Below are terms to be familiar with when specifying Property ID Labels.

ABRASION RESISTANCE
The resistance of rubbing or wearing away by friction of a label surface, including its own materials, the printing or any protective coatings that might be present.

ACRYLIC ADHESIVE
Pressure-sensitive adhesive based on high-strength acrylic polymers. Can be coated as a solvent or emulsion system.

ALUMINUM
A pliable, lightweight metal that has good electrical and thermal conductivity, high reflectivity, and resistance to oxidation.

ANODIZE
The controlled oxidation of aluminum using an electro-chemical process to create a porous surface that is receptive to color dying.

ANODIZED SERIALIZING
To serialize with numbering machines using ink and powder prior to the etch process; therefore the numbers are anodized. (See Anodized)

BAR CODE
A series of lines of varying thicknesses that represent alpha or numeric information that can be read by a machine. A wide range of symbologies are available with code 39 and 128 being the most common.

BAR CODE 39
Code 39 (Code 3 of 9) is the most popular symbology for ID, inventory, and tracking purposes. The Code 39 barcode is the easiest to use of alphanumeric barcodes and is designed for character self-checking, eliminating the requirement for check character calculations. It can encode numbers 0-9, the uppercase alphabet A-Z, SPACE, and the following symbols: - . * $ / % +. Code 39 is a discrete barcode. This means that a fixed pattern of bars represents a single character. Each character is made up of 9 bars - 3 of which are wider than the others. A single character therefore consists of 5 black bars and 4 white bars.

BAR CODE 128
A denser, more compact symbology that supports the lower 128 ASCII characters. Used whenever space is at a premium. Variable length strings with a mandatory check digit. It has three variations: code set A, code set B, and code set C. The latter is numeric-only and employs simple compression. Each data character encoded in a Code 128 symbol is made up of 11 black or white modules. The stop character, however, is made up of 13 modules. Three bars and three spaces are formed out of these 11 modules. Bar and spaces can vary between 1 and 4 modules wide. The symbol includes a quiet zone (10 x-dimensions), a start character, the encoded data, a check character, the stop character, and a trailing quiet zone (10 x-dimensions).

DEBOSS
A process of forming a portion of the substrate to go below the normal level of the substrate.

HUMAN READABLE
The numbers below a bar code readable by an individual.

LAMINATE
A thin film is applied to the surface of a label. This film is applied to protect the surface and/or for aesthetic purposes.

MATTE
A satin or flat finish on the surface of a label.

PREFIX
Letters or numbers that come before a serial number sequence.

SECURITY CUTS
Semicircle cuts in the interior of a label, which prevents the label from being pulled off in one piece.

SHINY
A finished surface that has a mirror-type appearance.

TAMPER EVIDENT
A pressure sensitive label that is impossible to remove without physical evidence or destruction.

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