Quick change digital label press
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsEdul N. Dalal, Barry P. Mandel
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Abstract
An integrated apparatus comprises a sheet supply maintaining cut sheets of media and a printing device positioned to receive the cut sheets of media from the sheet supply. The sheet supply may comprise a plurality of sheet feeders. The printing device places markings on the cut sheets of media. Further, this apparatus includes an adhesive applicator positioned to apply adhesive to one side of the sheets to produce labels; and a roll apparatus maintaining a continuous supply roll of backing media. The roll apparatus is positioned to receive the labels from the adhesive applicator, and the backing media is positioned within the roll apparatus to contact the adhesive-applied side of the labels.
Claims19
An integrated apparatus comprising:
- a sheet supply maintaining cut sheets of media;
- a printing device positioned to receive said cut sheets of media from said sheet supply, said printing device placing markings on said cut sheets of media;
- an adhesive applicator positioned to apply adhesive to one side of said media to produce labels;
- a roll apparatus maintaining a continuous supply roll of backing media,
- said roll apparatus being positioned to receive said labels from said adhesive applicator,
- said backing media being positioned within said roll apparatus to contact said one side of said labels, and
- said roll apparatus comprising a translating carriage holding multiple backing media rolls having one of different widths and types of backing media.
An integrated apparatus comprising:
- a sheet supply maintaining cut sheets of media;
- a printing device positioned to receive said cut sheets of media from said sheet supply, said printing device placing markings on said cut sheets of media;
- an adhesive applicator positioned to apply adhesive to one side of said media to produce labels;
- and
- a roll apparatus maintaining a continuous supply roll of backing media,
- said roll apparatus being positioned to receive said labels from said adhesive applicator,
- said backing media being positioned within said roll apparatus to contact said one side of said labels, and
- said roll apparatus comprising a plurality of rolls of backing media and a translating carriage positioning a selected roll of backing media into a position to receive said media from said adhesive applicator.
An integrated apparatus comprising:
- a sheet supply maintaining cut sheets of media;
- a printing device positioned to receive said cut sheets of media from said sheet supply, said printing device placing markings on said cut sheets of media;
- an adhesive applicator positioned to apply adhesive to one side of said media to produce labels;
- and
- a roll apparatus maintaining a continuous supply roll of backing media,
- said roll apparatus being positioned to receive said labels from said adhesive applicator,
- said backing media being positioned within said roll apparatus to contact said one side of said labels,
- said roll apparatus comprising a translating carriage holding multiple backing media rolls having one of different widths and types of backing media, and
- said translating carriage moving different backing substrates within said roll apparatus to contact said one side of said labels to attach said labels to different ones of multiple backing media rolls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.