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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2018
Espera-werke Gmbh, Duisburg, DE;
Peter Wolff, Swisttal-Heimerzheim, DE;
Espera-Werke GmbH, Duisburg, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for printing labels (), in particular labels provided on a liner (). The apparatus includes at least one label feed device () for providing and feeding labels, a transport device () including at least one transport element () for transporting the labels, which have been fed by the label feed device, in a transport direction, a printing device () including a printing head () for printing the labels transported by the transport device, and a capturing device () for capturing the position of the respective label in a section of the transport device. The capturing device has a line-scan or area-scan camera () with which the side of the transport element that faces the labels during correct use and/or a gap () formed between two transport element sections () in the transport direction is optically capturable in a capturing region ().