Device and method for labeling individual packages

A device for labeling individual packages comprising:

• a feed device for transporting the respective package in a transport direction;
• a printing device for printing a label, which can be removed from a material strip, wherein the printing device has a label dispensing unit for dispensing the printed label in a dispensing direction;
• and
• an application device for applying the printed label to the respective package, wherein the application device has a manipulator means for moving the printed label from a pick-up position, in which the printed label can be transferred from the label dispensing unit to the manipulator means in the dispensing direction, to a dispensing position, in which the manipulator means can apply the printed label to the package, via at least one transport position;
• wherein the manipulator means has an element, which can carry out a circulating movement along a circulating path, wherein the element has at least a first section for picking up a printed label and at least a second section for picking up a printed label, wherein the first section and the second section are arranged on the circulating path of the element, and
• wherein the element has a straight course and runs at right angles to the transport direction, in the area between the pick-up position and the dispensing position or in the area between the pick-up position and the transport position, which is located in the same vertical plane as the dispensing position.