MXPA99000804A - Blank, collective, improved, and methody label sheets for manufacturing and using - Google Patents

Abstract

A blank, adhesive-mounted, relocatable label sheet is provided, which includes: (i) a sheet having first and second printable main surfaces which are essentially devoid of communication signs, (ii) reclosable adhesive strips placed on the first main surface of the sheet along each of the margins, wherein each adhesive strip is shifted away from the edge of the sheet so as to define adhesive-free tabs along the first and second edges of the sheet, and (iii ) release liners covering the marginal adhesive strips

Description

- i - WHITE ROTÓLO SHEETS. REnOT.OCABT.BS. IMPROVED AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND USING THEM CftMPQ PE IA INVENTION The invention relates to label sheets.

Businesses commonly prepare advertising signs on the site which are then displayed by mounting the sign on a bulletin board by sticking the sign to a window with tape. The use of such labels has expanded significantly in recent times due to the widely spread prevalence of high quality computer printers capable of printing professional quality texts and graphics on such labels. Although the quality of the text and graphics printed on the signs has improved significantly, the mechanisms used to mount the signs for exhibition have not changed much over the years. The most common mechanisms continue to be pushed tacks and lengths of adhesive tape extracted from a standard office tape roller. Consequently, there is a substantial need for an improved mechanism to mount such signs on REF. 29363 both transparent and opaque vertical surfaces which: (i) do not interfere with the printing process, (ii) allow the label to be repositioned, (iii) not mark the surface on which the sign is mounted, (iv) leave no residue, and (v) allow the sign to be mounted on various surfaces.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION We have invented a blank, adhesive-mounted, relocatable, easy-to-use, and simple label sheet which is compatible with copied machines and computer printers and provides extended bond life on a variety of surfaces, from glass window plates to concrete blocks. The sign sheet includes: (i) a sheet having first and second printable main surfaces which are essentially devoid of communication signs (ii) reclosable adhesive strips placed on the first major surface of the sheet along each of the margins, with a adhesive strip deflected from the edge of the sheet so as to define adhesive free tabs along the first and second edges of the sheet, and (iii) release liners covering the marginal adhesive strips. A printable, adhesive-free area is provided between the adhesive strips.

We have also invented a method to develop our unique sign sheet and methods to develop adapted signs from our sign and display sheets of such adapted signs. The method for making blank signs includes the steps of: (i) transporting a continuous, printable, essentially blank roll in a first direction, (ii) applying a reloadable adhesive along the side margins of the first major surface of the transported roll so as to define marginal adhesive strips and a printable, adhesive-free area between the marginal adhesive strips on the first major surface; and (iii) applying a release coating on the marginal adhesive strips on the roll that is transported in the first direction. The roll can be a true roll fed from a continuous roll or a pseudo-roll of individual sheets superimposed. Alternatively, the individual sheets can be processed separately according to this method. When a true roll is used to manufacture the blank labels, the method further includes the step of transversely cutting the resulting continuous length of blank labels to form individual blank label sheets.

When the pseudo-roll is used to manufacture the blank labels and a continuous length of release coating is applied to the pseudo-roll, the method further includes the step of transversely cutting the continuous length of release liners to allow separation of the sheets. individual blank label sheets. The method of creating adapted signs includes the steps of obtaining one of our unique sign sheets as described above and then printing communication signs on the printable area of the first and / or the second major surfaces of the sign sheet. The method for displaying the adapted printed label sheet includes the steps of removing the release coatings to expose the marginal adhesive strips; and adhering the exposed adhesive strips to a mounting surface. When communication signs for display are printed on the first major surface, the sign sheet can be adhered to a transparent mounting surface so that printed communication signs are visible across the surface. Alternatively, when the communication signs designed for display are printed only on the second main surface, the sign sheet can adhere to a transparent, translucent or opaque mounting surface since the printed communication signs do not need to be visible through the surface .

