Patent ID: 6893519

Claim:
A method for marking a position along the length of a moving material web, the method comprising: attaching a removable label to an edge of the material web to be marked, wherein the label comprises an upper show surface and a contact surface facing away from the upper show surface for contacting the material web, the contact surface having an adhesive zone of a releasable adhesive extending across an interior portion of the contact surface and a pair of opposing substantially adhesive free zones extending between the adhesive zone and opposing perimeter edges of the label, the label being attached to the edge of the material web by the releasable adhesive with one of said pair of opposing substantially adhesive free zones projecting substantially outboard of the material web and with the other of said pair of opposing substantially adhesive free zones being disposed inboard of the edge of the material web such that the portion of the label projecting outboard from the edge of the material web is substantially adhesive free.