Label printing and separating apparatus and method

摘要

A label printing system prints information on a series of labels carried on a web of release liner. The system includes a data processor and a printer. The printer includes a print head, a mechanism for advancing the web, a mechanism for reversing the web, and a mechanism for separating the labels from the release liner as the web advances. The data processor controls the printer to reverse the web until one of the labels is aligned with the print head, print information on the label, and then advance the web for separation of the printed label from the release liner.