EP0684130B1 - Etiquettes et leur fabrication - Google Patents

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EP0684130B1
EP0684130B1 EP95303034A EP95303034A EP0684130B1 EP 0684130 B1 EP0684130 B1 EP 0684130B1 EP 95303034 A EP95303034 A EP 95303034A EP 95303034 A EP95303034 A EP 95303034A EP 0684130 B1 EP0684130 B1 EP 0684130B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
    • B31D1/021—Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure, e.g. provided on carrier webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
    • B31D1/022—Label folding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D1/00—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles
    • B31D1/02—Multiple-step processes for making flat articles ; Making flat articles the articles being labels or tags
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  • the present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for producing self-adhesive labels and to self-adhesive labels.
  • a reel of labelstock material comprising a web of self-adhesive paper on a backing of release material
  • a single or multicolour web printing machine so as to print a succession of label images on the upper surface of the paper web and then, downstream of the printing station or stations in the machine, the paper web is die-cut at a die-cutting station and the waste matrix of self-adhesive paper surrounding the labels is stripped off the release material.
  • the release material carrying the succession of die-cut self-adhesive labels is then wound up into a reel.
  • US-A-5219183 discloses the production of printable sheets.
  • the sheets are cut from a web which has been printed by a conventional roller-based printing device.
  • the cut sheets are then individually printed by a laser printer.
  • the present invention aims at least partially to satisfy these needs.
  • the present invention provides a method of producing a succession of self-adhesive labels carried on a length of release material, the method including the steps of:
  • the present invention further provides a method of producing a succession of self-adhesive labels carried on a length of release material, the method including the steps of:- (a) digitally printing by electrophotographic imaging a succession of images on a web; (b) cutting the printed web into a succession of labels; and (c) adhering the succession of labels to a second web including a release material.
  • the present invention still further provides apparatus for producing a succession of self-adhesive labels on a length of release backing material, the apparatus comprising a digital printing unit for printing by electrophotographic imaging a web with a succession of images, the web being adhered to a release backing material web before or after the printing by the printing unit, and a die-cutting device for die-cutting self-adhesive labels from the web.
  • the present invention further provides apparatus for producing a succession of self-adhesive labels on a length of release material, the apparatus comprising a digital printing unit for printing by electrophotographic imaging a succession of images on a web, a cutting device for cutting the web into a succession of labels, and label applying device for applying the labels to a web including a release material, the labels being adhered to the web to form self-adhesive labels.
  • the present invention yet further provides a succession of self-adhesive labels carried on a length of release material, successive labels having at least two alternating images digitally printed by electrophotographic imaging.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown an apparatus, designated generally as 2, for the manufacture of printed self-adhesive labels in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the apparatus 2 comprises a printing unit 4 and a die-cutting and waste removal unit 6.
  • a roller 8 in the printing unit 4 is provided for mounting a supply reel 10 of labelstock material 12 to be printed
  • a rewind roller 13 is provided for mounting a reel 15 of the release backing material 14 of the labelstock material 12 carrying a succession of self-adhesive labels 16 thereon
  • a waste wind up roller 18 is provided for supporting a reel 19 of the waste matrix 20, formed from the self-adhesive paper web 22 of the labelstock material 12, which waste matrix 20 is removed from the release material 14 at the die-cutting and waste removal station 6.
  • the printing unit 4 is a digital printing apparatus which includes a plurality of printing stations in a printing engine 21.
  • the printing unit 4 also includes a drive system, including rollers 30,32,34,36,38, 40,42 for controllably conveying the web of labelstock material 12 through the printing unit 4 and to the die-cutting and waste removal unit 6.
  • the printing stations 22,24,26,28 are digital printing stations, working preferably with a dry toner process (although optionally with a wet ink process) which typically are similar to those employed in colour photocopiers or laser printers.
  • the printing process may be a direct or offset digital process.
  • the printing stations 22,24,26,28 are controlled by a computer input 44 which, together with computer software, controls the printing engine 21 of the printing unit 4, and the drive system so as to ensure that the desired images are printed on the web 12.