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a top view of one embodiment of the sign sheet of the invention. Figure 2 is a bottom view of the sign sheet embodiment shown in Figure 1. Figure 3 is an enlarged side view of a portion of the sign sheet embodiment shown in Figure 1 showing the various layers of material placed along the margins of the sign sheet.

DESCRIPTION nRTAT.T.ADA OF THE INVENTION.

Definitions The term "reclosable adhesive" is a term of the art which is used herein in accordance with its standard meaning in the industry. Broadly, a repositionable adhesive is an adhesive which allows typical label and label substrates, such as paper and polymeric films, to be repeatedly bonded and removed from various surfaces without significant loss in adhesive strength, without leaving an adhesive residue on the surface, and without destruction of the substrate. As used herein, the term "computer printer" includes the various commercial, industrial and personal, impact and non-impact printers, in addition to those which require specially coated paper to produce the image (e.g. thermal transfer printers and dye sublimation printers), such as dot matrix, inkjet printers and laser jet printers. As used herein, the term "printable" is used in its broadest sense to indicate a surface capable of accepting and retaining signs of communication by one or more of the various well-known means of producing such signs, from manuscripts to press. Heidelberg, using any of the well-known imaging compositions ranging from dyes and water-based to electrostatic organic pigments. As used herein, the term "printing" is used in its broadest sense to include all of the various well-known personal and commercial media to produce signs of communication on a substrate, including but not limited to, in a handwritten way, painted, printed on a computer printer, printed on a printing press, stamped, xerographic copies, etc. As used herein, the term "communication signs" means signs which convey information, including specifically, but not exclusively, letters (such as an "X"), numbers (such as "40%"), words (such as "for sale"), symbols (such as "or"), or designs (such as "triple arrow design to reduce / reuse / recycle"). As used herein, the term "design signs" means ornamental or decorative signs which do not convey information, which specifically, but not exclusively, include a pattern or background color, and a decorative border. As used herein, the phrase "roughened textured surface" means a regular surface having various irregularities which results in a significant reduction in the surface area available for contact with the strips 40 of marginal adhesive of a sheet 10 of label attached to the surface. The surface which are typically "rough textured surfaces" include specifically but not exclusively: painted or unpainted brick and / or mortar, a block of painted and unpainted wood and / or mortar, painted and unpainted concrete, dry wall textured, a cork board, woven and wavy fabric, textured polymeric surfaces such as computer cabinets, refrigerator doors and kitchen cabinets, painted and unpainted stone walls, textured vinyl wallpaper and fabric wallpaper. Examples of surfaces which, unless intentionally textured to provide a rough surface, are generally non-rough textured surfaces which include: surface laminated backings such as Formica®, painted and unpainted polished metal surfaces such as metallic car bodies and aluminum-clad outer doors, window panes, painted wood and not painted, and varnished and unvarnished wood. As used herein, the phrase "pseudo-roll of superimposed individual sheets" means a plurality of sheets wherein the trailing edge of each sheet overlaps or lies underlying the leading edge of the subsequent sheet so as to form a line continuous of individual sheets which can be processed as a normal continuous roll since the upper and lower rollers and other mechanisms in contact with the sheets are continuously separated by the pseudo-roll. As used herein, the phrase "essentially devoid of communication signs" means that any communication sign is sized, placed, shaded, colored or otherwise elaborated of such a nature as to avoid interference with printing, observation and display of any primary communication sign printed on the sheet by the end user, with such a secondary sign substantially inconspicuous to the intended audience of the primary communication signs. Examples of common communication signs which can be printed on a main surface of the sheet and at the same time maintain the state of the surface as "essentially devoid of signs of communication" include a watermark and manufacturers labels ( that is, "made by 3M") in an 8-point type size placed along an edge of an A4-sized label sheet.

