Patent ID: 8716178

Claim:
A label, comprising: a first portion of media situated on a front side of the media and coated with thermally sensitive inks; a second portion of the media situated on a back side of the media and coated with the thermally sensitive inks; a third portion of the media comprising the first and second portions; and a fourth portion of the media perforated to separate the fourth portion from the third portion, the third portion removable from the fourth portion, the third portion representing the only disposable piece of waste for the label and the first portion of the third portion is thermally imaged with a mailing address for a good being shipped and the second portion of the third portion is thermally imaged with the packing slip, the first portion front-facing and visible on an object to which label is affixed whereas the second portion is back-facing and hidden from view on the object to which the label is affixed, and wherein the fourth portion is configured along at least one outer edge of the media the third portion is configured along at least some part of remaining edges of the media.