  • the computer input 44 may include computer terminals set up with commercially available publishing software.
  • the printing unit 4 together with its associated computer input 44 are available in commerce from Agfa-Gevaert N.V. of Belgium under the trade name Chromapress. Alternative printing units are available from Xeikon N.V. of Belgium or Indigo of the Netherlands.
  • the printing stations 22,24,26,28 employ an electrophotographic imaging process wherein a dry toner is applied to the web 12 to be printed by a rotating drum. The printed image is digitised and divided into an array of pixels which permits an extremely high quality image to be produced. The dry toner is fused onto the paper web at a heating station 46 downstream of the printing engine 21.
  • the printing stations 22,24,26,28 are, unlike the printing cylinders of known flexographic, rotary letterpress and offset lithography self-adhesive label printing apparatus, seamless, i.e. there is no requirement for the printing drum to have a portion extending across its circumference which cannot be employed to print an image. This results in the significant technical advantage that the printing stations 22,24,26,28 can each print images having variable repeat lengths. In fact the printing stations 22,24,26,28 can be controlled to print an image of infinite length with an appropriate computer input.
  • the apparatus 2 for producing self-adhesive labels may be employed in a first run to produce a succession of self-adhesive labels having a first repeat length and then, with an appropriate command from the computer input 44, may then be used in a second run to produce different labels having a different repeat length, this being achieved without the requirement between the runs for make ready time to modify the printing unit as would be required in the known flexographic, web offset or rotary letterpress label printing apparatus.
  • the apparatus 2 for producing labels can be employed to print different images along the length of the labelstock material 12.
  • the apparatus may be set up by appropriate commands from the computer input 44, to print, in alternation, front and back labels 48,50 on the release material 14, the front and back labels 48,50 being subsequently employed for labelling a product such as a bottle.
  • the computer input 44 for the printing unit 4 can readily be operated so as to print continually variable information such as alpha numeric characters, bar codes or matrix codes on selected labels.
  • the apparatus 2 can readily be configured to print numerically varying serial numbers on selected labels 48.
  • the apparatus shown in Figure 1 can be employed either to print only the upper surface of the self-adhesive paper web 20 of the labelstock web 12 or alternatively both sides of the labelstock web 12, including the release material 14 of the labelstock web 12.
  • the release material 14 may be printed on its lower surface with variable information, typically sequential numbers, codes or barcodes associated with the respective labels on the release material.
  • two labelstock webs may be passed through the printing unit 4 in back-to-back configuration so that the self-adhesive paper web of each labelstock web is printed.
  • the die-cutting and waste removal unit 6 is configured so as to cut and remove the waste from both webs.
  • a single labelstock web having a folded configuration so as to be of double thickness with a single longitudinal fold extending along the length thereof may be passed through the apparatus 2.
  • the longitudinal fold is slit off from the web, for example at the die-cutting and waste removal section 6, so as to produce two separate reels of printed labels.
  • a labelstock web comprising two self-adhesive paper webs adhered to a common web of release material which is coated with silicone on both sides thereof could be employed.
  • a coating apparatus 49 for coating the upper printed surface of the labelstock web 12 with an overprinting varnish which is curable by ultra violet light may be disposed upstream of the die-cutting and waste removal unit 6.
  • An ultra violet lamp 51 is disposed downstream of the coating apparatus 49.
  • the lamp 51 emits ultra violet (UV) radiation which cures the varnish passing thereunder.
  • UV ultra violet
  • a suitable UV-curable overprinting varnish is available in commerce from Coates Inks in the United Kingdom.
  • FIG. 3 A further embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in Figure 3 in which an apparatus, designated generally as 52, for producing self-adhesive labels incorporates a printing unit 54 which is arranged to print a single paper web 56 which is then laminated to a web 58 of release material to which has been applied a layer 60 of pressure-sensitive adhesive from an adhesive applicator 62.
