Patent ID: 6972066

Claim:
A process for producing a roll using disposed a slit knife unit, a printer, a wide main film and an adhesive film, comprising the steps of: extending said wide main film along a running direction perpendicular to a width of said wide main film; printing a desired item on a first surface of said adhesive film with said printer, said adhesive film having adhesive on a second surface; adhering said adhesive film by said second surface onto a third surface of said main film while extending said adhesive film along said running direction; extending said adhesive film and said main film together along said running direction; cutting said adhesive film together with said main film along the running direction by the slit knife unit to produce a plurality of narrow main tapes; and winding each of said plurality of narrow main tapes to produce a corresponding narrow roll, wherein said adhesive film printed with the desired item on the surface is arranged on a surface of a portion of said main film where the portion becomes a winding terminating position of said main tapes; a hole is formed in said main film and said adhesive film is thereafter stuck over said hole, and said adhesive film exposed in a bottom of said hole adheres to a surface of said main tape wound in said roll.