Patent ID: 7117211
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of producing labels at a remote location in communication with a server and central database via the internet, comprising: receiving via the internet one or more orders for labels, the orders identifying variable data to be printed on the labels; storing the received orders in the central database; receiving a request via the internet to process one or more orders for production; storing a plurality of printing templates for a plurality of customers; merging printing data identified in the one or more orders to be processed and a template selected from the plurality of stored templates to generate image data for the labels to be printed for the one or more processed orders; and storing in the central database the generated image data to be communicated via the internet to a remote location for label production wherein the image data for the processed orders stored in the central database is associated with one of a plurality of different types of label production machines; receiving a request via the internet to change the production machine for the labels; and reprocessing the orders in accordance with a different printing template associated with the changed production machine.