| Glossary Term |
Definition |
| LABEL THICKNESS |
Denotes the ideal range of media/substrate thickness designed to promote optimum print quality and printer performance. |
| LABEL, PRESSURE SENSITIVE |
A pressure-sensitive label product is a die-cut part that has been converted through the production equipment using the type of pressure-sensitive material that has a protective backing. The end product is produced in the form of rolls, sheets, fanfold, or by other techniques that produce like products which have been slit or cut from the converted roll. |
| LABEL, TRANSPARENT |
A pressure-sensitive label whose face material, adhesive, and protective coatings transmit light so that objects can be seen through it. |
| LAN |
Local Area Network. A network contained within an office, building or campus, enabling connected devices (e.g. PCs) to communicate with each other. |
| LASER SCANNER |
An optical bar code reading device using a low-energy laser light beam as its source of illumination. |
| LEAP |
Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol; developed for 802.11 networks by Cisco Systems, it provides mutual authentication between devices at user configurable intervals. |
| LED |
Light Emitting Diode: a semiconductor that produces light at a frequency determined by its chemical composition. The light source commonly used in wand readers. |
| LIC |
Labeler Identification Code is a number assigned by the Health Industry Business Communication Council (HIBCC) to uniquely identify a manufacturer or labeler of products intended to be sold through the healthcare supply chain. |
| LICENSE PLATE |
A term that denotes a simple RFID technique that carries only a serial number on tags. The serial number is associated with information in a database. |
| LIGHT PEN |
A hand-held pen-like contact reader which the user must sweep across the bar code symbol in order to read the code. Also referred to as a wand. |
| LINEAR BAR CODE / SYMBOLOGY |
A complete bar code message is expressed in a single line of bars, also commonly referred to as a 1-Dimensional bar code. |
| LINEAR IMAGER |
Type of barcode scanner using the same technology as a CCD scanner but with more sophisticated optics, allowing it to scan over a greater distance. |
| LINER |
The component of a label used to protect the adhesive and to keep it from sticking to objects before the label is used. It readily separates from the label immediately before the label is applied to the substrate. Also referred to as release liner, backing paper, or release paper. |
| LITHO |
Low Grade Un-coated matt paper. |
| LO CO |
Low coercivity. See coercivity. |
| LOW DENSITY |
This bar code type has bars and spaces that are wide and far apart with an “X” dimension greater than 20 mils. This type of bar code is used for scanning bar codes from further distances. |
| LOW FREQUENCY TAGS |
RFID systems that operate at about 125 kHz with a typical maximum read range of up to 20 inches (508 mm). |
Label & Barcode Printing