  • the release material web 58 may have been pre-printed, or may be simultaneously printed by a printing unit (not shown) similar to printing unit 54.
  • a reel 64 of the paper web is mounted in the printing unit 54 and is fed out by the web conveying system through a printing engine 66 of the printing unit in which desired single or multicolour images are formed on the web by an electrophotographic process employing a dry toner system in a manner similar to that described above with reference to Figure 1.
  • the web 56 may be printed on one or both sides.
  • the printing process is controlled by the computer input 68.
  • the printed web 56 then passes to a laminating station 70 comprising a pair of opposed rollers 72,74 at which the printed web 56 is adhered to the underlying web of release material 58 which is fed out from a reel 75 thereof and has been coated with the layer 60 of pressure-sensitive adhesive which has been applied by the adhesive applicator 62.
  • the combined printed duplex labelstock web 76 is then conveyed to a die-cutting and waste removal unit 78 which die-cuts self-adhesive labels 80 from the printed paper web 56.
  • the resultant self-adhesive labels 80 carried on the backing 58 of release material are wound into a reel 82 and the waste matrix 84 of the paper web 56 is also wound into a waste reel 86.
  • the apparatus of Figure 3 may be employed as described hereinabove to produce single layer self-adhesive labels 80 carried on a length of release material 58.
  • This particular embodiment has an advantage over that of Figure 1 in that only a single paper web is conveyed through the printing unit 54, which facilitates control of the printing operation and also permits both sides of the self-adhesive labels to be printed if desired. This is advantageous when for example the label is to be applied to a transparent bottle where it is desirable for the rear surface of the label to carry a printed image.
  • the apparatus of Figure 3 may also be configured so as to manufacture multi layer labels having at least one fold line.
  • a plough folding device 88 as shown in Figure 3 which may be of a known construction.
  • the plough folding device 88 is positioned between the printing unit 54 and the laminating station 70 and is adapted to introduce one or more (in the illustrated embodiment only one) longitudinal fold into the printed paper web 56.
  • the folded paper web 56 is laminated to the underlying web of release material 58 carrying the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 60 and after the die-cutting step the self-adhesive label has a multilayer configuration.
  • the labelstock web 76 is overlaminated with a self-adhesive pressure-sensitive laminar material, for example a transparent plastics (e.g. polyester) self-adhesive web prior to die cutting.
  • a self-adhesive pressure-sensitive laminar material for example a transparent plastics (e.g. polyester) self-adhesive web prior to die cutting.
  • FIG 4 shows a cross-section through the single printed paper web 56 upstream of the plough folding unit 88 of Figure 3 and Figure 5 is a cross-section through the resultant self-adhesive labels 80 prior to being wound onto the reel 82.
  • each label 80 incorporates a longitudinal fold line 90 between a bottom panel 92 and a top panel 94 of the self-adhesive label 80.
  • the top panel 94 is longer in the transverse direction than the bottom panel 92 so that the rear surface of the label consists of the rear surface of the bottom panel 92 and of an extending flap portion 96 of the top panel 94.
  • the top panel 94 can be releasably detached from the product by pulling the extending flap portion 96 thereby to reveal the previously hidden inwardly-directed surfaces of the bottom and top panels 92,94.
  • the apparatus of Figure 3 may be configured so as to form multilaminar labels having a variety of different folded configurations.
  • the adhesive layer 60 may be applied either continuously or as a succession of patches for adhering successive labels to the release material.
  • the labels may be overlaminated with a self-adhesive transparent plastics web either before the die-cutting and waste-removal unit 78 or after the die-cutting and waste-removal unit 78, in which case a further die-cutting and waste-removal unit is required to cut the plastics web into a succession of over-laminate portions each covering a respective self-adhesive label.
  • FIG. 6 A further embodiment of apparatus for producing self-adhesive labels is illustrated in Figures 6 and 7.
  • the reel 104 comprises an indeterminate length of a backing web 108 of release material, typically comprising a silicone-faced backing paper.
