EP3325237A1 - Apparatus for producing self-adhesive labels - Google Patents
Apparatus for producing self-adhesive labelsInfo
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- EP3325237A1 EP3325237A1 EP16747750.4A EP16747750A EP3325237A1 EP 3325237 A1 EP3325237 A1 EP 3325237A1 EP 16747750 A EP16747750 A EP 16747750A EP 3325237 A1 EP3325237 A1 EP 3325237A1
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a device, a method and a computer program for producing stickers by means of a thermal sublimation method.
- the invention relates to a printing device for printing a printing pattern on an adhesive film by means of the thermal sublimation method and a cutting device for cutting an adhesive film along a cutting pattern.
- a user can select a product such as a shower gel or sunscreen over the Internet and design a pattern that should be provided to the product to personalize the product.
- the product selection, along with the designed pattern, is communicated to a printing house where the pattern designed by the user is printed on an adhesive sheet.
- An employee of the printing house removes the printed adhesive film of the printing device and places it in a cutting device.
- the operator also adjusts the printed adhesive sheet in the cutter before the cutter cuts along the outline of the printed pattern to create a sticker.
- the employee then sticks the generated sticker on the selected product, after which the selected product is sent by post to the user.
- the stickers may have cutting errors, which are in particular due to the required adjustment by the employee, whereby the quality of the sticker may be reduced. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus, a method and a computer program for producing stickers, which can lead to an improved quality of the stickers produced.
- a device for producing stickers, in particular in an SB area, for example a drugstore, by means of a thermal sublimation method comprising: a printing device for printing a printing pattern on an adhesive film by means of a thermal sublimation method, and a cutting device for Cutting the adhesive film along a cutting pattern, the printing device having a first movement unit for moving the printed adhesive film from the printing device to the cutting device in a first direction and the cutting device having a second movement unit for moving the printed adhesive film within the cutting device in the first direction, wherein the printing device and the cutting device are adapted so that initially only the first moving unit moves the printed adhesive film at a first speed to the second moving unit, after which both movement stops move the printed adhesive film further in the first direction at a second speed.
- the device thus comprises a printing device and a cutting device, the printing device printing the adhesive film, after which only the first movement unit moves the printed adhesive film at a first speed to the second movement unit and then both movement units move the printed adhesive film further into the first one at a second speed Move direction.
- the orientation of the adhesive film within the cutting device is known, so that a manual adjustment of the adhesive film within the cutting device is not absolutely necessary, resulting in a reduced susceptibility to errors, that is, to a reduced Probability of inaccurate cuts, and thus can lead to better quality labels.
- the space required by the device can be relatively small.
- the printing device and the cutting device are therefore preferred. kart so adapted that the printed adhesive film is transferred directly from the printing device to the cutting device, in particular without an arranged between the printing device and the cutting device transfer device is required.
- the adaptation of the printing device and the cutting device is preferably carried out by an adaptation of one or more corresponding control devices.
- local control devices of the printing device and of the cutting device and also a central control device which communicates with the local control devices can be adapted to control the printing device and the cutting device and thus adapted so that initially only the first movement unit the printed adhesive film with a first Moving speed to the second movement unit, after which both moving units move the printed adhesive film at a second speed in the first direction.
- the adaptation of other components of the device such as detection units, release units, et cetera is preferably carried out by an adaptation of one or more control devices that control these components.
- the apparatus may further comprise an input device adapted to allow a user to make inputs, and pattern generating means for generating a pattern based on the user inputs, the pattern comprising a cutting pattern and a printing pattern within the cutting pattern.
- the input device, the pattern generating device, the printing device and the cutting device are integrated in the same device for generating stickers.
- the user can therefore directly enter into the device, for example in a self-service area (self-service area) of a drugstore, whereafter the pattern generating device generates the pattern based on the user inputs, the printing device prints the generated pattern on the adhesive film, directly and automatically supplies the printed adhesive film the cutting device is guided and the cutting device cuts the adhesive film along the pattern to produce the label directly in the SB area.
