Mettler-toledo (albstadt) Gmbh

Mettler-toledo Gmbh

Albert Gerstenecker

Walter Holike

Herbert Mürdter

A linerless label is printed and separated from a ribbon () of the labels by a label printer (') having a printing unit (&#x2032;), a holder () for the linerless label ribbon, a cutting unit () and a paper-feeding unit (&#x2032;). The paper-feeding unit advances the linerless label ribbon through the printing unit and the cutting unit. The printing unit prints a part of the linerless label ribbon as it is advanced. The printed linerless label () is separated from the linerless label ribbon by the closing of at least two blades () arranged on the sides of the linerless label ribbon. Afterward, the blades return to an open starting position for a next cutting operation. Before the blades open, the linerless label ribbon is pulled back from the blades, creating a distance (z) between the linerless label ribbon and the blades).

Label printer for linerless labels

A method and device for improving the handling, in a label printer, of labels without a carrier strip operates by reversing the direction of transport of the label medium for a short distance before transporting the medium in the printing direction, allowing the label strip to reliably detach from a transport roller () that is used to guide the label strip through the printer.

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Messstetten, Germany

Albert Gerstenecker