A method of manufacturing a combined receipt and label roll, the method comprising: providing a web having a longitudinally-extending axis , the web including: (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, and (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate , the web including a plurality of portions corresponding to individual combined receipt and labels; selecting an adhesive patch pattern from a plurality of adhesive patch patterns having respective different levels of peel force, the pattern corresponding to a respective label portion and being selected to provide a preselected level of peel force for a given coat weight of adhesive; and for each label portion: applying, in accordance with the preselected pattern, a first set of at least two water-based microsphere adhesive patches having a first predetermined adhesive patch size on the back side of the label portion; electronically, by a processor, calculating a second predetermined adhesive patch size based upon the first predetermined adhesive patch size; and applying, in accordance with the preselected pattern, a second set of at least two water-based microsphere adhesive patches having the second predetermined adhesive patch size on the back side of the label portion, whereby adhesive patches of the first and second sets of adhesive patches are aligned relative to each other on the back side of the label . providing a web having a longitudinally-extending axis , the web including: (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, and (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate , the web including a plurality of portions corresponding to individual combined receipt and labels; selecting an adhesive patch pattern from a plurality of adhesive patch patterns having respective different levels of peel force, the pattern corresponding to a respective label portion and being selected to provide a preselected level of peel force for a given coat weight of adhesive; and for each label portion: applying, in accordance with the preselected pattern, a first set of at least two water-based microsphere adhesive patches having a first predetermined adhesive patch size on the back side of the label portion; electronically, by a processor, calculating a second predetermined adhesive patch size based upon the first predetermined adhesive patch size; and applying, in accordance with the preselected pattern, a second set of at least two water-based microsphere adhesive patches having the second predetermined adhesive patch size on the back side of the label portion, whereby adhesive patches of the first and second sets of adhesive patches are aligned relative to each other on the back side of the label . applying, in accordance with the preselected pattern, a first set of at least two water-based microsphere adhesive patches having a first predetermined adhesive patch size on the back side of the label portion; electronically, by a processor, calculating a second predetermined adhesive patch size based upon the first predetermined adhesive patch size; and applying, in accordance with the preselected pattern, a second set of at least two water-based microsphere adhesive patches having the second predetermined adhesive patch size on the back side of the label portion, whereby adhesive patches of the first and second sets of adhesive patches are aligned relative to each other on the back side of the label . <EOS>