Patent ID: 11945239
Assignee: GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 20:
21. A method for controlling a printing process by which a print head prints an image onto a label affixed to a tube positioned adjacent to the print head and adjacent to a sensor configured to detect optical and/or physical features of the label, the method comprising:
(a) detecting the presence of the label affixed to the tube with the sensor;
(b) after step (a), with a controller, transmitting a command to the sensor to detect a position of a timing mark on the label affixed to the tube, wherein the sensor fails to generate a signal indicating the position of the timing mark on the label affixed to the tube; and
(c) after step (b), with the controller, selectively activating the print head while effecting relative movement between the print head and the label to print multiple images at multiple positions on the label affixed to the tube.