- the device can therefore generate a user-personalized sticker in a relatively fast manufacturing process.
- the first direction which could also be referred to as the forward direction, is the direction from the printer to the cutter.
- the printing device and the cutting means are preferably arranged such that the adhesive sheet is linearly movable from the printing means to the cutting means in the forward direction, the first and second moving units being adapted to advance the printed adhesive sheet by means of translation only without rotating the adhesive sheet. Since the first and second moving units linearly move the printed adhesive sheet only by translation without rotating the adhesive sheet, the likelihood of misalignments of the printed adhesive sheet within the cutter and hence inaccurate cuts can be further reduced.
- the pattern production device may be adapted to provide the pattern with an orientation mark such that the printed adhesive film has an orientation mark
- the cutting device having a detection unit for detecting the orientation mark on the printed adhesive film and adapted to optimize alignment of the printed adhesive sheet within the cutting device prior to the cutting operation based on the detected orientation mark.
- the second movement unit of the cutting device for moving the printed adhesive film within the cutting device in the forward and backward direction and a laterally thereto, in particular orthogonal, movable cutting unit of the cutting device can be controlled so that before the cutting operation, the position of the cutting unit relative to the orientation mark still better corresponds to a predetermined position. As a result, the cutting accuracy can be further improved.
- the orientation mark preferably comprises an L-shaped structure, which is preferably arranged in a corner region of the printed adhesive film, wherein the orientation mark can of course also have a different structure.
- the detection unit may include a light source, in particular a laser, for irradiating the printed adhesive film and a detector for detecting the light reflected from the printed adhesive film, wherein the detection unit may be adapted to detect the orientation mark based on the reflected light, and wherein the cutting device can be adapted to activate the laser only when the second movement unit is activated. As a result, the power consumption of the device can be reduced.
- an automatic repositioning on the basis of several orientation marks on the printed adhesive film usually brings no further accuracy advantage. In one embodiment, this post-positioning therefore only takes place on the basis of a single orientation marker. tion. However, in other embodiments, multiple orientation marks could also be used. In addition, in a preferred embodiment, a repositioning could be omitted, in which case the printed adhesive film could have no orientation mark.
- the cutting device then preferably does not comprise a detection unit for detecting an orientation mark on the printed adhesive film, which would be suitable for the relative positioning of the printed adhesive film and a cutting unit of the cutting device, and the printing device is then preferably adapted. not to print such an orientation mark on the adhesive film.
- the second movement unit and the cutting unit are preferably adapted so that the printed adhesive film and the cutting unit are moved in such a way that the adhesive film is cut along the generated pattern.
- the printing device and the cutting device are preferably adapted so that the first speed and the second speed are different.
- the first speed is greater than the second speed.
- the first movement unit has a maximum speed and the first speed is this maximum speed. This enables a very fast automatic transfer of the printed adhesive film from the printing device to the cutting device, wherein the printed adhesive film is first moved to the second movement unit of the cutting device at a maximum possible first speed, after which the first movement unit and the second movement unit together print the printed adhesive film Move the adhesive foil further into the cutting device.
- the second speed may be defined by the smaller of the two maximum speeds of the first movement unit and the second movement unit. In another embodiment, the first speed and the second speed may be the same.
- the printing device and the cutting device are preferably adapted so that initially only the first movement unit is activated to move the printed adhesive film to the second movement unit, in which case both movement units are activated such that both movement units synchronously move the printed adhesive film further into the cutting device , In particular, the printed adhesive film is moved until shortly before the second movement unit, wherein only then both movement units are moved synchronously to guide the printed adhesive film in the cutting device.
- the printed adhesive film first is moved to shortly before the second moving unit, and only when this state is reached, in which the printed adhesive film is located shortly before the second moving unit, both moving units are moved synchronously to guide the printed adhesive sheet in the cutting device, can be prevented in that the first movement unit presses the printed adhesive film against the second movement unit, whereby it is possible to prevent the printed adhesive film from curling, buckling and / or twisting.