  • the backing web 108 is provided in a reel 110 of duplex labelstock material 119 comprising a self-adhesive web 112 of paper or plastics which is coated on its reverse side with pressure-sensitive adhesive and is carried on the release material web 108.
  • the web 112 may have been pre-printed, for example with a succession of images, by a digital printing process using a digital printing unit either earlier or simultaneously with the printing of the web 164 as hereinbelow described.
  • the self-adhesive web 112 may be omitted.
  • the reel 110 is mounted in the apparatus 102 as a supply reel which is fed out over one or more guide rollers 114 to a label applying station, designated generally as 116, which includes a pair of opposed rollers 118,120 between which the labelstock material 119 is passed.
  • a label applying station 116 which includes a pair of opposed rollers 118,120 between which the labelstock material 119 is passed.
  • individual folded printed labels 122 are fed between the rollers 118,120 by a label feed system designated generally as 126, whereby the folded labels 122 are applied to the upper surface of the self-adhesive web 112.
  • the folded labels 122 are thereby adhered to the self-adhesive web 112.
  • the combined web/label assembly 131 is conveyed to a die-cutting station designated generally as 132 which includes an upper die-cutting roller 134 with a lower opposed backing roller 136.
  • the die-cutting station 134 is downstream in the direction of web movement from the label feed system 126.
  • the resultant self-adhesive labels 106 are cut out from the overlying laminar material 128, the folded labels 122 and the self-adhesive web 112.
  • the release web 108 is not cut.
  • the waste web skeleton 138 which may include waste pieces of the folded labels 122 is wound up on a waste reel 140 and the web of release backing material 108 carrying the succession of self-adhesive labels 106 is wound up on reel 104 as a take-up reel, the backing material web 108 having been fed over one or more guide rollers 142.
  • the label feed system 126 has an output end 44 past which the labelstock material 119 comprising the self-adhesive web 112 carried on the web 108 of release backing material is moved by a web conveying system comprising a drive unit (not shown) and the supply and take-up reels 104 and the guide rollers 114,142, the drive unit rotating at least the take-up reel 104 and optionally the supply reel 104 and/or one or more of the guide rollers 114,142.
  • the label feed system 126 also includes an input end 146 which is disposed beneath a sheet folding unit designated generally as 148.
  • the label feed system 126 has a conveying device which comprises upper and lower endless belts 150,152 which are mounted between respective pairs of rollers 154,156.
  • the endless belts 150,152 are rotatably driven by the respective rollers 154,156 at least one of which is in turn driven by a feed motor 202 so as to move folded labels 122 in succession from the input end 146 at which folded labels 122 are received from the folding unit 148 to the output end 144 at which folded labels 122 are fed onto the self-adhesive web 112 between the rollers 118,120.
  • the folding unit 148 is of generally known construction and comprises a zig-zag array of folding rollers 158 together with a zig-zag array of folding pockets 160 on opposed sides of the array of rollers 158.
  • the folding rollers 158 rotate continuously to drive a sheet through the folding unit 148.
  • a sheet 162 is fed through the uppermost pair of rollers 158 and into the uppermost folding pocket 160.
  • the leading edge of the sheet 62 hits the end of the folding pocket 160, the sheet 162 continues to be fed by the rollers 158 and the initially flat sheet 162 is then upset by this continued feeding so as to have a folded configuration with a single fold.
  • the location of the fold in the sheet 162 is determined by the depth of the folding pocket 160.
  • the single folded sheet 162 is then fed by the next pair of rollers 158 (i.e. the second and third rollers) in the zig-zag array into the second folding pocket 160 and in the same way a second fold line is formed. This process continues until the desired folded sheet 162 is achieved, the sheet having a number of fold lines corresponding to the number of folding pockets 160.
  • the resultant fully folded label 122 is then fed out from the lowermost pair of rollers 158 between the endless belts 150,152 of the label feed system 126.
  • the folding unit 148 is supplied continuously with printed sheets 162 which have been formed from a single printed web 164 which is fed out from a printing unit 166 having the same configuration as the printing units of the embodiments of Figures 1 and 3. If desired, in order to provide additional pages in the ultimate label, the web 164 has been longitudinally plough folded prior to forming of the printed sheets.
