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US 9,038,537 B2Granted
Method and system for applying customer-specific labels to unprinted side of printed products
AssigneeVistaprint Schweiz GmbH
InventorsJames R. Aylward, Anthony A. Breen
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Abstract
Systems and methods for applying customer-specific labels to an unprinted or non-displayed side of printed products.
Claims11
A method for producing a printed product and labeling an unprinted side of the printed product, comprising:
- receiving a first identifier, the first identifier corresponding to a customer's customized product design and associated with a customer order, the customer order identifying at least a shipping address;
- printing the customer's customized product design in a no-trim area on a first side of a substrate;
- printing the first identifier associated with the customer's customized product design on the substrate in an area outside the no-trim area;
- prior to trimming the area outside of the no-trim area away so that the remaining no-trim area of the substrate generates a finished product, scanning the first identifier and printing a corresponding label containing a second identifier, the second identifier associated with the customer order and comprising information from which the shipping address can be determined, and affixing the label to a different side of the substrate within the no-trim area of the printed design;
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- trimming the area outside of the no-trim area away so that the remaining no-trim area of the substrate generates a finished product containing the customer's customized product design on the first side of the substrate and the second identifier on the different side of the substrate.
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A labeling system for producing a printed product and labeling an unprinted side of the printed product, comprising
- a conveyance system which receives a printed substrate and conveys the printed substrate along a path, the printed substrate comprising a no-trim area printed on a first side of the substrate with a customer's printed design and a trim area outside of the no-trim area which is to be trimmed from the substrate so that the remaining no-trim area of the substrate generates a finished product, the trim area comprising a first identifier printed on the first side of the substrate, the first identifier associated with a customer's customized product design and associated with a customer order, the customer order associated with at least a shipping address;
- at least one scanner mounted along the conveyance path which scans the first identifier as the printed substrate is conveyed along the conveyance path;
- at least one labeler which generates a label based on the scanned first identifier, the label containing a second identifier associated with the customer order and comprising inform from which the shipping address can be determined, and applies it to the printed substrate within the no-trim area on a side different than the first side of the substrate;
- a controller which, based on the scanned first identifier, instructs the at least one labeler to generate the label to contain a second identifier associated with the customer order and comprising information from which the shipping address can be determined, and to apply the label to the non-trim area on the side different than the first side of the substrate on the product;
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- a trimming system which trims away the area outside of the no-trim area so that the remaining no-trim area of the substrate generates a finished product containing the customer's customized product design on the first side of the substrate and the second identifier on the different side of the substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.