Patent ID: 8064082

Claim:
A system for generating a label on-demand, the system comprising: a push-button switch communicatively directly coupled to a wireless bridge, wherein when the switch is actuated by an associated user action, the switch forms an electric circuit with the wireless bridge to generate a print request for a label without further user interaction and the print request includes a unique identifier associated with the wireless bridge, wherein the unique identifier includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the wireless bridge associated with the switch; and a data storage device communicatively coupled to the wireless bridge, wherein the data storage device stores information associated with one or more work pieces and the data storage device processes the received print request to identify label information to be transmitted to the IP address of the wireless bridge for printing on a printer associated with the switch, wherein the printer is communicatively coupled to the data storage device and the printer receives a least a portion of the label information from the storage device and prints at least a portion of the received label information in a predetermined manner on the label, wherein the predetermined manner is based on the label information stored on the data storage device.