  • the printing unit 166 is controlled by a computer input 167.
  • the web 164 is thus printed on one or both sides by a digital printing technique.
  • the printed web 164 is fed to a festoon 170 at which a supply length of the printed web 164 is tensioned.
  • the web 164 then passes between a drive roller 172 and an upper opposed roller 174 of a web feed system 171 which feeds the web intermittently to a cutting device 176 comprising a cutting roller 178 and an opposed backing roller 180.
  • the cutting device 176 cuts off a desired length of the printed web to form a separate printed sheet 162 which is then fed into the folding unit 148.
  • the operation of the web feed system 171 and of the printing unit 166 are coupled together whereby the printed web 164 is fed on demand to the web feed system as and when required.
  • the drive roller 172 is driven by an electromagnetic clutch 175 which has its input shaft 177 continuously driven.
  • the electromagnetic clutch 175 is actuated intermittently so as to rotate the drive roller 72 when the printed web 164 is required to be fed through the cutting device 176.
  • the feed motor 202 continuously drives not only at least one of rollers 154,156 thereby continuously rotating the endless belts 150,152 of the label feed system 126 but also continuously drives the folding rollers 158 of the folding unit 148 and the input shaft 177 of the electromagnetic clutch 175 of the drive roller 172 for the printed web 164.
  • the driven roller or rollers 154,156, the folding rollers 158 and the input shaft 177 are mechanically geared together, thereby providing a mechanical coupling between the web feed system 171, the folding unit 148 and the label feed system 126.
  • the apparatus 102 includes a number of sensors, with associated control systems, for controlling and coordinating the operation of the various parts of the apparatus 102.
  • a printed web sensor 182 is provided between the festoon 170 and the drive roller 172 for the printed web 164.
  • the sensor 172 which is typically a photodetector, is adapted to detect a series of printed marks along the printed web 164. The detection of each printed mark causes a detection signal to be generated which switches off the electromagnetic clutch 175 for the drive roller 172 and actuates the cutting device 176 when the web 164 has stopped.
  • the cutting device, and the web drive are thereby operable in response to a detection signal from the sensor.
  • a second sensor 184 is provided in the label feed system 126 and is adapted to detect each folded label 122 as it passes along the label feed system 126.
  • the sensor 184 is typically a photodetector which is adapted to detect either an edge, for example the leading edge, of each folded label 122 or a printed registration mark on each folded label 122.
  • the second sensor is adapted to control the application of the folded label 122 to the self-adhesive web 112 so that it is in registry with the die-cutting roller 134. This registration is employed when the web 109 is not pre-printed, pre-cut or otherwise provided with a succession of registration points along the length of the web 109.
  • the second sensor 184 controls the application of the folded label 122 by varying the speed of the feed motor 202 in the manner described below.
  • the variation of the speed of the feed motor 202 causes corresponding speeding up or slowing down of the web feed system 171, the folding unit 148 and the label feed system 126 which are coupled together.
  • the web conveying system 186 comprises a main motor 188 which drives the take-up reel 104 and preferably at least one of the supply reel 110, the guide rollers 114,142 and the rollers 120 and 136.
  • a speed setter 190 inputs a digital signal into the main motor 188 representative of the desired web speed.
  • the main motor 188 is connected to an encoder 192 which is adapted continuously to output a series of pulses, the instantaneous rate of which is related to the actual speed of the main motor 188.
  • the pulses are received by a motor control 194 which compares the instantaneous pulse rate with the rate of the desired set speed and if there is a difference in those two rates, the motor control 194 outputs a feedback signal which is received by the main motor 188 and instantaneously corrects the speed of the main motor 188.
  • This feedback control provides continuous instantaneous control of the speed of the main motor 188 so that at any given time the actual speed is the same as the desired set speed.
  • the encoder 192 also outputs a pulse signal, comprising a series of pulses at a particular rate, to a pulse counter 196.