Nomenclature Label sheet 20 Printable substrate 21 Top edge of printable substrate 22 Bottom edge of printable substrate 23 Right edge of printable substrate 23m Right edge of printable substrate 23t Right edge tab 24 Left edge of printable substrate 24m Left margin of printable substrate 24t Tab of the left edge 25 First main surface of the printable substrate 25a Printable area of the first main substrate 26 Second main surface of the printable substrate 30 Shift-resistant coating 40 Reclosable adhesive 50 Release coating Building The sign sheet 10 of our invention can be provided with any shape that includes circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, trapezoids, pentagons, etc. However, given consumer preference and ease of manufacture, a production of rectangular label sheets 10 is generally established, and the remainder of the discussion will be based on rectangular label sheets 10. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the sign sheet 10 is based on a printable substrate 20 having an upper edge 21, a lower edge 22, a right edge 23, a left edge 24 and a first and second major surfaces 25 and 26. The main surfaces 25 and 26 are printable, but are provided to a final user essentially devoid of signs of communication (not shown), so that the end user can adapt the signs of - ?? -communication printed on the sheet 10 of symbols without interference from previously printed communication signs. Design signs (not shown), such as a background pattern or border, may be printed on the first and / or the second major surfaces 25 and 26, as desired. When design signs (not shown) are provided on both the first major surface 25 and the second major surface 26, the appearance of ghost images caused by design signs can be avoided from one surface shown to the other surface by (i) the use of standard and opaque bleed-resistant coatings 30 (not shown) and / or (ii) printing of the design signs as mirror images. The substrate 20 may be of substantially any size, with the lower limit indicated mainly by the need for sufficient space to print an appropriately dimensioned communication image (not shown) and the upper limit established primarily by the limitations of the printing equipment that is going away. to be used, as well as the ability to handle the label sheet 10, and the limitations in the exhibition space. As a practical matter, the user's preference is of a rectangular label sheet 10 of about 200 to 1,000 cm 2, preferably about 400 to 600 cm 2, and between about 5 to 100 cm wide and 5 to 100 cm long, preferably 15 to 25 cm wide and 20 to 40 cm long. The substrate 20 may be constructed of any of a variety of transparent or translucent, opaque, printable sheet materials known in the industry to include paper and polymeric films. Since the sign sheet 10 is designed to allow the production of adapted printed signs with communication signs (not shown), on one or both surfaces 25 and 26 of the substrate 20, the substrate 20 is preferably constructed of an opaque material. The left right 23-m margins 24 m of the first main surface 25 are coated with a repositionable adhesive 40 along the entire length of the right 23 m and left margins 24 m, so as to define marginal adhesive strips 40, although the adhesive 40 Repositionable can be a coated pattern or one that is coated along less than the entire length of the 23-m and 24m margins, such coating styles are generally not preferred because to the diminished adhesive strength provided by such incomplete marginal adhesive strips 40 and the concomitant increase in the risk of the label 10 separating from a vertical mounting surface (not shown). The adhesive strips 40 are offset from the right and left edges 24 of the substrate 20 so as to define a right edge tab 23t and a left edge tab 24t which are free of adhesive. The tabs 23t and 24t facilitate the removal of the sign sheet 10 from a mounting surface (not shown) as they do not adhere to the mounting surface and can be held without having to delaminate a corner (not numbered) of the sheet 10., of a first mounting surface. Preferably, the tabs 23t and 24t extend along the entire length of the substrate 10 and are provided along both the right 23 and the left 24 edges so that the user need not look for the tab 23t, 24t when removing the tab. sign 10 of a mounting surface (not shown). The tabs 23t and 24t are preferably approximately 0.5 to 2 cm wide. 23t and 24t tabs of less than about 0.5 cm are difficult to hold, while the 23t and 24t tabs of more than about 2 cm in width are susceptible to rolling, curling or other damage during use without a corresponding improvement in ease with which the substrate 10 can be removed from a mounting surface (not shown). The upper (unnumbered) and lower (not numbers) margins of the first major surface may optionally also be coated with a removable adhesive 40 so as to define upper and lower marginal adhesive strips (not shown). However, the addition of such upper and lower marginal adhesive strips (not shown) provides only limited advantages and is generally not preferred due to the harmful side effects of: (i) increased time and costs involved in the manufacture of such sheets 10 label due to the need to add top and bottom marginal adhesive strips in the transverse direction (unnumbered) and accompanying release liners (not shown), (ii) increased time needed to assemble the sign sheet 10 due to the need to remove liners additional top and bottom release (not shown); and (iii) increased chance that the label sheet 10 is rolled, bubbled or otherwise distorted when applied to a mounting surface (not shown). The width of the left and right marginal adhesive strips 40 should be sufficient to ensure that adequate adhesive strength is provided to prevent loss of adhesion between the label 10 and the mounting surface (not shown). On the other hand, the width of the left and right marginal adhesive strips 40 must limit the width necessary to minimize the risk of adhesive failure in order to maximize the size of the printable area 25a free of adhesive available for printing with signs of communication ( not shown). While the optimum width of the marginal adhesive strips 40 depends on number factors, such as the strength of the specific adhesive used, the individual marginal adhesive strip widths of about 1/50 to about 1/10 of the total width of the substrate 20 generally they provide an adequate balance between the competing interests of ensuring prolonged adhesion of the label 10 to a mounting surface (not shown) and providing a maximum free area of adhesive of maximum printable adhesive. Generally, it has been found that a width of between about 0.5 cm to about 10 cm, preferably from about 1 cm to about 4 cm provides the desired balance between the preferred pressure sensitive microsphere adhesive described herein which is the one that used. Adhesive strips 40 define a printable, adhesive-free area 25a on the first major surface between the adhesive strips 40. The repositionable adhesive 40 can be any of the well known reclosable adhesives described in the literature, including any of the various reclosable microsphere-based adhesives, such as the revolutionary microsphere adhesive used to produce relocation notes of the type available from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company under the commercial designation "Post-It". Preferred reclosable adhesives 40 are those capable of allowing the marginal adhesive strips 40 to maintain an adhesive force on rough textured surfaces (not shown), in adhesive surface area limitations set forth herein, for at least 30 days. A preferred reclosable adhesive 40 effective to provide such a resistive adhesion without sacrificing the other necessary characteristics of a reclosable adhesive composition comprises a mixture of one or more microspheres and an adhesive binder comprising at least one acrylamide-based portion. Preferably, the microspheres are elastomeric, inherently sticky, polymeric microspheres; and the binder is a pressure sensitive adhesive polymer having at least a portion of acrylamide, wherein the acrylamide portion is optionally copolymerized with one or more free radical polymerizable monomers, such as an acrylate or methacrylate. A detailed discussion of these types of adhesives is provided in WO 94/19420, published on January 9, 1994. The release liners 50 cover both adhesive strips 40, right and left, to prevent premature bonding of the reclosable adhesive 40. . Alternatively, a one-piece release liner (not shown) sized to cover the right and left adhesive strips 40 may be used. However, the use of such a one-piece release liner (not shown) to cover both adhesive strips 40 is generally not preferred because it must (i) cover the printable, adhesive-free area 25a of the main surface 25a. or (ii) requires the manufacture, application and removal of a release liner in the form of a relatively expensive and inconvenient frame. The substrate 20 can optionally be coated with any of the well known, slip resistant coating materials 30, for the purpose of preventing a printed image (not shown) on the main surface from running off the substrate 20 and onto another surface. Optionally, the substrate 20 can also be coated with any of the well-known high opacity coating materials (not shown) such as titanium dioxide, for the purpose of preventing the signs of communication and / or design (not shown) printed on a major surface are shown through the substrate 20 and interfere with the appearance of any sign of communication and / or design printed on the other surface.

