Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Drucken und zur Handhabung von Etiketten auf einem Trägerband und von trägerbandlosen Etiketten

摘要

The printer has pressure sensitive labels releasably adhered to a carrier web and linerless-type pressure sensitive labels arranged in a web. There is a print head for printing on labels, a drive mechanism for advancing a web of labels of either the liner-type or the linerless type, a delaminator for delaminating labels from a carrier web, and a positioning mechanism for selectively positioning the delaminator in a first position for delaminating and dispensing liner-type labels from a carrier web and in a second position for dispensing linerless-type labels. The print head comprises a thermal print head. Pressure sensitive labels are releasably adhered to a carrier web and linerless-type pressure sensitive labels arranged in a web. A drive mechanism advances a web of labels of either the liner type or the linerless type.