Piggy Back
Our specialty ‘Piggyback’ labels have a label-on-label multi-layer design, providing a versatile identification method for different containers and surfaces. They are composed of one or more smaller labels nestled within one larger adhesive label. This allows multiple related labels to be printed at once and placed in one location until the smaller labels within are needed to identify subsequent items.
Piggyback labels have many life science applications in research laboratories, hospitals, and clinical trial facilities. Healthcare providers can print a single template of labels corresponding to a patient’s sample ID, medications, and all other corresponding documentation to be placed in the patient’s medical records. They can be used to organize and identify glycerol stocks, competent cells, sample aliquots and more.
Our piggyback labels are available in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, and can be customized for a wide range of applications. For instance, labels suitable for cryogenic storage in liquid nitrogen (-196°C) and laboratory freezers (-80°C), use in high heat such as autoclaves and ovens (+150°C), or exposure to harsh solvents and other chemicals, can be produced upon request. They can also be provided as NCR (No Carbon Required) labels with a carbonless imaging liner, ideal for applications that require the information written, or printed by dot-matrix, on the primary label to be transferred onto the label/liner beneath.
Labels are available in roll format on 1” and 3” cores and can be used with all major brands of thermal-transfer barcode printers including Datamax O’Neil, CAB, Zebra, Sato, Intermec, CognitiveTPG, Monarch/Paxar, Printronix, Brady and more.