Manufacturing Method The blank sign sheets 10 can be conveniently constructed by: (i) transporting a continuous, printable roll (not shown) in a first direction (ii) applying a reclosable adhesive 40 along the right 23m and left margins 24m of the first main surface 25 of the transported roll so as to define strips 40 of marginal adhesive and a printable area 25a, free of adhesive, between the marginal adhesive strips 40 on the first major surface; and (iii) applying a release liner 50, typically from a continuous roller (not shown), on the marginal adhesive strips 40, as the roll is transported in the first direction. The roll can be a true roll supplied from a continuous roll, or a pseudo-roll of individual sheets superimposed. Alternatively, individual sheets of a printable substrate 20 may be processed separately in accordance with this method. When a true roll (not shown) is used to make the label sheets 10, the method further includes the step of transversely cutting the resulting continuous length of labels to form individual label sheets 10. When a pseudo-roll is used to manufacture the label sheets 10, the release liner 50 must be: (i) cut to the proper length and properly aligned with each individual sheet 10 when applied, or (ii) applied as a continuous length to the sheets 10 and then being cut transversely so that the individual sheets 10 can be separated. The removable adhesive 40 can be applied to the first major surface 25 of the substrate 20 by (i) directly coating the adhesive 40 on the substrate 20, (ii) coating the adhesive 40 on a transfer belt (not shown) with subsequent drying of the adhesive 40 and the transfer of the dry adhesive film (not shown) from the transfer strip to the substrate 20 or (iii) coating the adhesive 40 on a first major surface of the strip of tape (not shown) and then adhering the strip of tape to the substrate 20 with a strong adhesive (not shown) coated on the second main surface of the strip of tape. When separate release liners 50 are applied on the left and right marginal adhesive strips 40 from continuous rolls (not shown), the rolls must be applied from independently rotating mandrels (not shown). We have surprisingly discovered that, unless the release liner rolls (not shown) start at precisely the same moment and maintain exactly the same diameter through the application of the complete roller (not shown), the rollers will deliver at speeds different, which will cause a roller to roll up and apply under insufficient tension.

