Material declaration

Film structure and recycled content, because both affect performance

Gauge record

Measured across the roll, not at the centre

Stretch record

Measured on a machine at the declared setting

Seal strength record

Peeled after conditioning, with the conditions stated

Transit test report

Drop, vibration and stacking, and the conditions they ran in

Print proof

Made by the process that ran the job, on the substrate used

Revision statement

Which revision the batch was made to, and its machine setting

Packing record

How the rolls were packed, because they are heavy and distort

An illustrative list for a fictional range. A real programme agrees which documents are required, in what form, and how long they are retained.

The one that is most often missing.

The stretch record at the machine setting. A film datasheet states what the film can do; the record states what it did on the equipment that will run it.

Why the conditioning is on the seal record.

Because a seal made cold behaves differently from one made warm. A record that does not state the conditions describes a result that cannot be reproduced.