LINERLESS LABEL IMAGING AND CUTTING

摘要

A method and apparatus for imaging, cutting and applying a linerless label substrate (2). The substrate (2) is transported to an imaging area (5) and is selectively illuminated by a suitable laser (10) to form an image. By determining the position of the edge of the image, further laser illumination is used to cut the label substrate (2) thereby providing a single label for application to an object (7). In this manner, the method of the present invention provides all the benefits of a linerless labelling system plus enables flexibility in printing labels of different sizes.