摘要 |
The invention relates to a device and a method for labelling individual packages (1), with a feed unit (2) for conveying the package (1), particularly horizontally, a printing device for printing a label (4) that is detachably affixed to a carrier strip (3), and an application unit (5) for applying the printed label (4), in particular to the underside of the package (1). The printing device (23) is arranged laterally outside the feed unit (2) and, to dispense the printed label (4), has a label dispensing device (17, 24) with at least one directional component in a direction opposite to the conveyance direction (f) of the package (1), and the application unit (5) has a manipulator (6, 7, 9), for the label (4), which can be displaced along an axis (8) extending substantially transversely to the conveyance direction (f), such that the printed label (4) detached from the carrier strip (3) can be transferred onto the manipulator (6, 7, 9) when said manipulator is in a first axial position, laterally outside the feed unit (2), and such that when the manipulator (6, 7, 9) is in a second axial position, said label can be brought into the vicinity of the package (1) and applied onto the underside of the package (1) from there.
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