Method of Use The adapted symbols (not shown) can be produced quickly and conveniently using the sign-up sheets 10 by simply obtaining one of the sign-up sheets 10 and then printing communication signs (not shown) on the printable area 25a of the first and / or second main surfaces, 25, 26 of the sign sheet 10. A high print quality can be achieved quickly and inexpensively by using a personal computer (not shown) to design the message and a computer printer (not shown) to print the message on the label sheet 10. Once the communication signs (not shown) have been printed on the label sheet 10, the label sheet can be displayed by simply removing the release liners 50 so as to expose the strips 40 of marginal adhesive, and then adhering the adhesive strips 40 exposed to a mounting surface (not shown), which includes rough textured surfaces, by simply applying manual pressure to the adhesive strips 40. As mentioned previously, when communication signs (not shown) are printed on the first main surface 25, the sign sheet 10 can be adhered to a transparent mounting surface (not shown) so that the printed communication signs are visible through the surface. Alternatively, when communication signs (not shown) are printed only on the second main surface 26, the sign sheet 10 can adhere to a transparent, translucent or opaque mounting surface (not shown) since the printed communication signs do not They need to be visible through the mounting surface. The more beneficial printed sheets 10 can be adhered to the interior of the front windows of a store (not shown) for display. It is noted that in relation to this date, the best method known by the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention, is the conventional one for the manufacture of the objects to which it relates. Having described the invention as above, property is claimed as contained in the following:

Claims (19)

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1. A sheet suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it comprises: (a) a sheet having: (i) a first and second printable main surfaces which are essentially devoid of signs of communication, (ii) first and second opposite edges and (iii) margins extending along the first and second edges, (b) a reclosable adhesive strip placed on the first major surface of the sheet along each of the margins with each adhesive strip diverted from the edge of the sheet. sheet, whereby the adhesive strips define adhesive-free tabs along the first and second edges of the sheet, and (ii) a printable, adhesive-free area between the adhesive strips, and

(c) at least one release liner that covers the marginal adhesive strips.

