Patent ID: 9126422
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a printer, a request having image configuration data, wherein the request is placed by a user via a direction interaction using a touch panel of the printer or an indirect interaction using a software application at a computing device over a network; generating, at the printer, instructions based on the image configuration data to facilitate producing a label on and within a dedicated area of a laboratory media container, wherein the dedicated area is coated with a sensitive material including a chemical-resistance material coating that is sealed from external chemical reactions, wherein the label is temporarily or permanently displayed by activating the sensitive material of the dedicated area, wherein the label is encapsulated within the sensitive material and sealed onto the dedicated area to proof the label from damage or removal, wherein the laboratory media container to hold one or more laboratory samples, wherein the laboratory media container is associated with one or more media types including glass media types having a media cassette, a media slide, a media vial, and a media test tube, wherein the printer comprises a dedicated stage area that is capable of holding the laboratory media container, wherein the laboratory media container is automatically loaded into or automatically ejected from the dedicated stage area, wherein the label includes an image such that the image is produced in accordance with the image configuration data compliance with print requirements associated with a media type associated with the laboratory media container, and wherein the laboratory media container and the associated media type are automatically selected based on a current processing phase of an ongoing laboratory workflow process as determined by a media labeling software application and further based on a user selection as provided in the image configuration data; and determining the print requirements relating to a media type of the laboratory media container, wherein the print requirements include one or more of surface types of the surface, angles, offsets, laser beam focal points, laser beam strengths, and head capabilities associated with each of the one or more media types, and wherein the image is printed in accordance with print requirements, and wherein directing comprises facilitating the laser to generate an image on the portion of the surface of the laboratory media container by pulsing on the portion of the surface while moving across the entire surface of the laboratory media container by reflecting off of a laser beam mirror, wherein the laser is facilitated using a laser beam controller such that the laser beam controller controls galvanic actuated mirrors or rotating polygon mirrors associated with the laser.