  • a pulse signal comprising a series of pulses at a particular rate.
  • Each pulse is representative of a specific angular rotation of the main motor 188 and thus is representative of a specific distance which the labelstock web material has moved as a result of being driven by the main motor 188.
  • the pulse counter 196 outputs a series of pulses to a ratio selector 198.
  • the series of pulses could be outputted directly to the ratio selector 198 from the encoder 192.
  • the ratio selector 198 can be set to a predetermined ratio, typically to four decimal places, so that the pulse rate output therefrom is a predetermined ratio of the pulse rate input from the pulse counter 196.
  • the output of pulses from the ratio selector 198 is fed to a motor control 200 for a feed motor 202 of the label feed system 126.
  • the motor control 200 outputs a pulsed motor control signal to the feed motor 202 and the feed motor 202 rotates at a speed governed by the pulse rate of the pulsed motor control signal.
  • the pulsed motor control signal controls the feed motor 202 and thereby the rate at which folded printed labels 122 are delivered onto the self-adhesive web 112 by the label feed system 126.
  • the rate at which the printed web 164 is fed by the web feed system 171, thereby controlling the rate at which printed sheets 162 are fed into the folding unit 148, and the rate of operation of the folding unit 148 are also correspondingly controlled because the web feed system 171 and the folding unit 148 are geared to the label feed system 126.
  • the feed motor 202 is connected to an encoder 204 which is adapted continuously to output a series of pulses, the instantaneous rate of which is related the actual speed of the feed motor 202.
  • the pulses are received by the motor control 200 which compares the instantaneous pulse rate with the rate of the desired set speed. If there is a difference in the two pulse rates, the motor control 200 outputs a feedback signal which may be positive or negative depending on whether the feed motor 102 is running slow or fast.
  • the feedback signal is added arithmetically to the pulsed input from the ratio selector 198 to form the pulsed motor control signal which is fed to the feed motor 202.
  • the pulsed motor control signal may be continuously varied to ensure that the feed motor 202 is running at a speed that is at the desired ratio of the speed of the main motor 188.
  • the motor control 200 also acts as a pulsed signal accumulator.
  • the web conveying system and the label feed system can be arranged to run at a set speed ratio, the speed ratio being related to the length of each finished label, the length of each folded label which is applied to the web and the spacing between the folded labels on the web.
  • the label feed system 126 is also controlled with respect to the die-cutting roller 134 so as to ensure that when each folded printed label 122 is applied to the self-adhesive web 112, the folded printed label 122 is applied at substantially the correct position, irrespective of any fluctuations or variations in the position of the folded printed labels upstream of the sensor 184 in the label feed system 126 and the folding unit 148, so that when the folded printed label 122 is cut by the die-cutting roller 34 at the die-cutting station 132, the die-cut is substantially in registration with the folded printed label 122.
  • the die-cutting roller 134 is provided with a die-sensor 206.
  • the die-sensor 206 detects when the die-cutting roller 134 is at a prescribed angular orientation and thus correlates the die-cutting roller 134 with respect to a particular stage of the die-cutting cycle.
  • the die-sensor 206 may be arranged to emit a die-signal at the commencement of a rotary die-cutting operation.
  • the die-sensor 206 is adapted to input a die-sensor signal to the pulse counter 196 which triggers the pulse counter 196 into outputting a pulse count signal to a comparator 208.
  • the folded label sensor 184 also sends a signal to the comparator 208 when it detects a folded label 122.
  • the two signals from the pulse counter 196 and the folded label sensor 184 received by the comparator 208 are processed and compared to yield an error signal which is indicative of any distance which the actual position of the detected folded label 122 in the label feed system 126 leads or lags a desired position which is in registry with respect to the die-cutting roller 134.
  • Such an error signal is outputted by the comparator 208 to the motor control accumulator 200 of the label feed system 126.
