摘要 |
<p>A method of applying an identification label (106, figure 1) to an item of clothing (110, figure 1). Data identifying an owner of the item of clothing is stored 300 in a storage device. The data is then retrieved 302 and used to generate a printing instruction 304 corresponding to a label layout bearing data identifying the owner. The identification data is then printed 308 onto a heat seal label, and the heat seal label is affixed 310 onto a pre-existing care label (108, figure 1) on the item of clothing using a heat seal machine (112, figure 1). The apparatus is intended to aid identification of an individuals clothing within a care home environment. Identifying data may be printed as text, bar-codes, QR-codes or stored on an RFID.</p> |