mounting hole (56) at one end. As an alternative embodiment, the assembly may be a single-thickness sheet of heavy paper or cardstock having closed patterns of microperforations that define printable cards, such as business cards (102).