  • the feed motor 202 of the label feed system 126 causes the feed motor 202 of the label feed system 126 to be instantaneously speeded up or slowed down thereby to advance or retard the application to the self-adhesive web 112 of the detected folded label 122 in the label feed system 126 so that that detected folded label 122 is applied to the self-adhesive web 112 at the correct position with respect to the downstream die-cutting operation by the die-cutting roller 134.
  • the die-cutting roller 134 defines the position of the resultant self-adhesive labels 106 along the web of release material 104 and the position of the folded printed labels 122 is registered on the labelstock web 109 with respect to the die-cutting roller 134.
  • the folded printed labels 122 in the label feed system 126 chase the position of the die-cutting roller 134 and each folded printed label 122 is applied to a target position on the web 112 which is correlated to a subsequent die-cut made by the die-cutting roller 134.
  • the operating speeds of the printed web feed system 171 and the folding unit 148 are preset with respect to the set speed of the label feed system 126 so that folded sheets 122 are fed at a desired rate from the folding unit 148 into the label feed system 126, but those operating speeds are varied in synchronism with any variation in the actual speed of the label feed system as a result of the coupling of those components together.
  • the computer input 167 is provided with software to control not only the printing unit 164 but also the web feed system 171, the folding unit 148, the label feed system 126, the web conveying system 186 and the ratio selector 198, so that all the components of the apparatus are operated in synchronism by a common control unit.
  • the computer input 167 not only supplies printing control signals to the printing unit 164 but also web position and label feed rate control signals to the web conveying system and the label feed system.
  • the web drive unit 168 continuously feeds the printed web 164 into the festoon 170, and any slack in the web 164, as a result of the intermittent operating of the drive roller 172 as described below, is taken up by the web drive unit 168.
  • the drive roller 172 feeds the printed web 164 through the cutting device 176 until the sensor 182 detects the next printed mark on the printed web 164. At this point, the desired length of the printed web 164 has been fed through the cutting device 176.
  • the drive roller 172 is instantaneously stopped by the electromagnetic clutch 175 to stop the web movement through the cutting device 176 and the cutting roller 178 is actuated to cut the desired length from the printed web 164.
  • the cut sheet 162 is then fed into the folding unit 148, folded to the desired folded configuration and then fed between the endless belts 150,152 of the label feed system 126. After the cutting operation, the web drive roller 172 is started again to commence the next feeding, cutting and folding cycle.
  • the label feed system 126 operates continuously and applies the succession of folded printed labels 122 onto the continuously moving web 112.
  • the speed of the label feed system 126 is set to be a particular ratio of the speed of the web conveying system and the application of each folded printed label 122 to the web 112 is controlled with respect to the position of the die-cutting roller 134.
  • the folded printed sheets 122 are adhered to the self-adhesive web 112 by the self-adhesive laminar material 128 and then the combined assembly 131 is die-cut at the die-cutting station 132 and the waste 138 removed.
  • the printed web 164 may be cut to form printed sheets 162 with waste web portions between adjacent printed sheets 162.
  • the cutting unit 176 may then be adapted to effect two cuts during one cutting cycle, the first cut to cut off the printed sheet 162 and the second cut to cut of a waste web portion.
  • the waste web portion may be ejected from the web feed system or the folding unit and discarded.
  • This arrangement may be employed when the printed web 164 is printed with a repeat length which is not the same as the length of the printed sheet. This enables the apparatus to utilise webs having fixed repeat lengths irrespective of variations in size of the printed sheets 162. This is an important advantage because it enables the use of webs printed with fixed repeat lengths to be used for varying lengths of printed sheets.
  • an adhesive applicator may be provided to deposit adhesive onto the upper surface of the self-adhesive web 112 or, when web 112 is omitted, the backing web 108, so as to adhere the sheets 122 to the respective web.
  • the adhesive may be applied as a continuous layer or as a succession of patches.

