Patent ID: 8122686

Claim:
A method for the production of a plurality of packs of several articles comprising the steps of: wrapping packs with a respective portion of a plastic film from a continuous film web; providing a printing unit at a position (P i ) along a transport path of the continuous film web, wherein the printing unit is designed to print on a plurality of spaced apart printing areas in a respective portion of the plastic film onto the continuous film web; determining another position (P a ) for the printing unit along the transport path of the continuous film web with respect to a rate of feed (v T ) of the continuous film web, wherein at this another position (P a ) the rate of feed (v T ) of the continuous film web is adjusted to a printing rate of the printing unit and to the rate of feed (v T ) of the continuous film web in a film wrapping station being subordinated to the printing unit; and sliding the printing unit from the previous position (P i ) to the determined other position (P a ).