Image-customized labels adapted for bearing computer-based, generic, value-bearing items, and systems and methods for providing image-customized labels

1. A system for facilitating customer-side printing of postage indicia on provider-printed customer-customized labels, the system comprising:

a computer system comprising one or more physical processors programmed to execute computer program instructions that, when executed, cause the computer system to:

obtain, via the Internet, a first user request for a physical print of a non-value-bearing label customized with a user-provided image;

assign an identification code to the non-value-bearing label, at least a portion of the identification code being usable to modify the non-value-bearing label into a value-bearing label;

print and die-cut, based on the user-provided image and the identification code, a self-adhesive label sheet comprising multiple non-value-bearing labels such that the identification code is represented as an invisible fluorescent ink pattern on the non-value-bearing label of the self-adhesive label sheet, wherein the non-value-bearing label and other labels of the multiple non-value-bearing labels do not specify a postage value;

subsequent to delivery of the self-adhesive label sheet to a customer, obtain, from a client device via the Internet, a second user request for postage indicia having a user-selected postage value to be printed on the non-value-bearing label of the self-adhesive label sheet, the second user request comprising the identification code portion; and

cause, based on system validation of the identification code portion in the second user request, printing of the postage indicia to be enabled for the client device to create a value-bearing label, the printed value-bearing label (i) being created from the non-value-bearing label of the self-adhesive label sheet and (ii) comprising the user-provided image, the identification code, and the postage indicia.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system validation of the identification code portion is a system validation of the identification code such that all portions of the identification code are used to validate the second user request.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

obtain, based on a scan of the printed value-bearing label, a validation request to validate the printed value-bearing label, the validation request comprising the identification code and data of the postage indicia; and

validate the printed value-bearing label responsive to a determination that the identification code corresponds to the postage indicia, the postage indicia being associated with a digital signature.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

provide a user interface on which first and second portions of the user interface are presented in-view on the user interface at a given time, the first user interface portion presenting a first set of selectable labels customized with respective user-provided images, the second user interface portion presenting a second set of selectable labels on a sheet;

obtain, via the user interface, a user selection of a label from the first set of selectable labels that is to be applied to at least one label of the second set of selectable labels; and

obtain, via the user interface, a user selection of multiple labels of the second set of selectable labels subsequent to the user selection of the first-set label; and

cause, via the user interface, based on the user selection of the first-set label and the multiple second-set labels, the first-set label to be applied to the multiple second-set labels without requiring further user selection of the first-set label to apply the first-set label to the multiple second-set labels,

wherein the first user request for a physical print of the non-value-bearing label is based on the first-set label being applied to the multiple second-set labels, the non-value-bearing label being a version of the first-set label.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

obtain, via the user interface, a user selection of another label from the first set of selectable labels that is to be applied to at least one label of the second set of selectable labels;

obtain, via the user interface, a user selection of another label of the second set of selectable labels subsequent to the user selection of the other first-set label, the other second-set label being a label on the sheet in addition to the multiple second-set labels; and

cause, via the user interface, based on the user selection of the other first-set label and the other second-set label, the other first-set label to be applied to the other second-set label.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first user request is a request for a physical print of a sheet of non-value-bearing labels, the sheet of non-value bearing labels comprising the non-value-bearing label and other non-value bearing labels, and wherein the computer system is caused to:

assign a master identification code to the sheet of non-value-bearing labels, the master identification code being the identification code portion such that the identification code assigned to the non-value-bearing label comprises the master identification code and one or more characters in addition to the master identification code; and

assign another identification code to each of the other non-value bearing labels such that each of the other identification codes assigned to the other non-value bearing labels are different from one another.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

cause, via the printing device, printing of the sheet of non-value-bearing labels such that the printed sheet of non-value bearing labels comprises the user-provided image, the master identification code, the identification code, and the other identification codes without an indication of a postage value on the sheet of non-value bearing labels.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

assign, based on the system validation of the identification code portion in the second user request, the user-selected postage value to the identification code.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer system is caused to:

obtain the user-provided image based on a user input provided via a user interface; and

obtain quality assurance review information indicating that the user-provided image has passed quality assurance review,

wherein the printing of the non-value-bearing label is caused further based on the quality assurance review information.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-adhesive label sheet is printed at a provider site, and wherein the first user request and the second user request originated from a customer of the provider.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the self-adhesive label sheet is printed at a non-customer entity site, and wherein the first user request and the second user request originated from a customer of a provider associated with the non-customer entity.

