Variable printed beverage labels
AssigneeJolt Ltd.
InventorCarl J. Rapp
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Abstract
One or more beverage container labels and the method for creating a first static part and a second variable part including printing the image on the label using a single pass. The printing apparatus having a computer with memory to store a first static portion of an image and a second variable portion of an image so that a rasterizer connected to the memory and combining the first static portion and the second variable portion can form an image for printing. The apparatus also has a printer connected to the rasterizer for printing the image on a label in one step.
Claims21
A method of printing a beverage label comprising:
- (a) printing a first side of the label using a static printing process;
- (b) forming an image for printing a second side of the label, the image having a fixed part and a variable part;
- (c) rasterizing the image;
- (d) printing the rasterized image on a second side of the label;
- (e) printing a first side of a second label using the static printing process;
- (f) retrieving the image for printing the second side of the label;
- (g) changing the variable part;
- (h) rasterizing the image;
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- (i) printing the rasterized image on the second side of the second label.
A method of printing a beverage label having a static part and a variable part comprising:
- (a) rasterizing an image including the static part and the variable part;
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- (b) printing the rasterized image on the label using a single pass.
A method of printing a beverage label comprising:
- (a) storing a static image portion of the label;
- (b) storing a plurality of variable image portions of the label;
- (c) combining the static portion of the label with one of the variable image portions of the label;
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- (d) printing the combined image on the label.
Apparatus for printing a beverage label comprising:
- (a) a computer having memory storing a first static portion of an image and a second variable portion of an image;
- (b) a rasterizer connected to the memory and combining the first static portion and the second variable portion to form an image for printing;
- (c) a printer connected to the rasterizer for printing the image on a label in one step.
A plurality of beverage containers comprising:
- a first beverage container having a first label affixed thereto, the first label having a first plurality of visible indicia printed thereon, the first plurality of indicia representing a first plurality of static images, and a first indicia, representing a first variable image;
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- a second beverage container having a second label affixed thereto, the second label having a second plurality of visible indicia printed thereon, the second plurality of visible indicia representing a second plurality of static images similar to the first plurality of visible indicia and a second indicia different from the first indicia.
A beverage container comprising a label affixed thereto, the label having a plurality of visible indicia printed thereon, the plurality of indicia representing one or more images, and an independent indicia, representing a concealed image, the visible indicia and the independent indicia together completing a set of images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.