Patent ID: 7501036

Claim:
Manipulation and/or printing method for printed or unprinted labels fed from a continuous label sheet ( 12 ) which are cut into rows having uncut single labels ( 15 ) which are fed to a cutting group ( 18 ) where said single labels ( 15 ) are individually cut and placed above a suction feed belt ( 19 ) having a first side end and a second side end, said suction feed belt ( 19 ) being placed perpendicular to a feed direction of said continuous label sheet ( 12 ), said method having a step of feeding said single labels (l 5 ), which are unprinted, on said suction feed belt ( 19 ) towards a print head ( 23 ), placed at the first side end of said suction feed belt ( 19 ) with said print head ( 23 ) being placed perpendicular to the feed direction of the label sheet ( 12 ), and printing one single label after the other and directing said single labels ( 15 ) having writing ( 14 ) toward said labeller ( 30 ) or if said continuous label sheet ( 12 ) is printed, feeding said continuous label sheet ( 12 ) to cutting group ( 18 ) after first deactivating said print head ( 23 ), prior to cutting single labels ( 15 ) and thereafter activating said suction feed belt ( 19 ) in a direction of rotation directly towards said labeler ( 30 ) which is placed near a second side end of said suction feed belt, said labeler ( 30 ) being positioned perpendicular to the feed direction of the continuous label sheet ( 12 ).