12. A method of facilitating customer-side printing of postage indicia on provider-printed customer-customized labels, the method being implemented by a computer system comprising one or more physical processors executing computer program instructions that, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:

obtaining, via the Internet, a first user request for a physical print of a non-value-bearing label customized with a user-provided image;

assigning an identification code to the non-value-bearing label, at least a portion of the identification code being usable to modify the non-value-bearing label into a value-bearing label;

printing and die-cutting, based on the user-provided image and the identification code, a self-adhesive label sheet comprising multiple non-value-bearing labels such that the identification code is represented as an invisible fluorescent ink pattern on the non-value-bearing label of the self-adhesive label sheet, wherein the non-value-bearing label and other labels of the multiple non-value-bearing labels do not specify a postage value;

subsequent to delivery of the self-adhesive label sheet to a customer, obtaining, from a client device via the Internet, a second user request for postage indicia having a user-selected postage value to be printed on the non-value-bearing label of the self-adhesive label sheet, the second user request comprising the identification code portion; and

causing, based on system validation of the identification code portion in the second user request, printing of the postage indicia to be enabled for the client device to create a printed value-bearing label, the printed value-bearing label (i) being created from the non-value-bearing label of the self-adhesive label sheet and (ii) comprising the user-provided image, the identification code, and the postage indicia.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

obtaining, based on a scan of the printed value-bearing label, a validation request to validate the printed value-bearing label, the validation request comprising the identification code and data of the postage indicia; and

validating the printed value-bearing label responsive to a determination that the identification code corresponds to the postage indicia, the postage indicia being associated with a digital signature.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

providing a user interface on which first and second portions of the user interface are presented in-view on the user interface at a given time, the first user interface portion presenting a first set of selectable labels customized with respective user-provided images, the second user interface portion presenting a second set of selectable labels on a sheet;

obtaining, via the user interface, a user selection of a label from the first set of selectable labels that is to be applied to at least one label of the second set of selectable labels; and

obtaining, via the user interface, a user selection of multiple labels of the second set of selectable labels subsequent to the user selection of the first-set label; and

causing, via the user interface, based on the user selection of the first-set label and the multiple second-set labels, the first-set label to be applied to the multiple second-set labels without requiring further user selection of the first-set label to apply the first-set label to the multiple second-set labels,

wherein the first user request for a physical print of the non-value-bearing label is based on the first-set label being applied to the multiple second-set labels, the non-value-bearing label being a version of the first-set label.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

obtaining, via the user interface, a user selection of another label from the first set of selectable labels that is to be applied to at least one label of the second set of selectable labels;

obtaining, via the user interface, a user selection of another label of the second set of selectable labels subsequent to the user selection of the other first-set label, the other second-set label being a label on the sheet in addition to the multiple second-set labels; and

causing, via the user interface, based on the user selection of the other first-set label and the other second-set label, the other first-set label to be applied to the other second-set label.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first user request is a request for a physical print of a sheet of non-value-bearing labels, the sheet of non-value bearing labels comprising the non-value-bearing label and other non-value bearing labels, the method further comprising:

assigning a master identification code to the sheet of non-value-bearing labels, the master identification code being the identification code portion such that the identification code assigned to the non-value-bearing label comprises the master identification code and one or more characters in addition to the master identification code; and

assigning another identification code to each of the other non-value bearing labels such that each of the other identification codes assigned to the other non-value bearing labels are different from one another.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

causing, via the printing device, printing of the sheet of non-value-bearing labels such that the printed sheet of non-value bearing labels comprises the user-provided image, the master identification code, the identification code, and the other identification codes without an indication of a postage value on the sheet of non-value bearing labels.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the self-adhesive label sheet is printed at a provider site, and wherein the first user request and the second user request originated from a customer of the provider.