2. The sheet according to claim 1, characterized in that the sheet is paper.

3. The sheet according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the reclosable adhesive comprises a mixture of polymeric elastomeric microspheres and a pressure-sensitive adhesive binder.

The sheet according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the adhesive-free tabs extend along substantially the entire length of the margins and are independently from about 0.

5 to about 2 cm in width. The sheet according to claim 4, characterized in that the marginal adhesive strips extend along the entire length of the margins and are independently from about 1 cm to about 4 cm wide.

6. A sheet suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it comprises: (a) a rectangular sheet having: (i) a first and second printable main surfaces which are completely devoid of communication signs, and (ii) first and second second opposite edges, and (iii) margins extending along the first and second edges, (b) a reclosable adhesive composition placed on the first major surface of the sheet along each of the margins with each adhesive strip deviated from the edge of the sheet, whereby the adhesive strips define marginal adhesive strips of approximately 0.5-10 cm in width which are deviated approximately 0.5 to 5 cm from the edges of the sheet and extend along substantially all the margin length, and an adhesive-free printable area between the adhesive strips, and (c) release liners covering the marginal adhesive strips.

7. A method for creating a suitable printed sheet, which is suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it comprises: (a) obtaining a sheet which includes: (1) a sheet having a first and second printable main surfaces which are essentially devoid of signs of communication, (ii) first and second opposite edges, and (iii) margins extending along the first and second edges, (2) a reclosable adhesive strip placed on the first major surface of the sheet along each of the margins, with each adhesive strip offset from the edge of the sheet, whereby the adhesive strips define (i) adhesive-free tabs along the first and second edges of the sheet, and ( ii) an adhesive-free printable area between the adhesive strips, and (3) at least one release liner covering the marginal adhesive strips, (b) printing communication signs on the printable area of the adhesive strip. the first main surface of the sheet. .

8. A method for displaying a suitable printed sheet, produced according to the method according to claim 7, characterized in that it comprises: (a) removing the release liners after the communication signs on the sheet have been printed to expose the marginal strips of adhesive, and (b) adhering the exposed adhesive strips to a transparent surface, so that communication signs printed on the first major surface are visible through the transparent surface.

9. A method for creating a suitable printed sheet, which is suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it comprises: (a) obtaining a sheet which includes: (1) an opaque sheet having (i) a first and second major surfaces printables which are essentially devoid of signs of communication, (ii) first and second opposite edges, and (iii) margins extending along the first and second edges, (2) a reclosable adhesive strip placed on the first major surface of the sheet along each of the margins, with each adhesive strip deviated from the edge of the sheet, whereby the adhesive strips define (i) adhesive-free tabs along the first and second edges of the sheet, and (ii) an adhesive-free printable area between the adhesive strips, and (3) at least one release liner covering the marginal adhesive strips, (b) printing communication signs on the second adhesive layer. Main sheet area. A method for creating a printed sheet by the user, suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it comprises: (a) obtaining a sheet which includes: (1) a sheet having: (i) a first and second surfaces printable printers, which are essentially devoid of communication signs, (ii) first and second opposite edges, and (iii) margins extending along the first and second edges, (2) a reclosable adhesive strip, placed over the first main surface of the sheet, along each of the margins, where each adhesive strip is deflected from the edge of the sheet, whereby the adhesive strips define: (i) adhesive-free tabs along the first and second edges of the sheet, and (ii) an adhesive-free printable area between the adhesive strips, and (3) at least one release liner covering the marginal adhesive strips and printing communication signs thereon. printable area of the first major surface of the sheet, (b) print communication signs on the second major surface of the sheet, (c) remove the release liner after printing the communication signs on the sheet to expose marginal adhesive strips , Y

(d) Adhere the exposed adhesive strips to a surface.

