Patent ID: 8168033

Claim:
A method of printing and affixing an individual label onto an item having a machine readable code thereon, comprising: scanning the machine readable code to obtain unique item information from the scanned machine readable code utilizing an automated device comprising a scanner, a printer, and a peel, pick, and place portion; supplying a label to the printer; sending the unique item information to the printer; printing information to the label using the unique item information; positioning a vacuum chuck of the peel, pick, and place portion adjacent to the label; applying, with the vacuum chuck, a partial vacuum to the label to pick the label up, wherein the vacuum chuck is positioned adjacent to the label before the partial vacuum is applied; and affixing the label onto the item utilizing the peel, pick, and place portion, wherein affixing the label onto the item includes affixing a first portion of the label onto a first side of the item, flipping the item over and affixing a second portion of the label onto a second side of the item.