Method for printing individual labels
View Patent ↗A method and software for a consumer end user to print one or more, but generally less than all, labels of a label assembly without the need to run the label assembly though a printer multiple times. A boundary corresponding to the label is printed on a separate paper sheet to allow the label to be positioned for printing. The paper sheet with the label adhered within the boundary is run through a printer to print on the label. The printed label is removed from the paper sheet to applying to the intended object to be labeled. Software can be implemented on a data processor for printing the boundary and/or coordinating the label printing with the printed boundary.
1. A method for printing a label for an object, comprising:
overlaying a nonopaque material sheet on a second material sheet including a boundary printed on the second material sheet;
adhering the label on the material sheet within the boundary printed on the second material sheet; and
printing on the label adhered on the material sheet by routing the material sheet with the label adhered thereon through a printer.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising selecting with a data processor a corresponding boundary to be printed for the label on the material sheet from a database stored on a data processor readable storage medium in readable association with the data processor.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the boundary has a size and shape that outlines an outer peripheral shape of the label.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising removing the label from the material sheet after printing.
5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the boundary outlines the label.
6. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising adhering the label to the object after printing.
7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the boundary is created automatically by the data processor upon identifying the label.
8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the steps of printing the printed boundary, adhering, and printing on the label are performed by an end user labeling the object.
9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising removing the label from the material sheet after printing.
10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the material sheet is a plastic film.
11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising printing the boundary on the second material sheet by routing the second material sheet through the printer.
12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the boundary outlines the label.
13. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising removing the label from a label assembly to adhere the label within the boundary, the label assembly comprising a plurality of labels.
14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the label assembly comprises a face sheet, an adhesive material on one side of the face sheet, and a back sheet disposed over the adhesive material, the face sheet including the plurality of labels cut therein.
15. A method for printing a label for an object, comprising:
providing a label for the object;
routing a material sheet through a printer and printing a boundary on the material sheet that correspondingly outlines an outer peripheral shape of the label;
adhering the label on a second material sheet that is nonopaque and placed over the material sheet, in alignment with the boundary printed on the material sheet;
routing the second material sheet with the label adhered thereon through the printer to print on the label; and
removing the printed label from the second material sheet for adhering to the object.
16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the material sheet is a paper sheet or a plastic film.
17. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising adhering the label to the object after printing.
18. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising selecting with a data processor a corresponding boundary to be printed for the label on the material sheet from a database stored on a data processor readable storage medium in readable association with the data processor.
19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the boundary is created automatically by the data processor upon identifying the label.
20. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising removing the label from a label assembly to adhere the label within the boundary, the label assembly comprising a plurality of labels.
21. The method according to claim 20 , wherein the label assembly comprises a face sheet, an adhesive material on one side of the face sheet, and a back sheet disposed over the adhesive material, the face sheet including the plurality of labels cut therein.