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US 2025/0178769 A1Published application
Handheld label printer with color sensing capabilities
AssigneeAvery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
InventorsTimothy L. BROWN, Kyle E. FROST, John D. MISTYURIK, Richard E. SCHWABE
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a handheld label application device includes a housing assembly, a print head mounted inside the housing assembly and configured to print on a label, and a sensor positioned inside the housing assembly, wherein the sensor is configured to detect at least one optical attribute of a label before it is printed on by the printer.
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A handheld label application device comprising:
- a housing assembly;
- a print head mounted inside the housing assembly and configured to print on a label;
- a sensor positioned inside the housing assembly, wherein the sensor is configured to detect at least one optical attribute of a label before it is printed on by the printer;
- a print head retainer disposed within the housing assembly;
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- a printed circuit board located within the print head retainer, wherein the sensor is embedded on the printed circuited board.
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A label application system comprising:
- a handheld label application device comprising:
- a housing assembly comprising a holder component and a flap component;
- a print head mounted inside the housing assembly;
- a label roll spool is detachably mounted inside the housing assembly, wherein the label roll spool comprises an array of labels with at least one optical attribute;
- a print head retainer disposed within the housing assembly;
- a sensor positioned to an underside of the print head retainer, wherein the sensor is configured to detect the at least one optical attribute of the labels;
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- an output module mounted on the housing assembly and communicably coupled to the sensor;
- a hardware component communicably coupled to the handheld label application device and configured to provide corresponding product data related to the at least one optical attribute of the labels;
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- a central database communicably coupled to the handheld label application device and the hardware component, to monitor the handheld label application device and the hardware component.
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A method for operating a handheld label application device, comprising:
- scanning a barcode label attached on an object, wherein the barcode comprises a product data related to the associated object;
- using a sensor positioned inside the housing assembly, detecting at least one optical attribute of a label;
- performing at least one of displaying the at least one optical attribute corresponding to the product data related to the at least one optical attribute of the labels and transmitting the at least one optical attribute and the product data to another computing device;
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- dispensing the label.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.