- the second moving unit since the second moving unit is activated only when the above-described state in which the printed adhesive sheet is immediately before the second moving unit is reached, the second moving unit is not unnecessarily activated, whereby the power consumption can be reduced.
- the printing device comprises an adhesive film roll with the adhesive film and a cutting unit for cutting the printed adhesive film to release the printed adhesive film from the adhesive film roll, wherein the printing device is adapted to after the movement of the printed adhesive film by means of the first movement unit the second movement unit in the first direction after the second movement unit has detected the printed adhesive film for further moving, the printed adhesive film is cut by means of the cutting unit. That is, preferably, at the time of cutting the printed adhesive sheet, it is held by both the printing device, in particular the first moving unit of the printing device, and the second moving unit of the cutting device, whereby displacement of the printed adhesive sheet by the cutting operation becomes very unlikely. This can lead to a further improved accuracy of the orientation of the printed adhesive film within the cutting device and thus to a further increased accuracy of cutting along the pattern.
- the second movement unit preferably comprises motor-driven rollers for moving the printed adhesive film in the cutting device, wherein the motor-driven rollers have no freewheel.
- the cutting device between the second movement unit and the printing device comprises a guide structure for guiding the printed adhesive film from the printing device to the second movement unit, wherein the guide structure has at least two converging surfaces.
- the guide structure is funnel-shaped.
- the guide structure can ensure, for example, a supply of the printed adhesive film to the cutting device, even if the printed adhesive film is curved.
- the curl ("paper curl") of the printed adhesive film may in particular occur when the adhesive film has been unwound from an adhesive film roll.
- the guide structure can enable a combination of the cutting device with different printing devices, in which the respective output regions have different heights. Even if the output area of the printing device and an input area of the cutting device are arranged at different height positions, the printed adhesive film can be transferred by means of the guide structure from the printing device to the cutting device.
- the device comprises guide means for guiding a relative movement between the pressure device and the cutting device along the first direction.
- the device may have a detection unit which is adapted to detect whether the printing device and the cutting device have a predefined relative position to one another.
- the printing device and the cutting device can be adapted so that an adhesive film is only printed and moved by the printing device in the first direction to the cutting device, when the detection unit has detected that the printing device and the cutting device aufwei the predefined distance in the first direction - sen.
- the cutter and the printer may be movable relative to each other in the direction in which the printed adhesive sheet is moved from the printer into the cutter, guided by the guide means, the guide means being preferably a rail means.
- the cutting device and the printing device can be separated from each other and then reassembled. The separation may be useful to better get to the cutting device and / or the printing device, for example to perform maintenance, in particular for replacing an adhesive film roll or a ribbon roll.
- the detection unit for detecting whether the printing device and the cutting device have a predefined relative position to one another in the first direction can be, for example, a simple touch sensor which is arranged either on the cutting device or on the printing device and detects whether a part of the respective others Device is touched. The device preferably operates only when the detection unit has detected the correct relative position of the cutting device and the printing device.
- the printing device may be controlled such that the first movement unit moves the printed adhesive film at the first speed a predefined distance in the first direction, wherein the predefined distance is selected so that the printed adhesive film is arranged immediately before the second movement unit after this movement. Thereafter, the second movement unit is activated, after which both movement units move the printed adhesive film together further in the first direction.
- the device only when the detection unit has detected the correct relative position of the cutting device and the printing device, lead to a further improved accuracy of the orientation of the printed adhesive film within the cutting device.
- the cutting device comprises a release unit for releasing the printed and cut adhesive film from the cutting device.
- the printed adhesive film is usually moved back and forth several times, at least in the first direction, which can lead to an electrostatic charge of the printed adhesive film.
- the cutting device may have the release unit for releasing the printed and cut adhesive film from the cutting device.
- This release unit can be formed, for example, by a magnetic lifting valve which has an element which can lift the printed and trimmed adhesive film from a surface located in the delivery area of the cutting device.
- the release unit can also be designed differently. For example, it can have motor-driven rollers which can grasp a region of the printed and cut adhesive film protruding from a surface in the discharge area of the cutting device and then pull it down from the surface.
