Patent ID: 8052832

Claim:
A method for installing a roll of labels on a labeler, the method comprising: removing from a labeler a first core having a generally winding first sheet which supports a plurality of first labels; positioning the first sheet on a support surface; positioning on the labeler a second core having a generally winding second sheet which supports a plurality of second labels; disposing the second sheet on the first sheet; cutting the first sheet and the second sheet to provide a severed second sheet, a residual second sheet, a severed first sheet, and a residual first sheet, wherein the cutting of the first sheet and the second sheet comprises passing a knife member through a first groove in the support surface; removing the severed second sheet to expose the residual first sheet; positioning a splicing tape over cut portions of the first sheet and the second sheet and between a first pair of tape guides and a second pair of tape guides, and wherein tape guides of each pair are spaced at a distance that is substantially equal to a width of the splicing tape; coupling the residual second sheet to the residual first sheet by disposing the splicing tape on top of the residual second sheet and on top of the residual first sheet; and cutting the splicing tape, wherein cutting of the splicing tape comprises passing the knife member through a second groove and a third groove in the support surface, wherein the first groove intersects with the second groove and the third groove forming two intersections, wherein the two intersections are spaced from each other at a first distance, and wherein the first pair of tape guides are spaced from the second pair of tape guides at a second distance, wherein the second distance is longer than the first distance.