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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1994
George F Carpenter, Rockford, MI (US);
Karl Burdick, Comstock Park, MI (US);
Grand Rapids Label Company, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A label printer apparatus is arranged to produce printed labels from a continuing strip of adhesive-backed, linerless label material. By operation of a standard printer roller, the apparatus advances a strip of linerless material along a path from a roll of the material over a print head where a portion of the strip is printed. The printed portion is advanced past a cutting blade onto a label applicator and is severed from the remainder of the strip by operation of a cutting blade. A guide comprising a lower wall and a pair of opposing side walls is disposed along the path and serves as a guide for the adhesive back material from the roll to the printer. The printer roller is controlled by a control unit responsive to operator input instructions and the condition of a photosensor to position and reposition the leading edge of the strip relative to the print head, before and after printing operation.