11. A method for creating a printed sheet by the user, suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it comprises: (a) obtaining a sheet which includes: (1) a sheet having: (i) a first and second surfaces printable printers, which are essentially devoid of communication signs, (ii) first and second opposite edges, and (iii) margins extending along the first and second edges, (2) a reclosable adhesive strip, placed over the The first main surface of the sheet, along each of the margins, with each adhesive strip is deflected from the edge of the sheet, whereby the adhesive strips define: (i) adhesive free tabs along the first and second edges of the sheet, and (ii) an adhesive-free printable area between the adhesive strips, and (3) at least one release liner covering the marginal adhesive strips and (b) printing communication signs on both sides. printable surfaces of the first main surface and the second main surface of the obtained sheet.

A method for displaying the printed sheet by the user, according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises: (a) removing the release liners after the communication signs on the sheet have been printed to expose the adhesive strips marginal, and (b) adhere the exposed adhesive strips to a transparent surface, so that communication signs printed on the first major surface are visible through the transparent surface.

13. A method to make a blank roll, suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it consists essentially of: (a) transporting a continuous printable opaque roll in a first direction, wherein the roll has: (i) a first and second printable main surfaces, which are essentially lacking of communication signs, (ii) first and second opposite lateral edges, and (iii) first and second lateral margins extending along the opposite lateral edges, (b) applying a reclosable adhesive along the lateral margins of the first main surface of the conveyed roll with a deflection of the respective lateral edge of the roll, so that they are defined in: (i) adhesive-free tabs along the edges of the roll, (ii) marginal adhesive strips that extend along the edge tabs, and (iii) an adhesive-free printable area between the marginal adhesive strips, and (c) apply a coat of adhesive. on the marginal adhesive strips, as the roll is transported in the first direction, to form a blank roll.

The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the application of the reclosable adhesive composition comprises the application of a reclosable adhesive comprising a mixture of polymeric elastomeric microspheres and a pressure-sensitive adhesive binder.

15. The method according to claim 13, characterized in that the repositioned adhesive is applied in a manner that forms: (i) marginal adhesive strips which extend substantially continuously along the entire length of the margins and are independently from about 1 cm to about 4 cm in width, and (ii) adhesive-free tabs which extend substantially continuously along the entire length of the margins and are independently from about 0.5 cm to about 2 cm wide .

16. A method for making a blank sheet, suitable for use as a sign, characterized in that it consists essentially of: (a) transporting an opaque sheet in a first direction, wherein the sheet has: (i) first and second printable main surfaces; which are essentially devoid of communication signs, (ii) first and second opposite lateral edges, and (iii) first and second lateral margins extending along the opposite lateral edges, (b) applying a reclosable adhesive throughout of the lateral margins of the first major surface of the transported sheet with a deviation from the respective lateral edge of the sheet, so that: (i) adhesive-free tabs are defined along the edges of the sheet, (ii) ) marginal adhesive strips that extend along the edge tabs, and (iii) a printable, adhesive-free area between the marginal adhesive strips, and (c) apply a r release coating on the marginal adhesive strips, so that the sheets are transported in the first direction, so that they form a blank sheet.

17. The method according to claim 16, characterized in that the application of a reclosable adhesive comprises the application of a reclosable adhesive comprising a mixture of polymeric elastomeric microspheres and a pressure-sensitive adhesive binder.

18. The method according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that the reclosable adhesive composition is applied so as to form marginal adhesive strips which extend substantially continuously along the entire length of the margins and are independently approximately 1 cm to approximately 4 cm wide.

19. The method according to any of claims 16 to 18, characterized in that the reclosable adhesive is applied in a manner that forms: (i) marginal adhesive strips which extend substantially continuously along the entire length of the adhesive. margins and are independently from about 1 cm to about 4 cm in width, and (ii) adhesive-free tabs which extend substantially continuously along the entire length of the margins and which are independently from about 0.5 to about 2 cm wide.