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  1. Procédé de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (16 ; 80 ; 106) portées sur une longueur d'un matériau de séparation (14 ; 58 ; 108), le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    (a) imprimer numériquement par imagerie électrophotographique une suite d'images sur une bande (20 ; 56 ; 164) ; et
    (b) découper à l'emporte-pièce la bande (20 ; 56 ; 164), la bande (20) étant autocollante et portée sur un support en matériau de séparation (14), ou la bande (56 ; 164) étant collée à un support en matériau de séparation (58 ; 108) entre les étapes d'impression et de découpage à l'emporte-pièce, de façon à former une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (16 ; 80 ; 106) sur le support en matériau de séparation (14 ; 58 ; 108).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel, lors de l'étape d'impression, différentes images sont imprimées en alternance sur la bande (20 ; 56 ; 164).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel la bande (164) est pliée après l'étape d'impression avant d'être collée au support en matériau de séparation (108) entre les étapes d'impression et de découpage.
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel des informations variables en continu sont imprimées en plus sur la bande (20 ; 56 ; 164) lors de l'étape d'impression.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la bande (56 ; 164) est imprimée sur ses deux côtés.
  6. Procédé de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (106) portées sur une longueur d'un matériau de séparation (108), le procédé comprenant les étapes consistant à :
    (a) imprimer numériquement par imagerie électrophotographique une suite d'images sur une bande (164) ;
    (b) découper la bande imprimée (164) en une suite d'étiquettes (122) ; et
    (c) coller la suite d'étiquettes (122) à une seconde bande (119) comprenant un matériau de séparation (108).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, dans lequel les étiquettes (122) sont pliées entre les étapes de découpage et de collage.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 6 ou la revendication 7, dans lequel les étiquettes (122) sont en outre découpées à l'emporte-pièce après avoir été collées sur la seconde bande (119).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, dans lequel la seconde bande est un support en matériau de séparation (108).
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, dans lequel la seconde bande est une bande de film pour étiquettes (119).
  11. Appareil de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (16 ; 80 ; 106) sur une longueur d'un matériau de support de séparation (14 ; 58 ; 108), l'appareil comprenant une unité d'impression numérique (4 ; 54 ; 166) destinée à imprimer par imagerie électrophotographique une bande (20 ; 56 ; 164) avec une suite d'images, la bande (20 ; 56 ; 104) étant collée sur une bande en matériau de support de séparation (14 ; 58 ; 108) avant ou après l'impression par l'unité d'impression (4 ; 54 ; 156), et un dispositif de découpage à l'emporte-pièce (67 ; 78 ; 132) destiné à découper à la forme les étiquettes autocollantes (16 ; 80 ; 106) à partir de la bande (20 ; 56 ; 164).
  12. Appareil selon la revendication 11, comprenant en outre un dispositif de laminage (70) destiné à laminer la bande imprimée (56) sur une bande de matériau de séparation (58).
  13. Appareil selon la revendication 12, comprenant en outre un dispositif de pliage (88) destiné à introduire au moins un pli longitudinal dans la bande imprimée (56).
  14. Appareil de production d'une suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (106) sur une longueur de matériau de séparation (108), l'appareil comprenant une unité d'impression numérique (166) destinée à imprimer par imagerie électrophotographique une suite d'images sur une bande (164), un dispositif de découpage (176) destiné à découper la bande (164) en une suite d'étiquettes (122), et un dispositif d'application d'étiquettes (116) destiné à appliquer les étiquettes sur une bande (119) comprenant un matériau de séparation (108), les étiquettes (122) étant collées sur la bande (119) de façon à former des étiquettes autocollantes (106).
  15. Appareil selon la revendication 14, comprenant en outre un dispositif de pliage (48) destiné à plier les étiquettes (122) avant qu'elles ne soient appliquées sur la bande (119).
  16. Suite d'étiquettes autocollantes (48, 50) portées sur une longueur d'un matériau de séparation (14), les étiquettes successives (48, 50) ayant au moins deux images alternées imprimées numériquement par imagerie électrophotographique.
  17. Suite d'étiquettes autocollantes selon la revendication 16, dans laquelle des étiquettes sélectionnées (48, 50) sont imprimées numériquement avec des informations variables en continu.
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