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APPENDIX 1

IBAL LABELS: LABEL FORMAT SPECIFICATIONS

Print Technology

Required: Digital Imaging Process. This unique process comprises a computer driven system that produces digitized images, printed with lightfast, durable, polymerized inks. Bar code label image shall not smear or smudge. The image has to have the highest abrasion resistance possible.

Face Stock

Smudge-free 3-mil polyester

Adhesive

2-mil acrylic Permanent pH neutral 3M#305 adhesive

Laminate No Laminate

Dimensions

Label size must be 0.46” x 1.625” with rounded corners

Label size must be 1.625” x 0.625” with rounded corners

Label Format

Rolls of 1,000 labels – labels must be narrow edge leading

Labels Per Rolls

1,000 labels per roll

Color Black ink on white stock.

Packaging

All packages must be labeled with label type, size, number of labels and PO number. Each roll inside plastic.

Type: IBAL label (First line ………..)

Size: ………………

Number of labels

PO number

Symbology and Bar Code Spacing (see Appendix 3)

Check digit SPEC Right to Left

Start number to be confirmed by library

Text to read:

Text to be confirmed at time of order

TEST RESULTS AND METHODS

Below are the tests required to be performed by the vendor to ensure the archivability and durability of the bar code labels:

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Image Adhesion (Print Fastness)

Blocking Off-setting of Ink

Archivability Repeat Adhesion Test

Abrasion Resistance

Cold Storage Suitability

Method & Results

A strip of 3M Tape #600 applied by 3 fingers with 10 firm strokes over a bar code imaged label, that has been "X" cut with a razor blade through the bar code, and allowed to sit for one minute — when the tape is removed at 180 degree angle, the image remained intact with no legible characters visible on the test tape.

Two imaged sheets are placed with the imaged side together on a solid surface inside an oven for 24 hours at 110 degrees Fahrenheit with a 5 pound weight on top. After 24 hours, the labels were allowed to cool to room temperature, and then removed without image damage, rubbing off, or transferring to adjacent page.

An accelerated aging test performed at 150 degrees Fahrenheit, on imaged labels for 24 weeks, approximately 18 years at a room temperature, showed no signs of deterioration or fading of the image. Repeat adhesion, print fastness, tests were also performed at intervals of 1 week to test for image permanence with no legible characters at each interval visible on the test tape.

A Taber Abraser Test performed on imaged bar code labels, with CS10 wheels, a 1,000 gram load, rotated 75 cycles - passed showing no dots. At 100 cycles, 4 dots were present. Test was checked every 25 cycles. (Failure is determined at the first sign "dot" of bar damage.)

An imaged bar code label has been tested and passed at minus 24 degrees Celsius for 1 week, followed by 1 week at 70 degrees Celsius.