- the print pattern is preferably a color and / or black and white and / or grayscale pattern.
- the input device preferably has a photo data receiving unit, wherein the photo data receiving unit is adapted to receive photo data of the user as user input.
- the input device is also preferably adapted to show the user different default patterns, ie templates, and to allow the user to select a default pattern as user input.
- the input device is preferably adapted to allow a user to select a product, in particular a product to be purchased in a self-service area of a drugstore, wherein the input device may be further adapted to a default pattern based on the selected product and based on select from predefined mappings between products and default patterns and provide it as user input.
- the products may be provided with a product identifier, wherein the input device may comprise a product identifier reading unit for reading a product identifier of a product selected by the user.
- the product identifier may be a bar code, for example, and the product identifier reading unit may be a unit for reading a bar code.
- the input device may also be adapted to allow the user to make inputs that change the selected default pattern, for example, the user may enter a text and / or color that should be added to the pattern Template patterns are added.
- a printing device for printing a printing pattern on an adhesive film by a thermal sublimation method, wherein the printing device is adapted to be operated together with a cutting device according to claim 15, to label, in particular in a self-service area, for example A drugstore, wherein the printing device has a first movement unit for moving the printed adhesive film from the printing device to the cutting device in a first direction and the cutting device has a second movement unit for moving the printed adhesive film within the cutting device in the first direction, wherein the printing device is adapted , First only by means of the first movement unit to move the printed adhesive film at a first speed to the second movement unit and then the printed adhesive film by means of the first movement unit together with the zw Moving movement unit at a second speed in the first direction into the cutting device into it.
- the above object is further achieved by a cutting device for cutting an adhesive film along a cutting pattern, wherein the cutting device is adapted to be operated together with a printing device according to claim 14, to stickers, in particular in a self-service area, for example, a drugstore a thermal sublimation process, the printing device having a first movement unit for moving the printed adhesive film from the printing device to the cutting device in a first direction and the cutting device a second movement unit for moving the printed adhesive film within the cutting device in the first direction, wherein the cutting device tion is adapted to move the printed adhesive film by means of the second movement unit together with the first movement unit at a second speed in the first direction into the cutting device, after initially only the first moving unit has moved the printed adhesive sheet at a first speed to the second moving unit in the first direction.
- a method for producing stickers, in particular in a self-service area, for example a drugstore by means of a thermal sublimation method, the method comprising:
- Printing the printing pattern on an adhesive sheet by a printing means by a thermal sublimation method automatically moving the printed adhesive sheet from the printing device to the cutting device in a first direction by means of a first moving unit of the printing device and automatically moving the printed adhesive sheet within the cutting device in the first direction by means of a second movement unit of the cutting device, wherein initially only the first movement unit moves the printed adhesive film at a first speed to the second movement unit, after which both movement units move the printed adhesive film further in the first direction, and
- the method may include further steps, such as enabling user input through an input device and generating a pattern Basis of the user inputs by a pattern generator, the pattern comprising the pattern and the pattern within the pattern.
- the above object is further achieved by a computer program for generating stickers, the computer program having program code means adapted to control a device for producing stickers according to claim 1 such that the method for producing stickers according to claim 16 is carried out when the computer program is executed on a controller that controls the device.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically and exemplarily an embodiment of a device for generating stickers
- Fig. 2 shows schematically and by way of example some components of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1
- Fig. 3 shows schematically and by way of example a printed and cut adhesive film having a plurality of generated stickers
- Fig. 4 shows schematically and exemplarily a view of a combination of printing device and cutting device of the device shown in Fig. 1, and
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating one embodiment of a method of creating stickers.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically and exemplarily an embodiment of a device for generating stickers.
- the device 1 is located in a self-service area of a drugstore.
- the device 1 comprises a touch-sensitive monitor 3, a photo data receiving unit 5 and a product recognition reading unit 6 in a housing 2.
- the touch-sensitive monitor 3, the photo data receiving unit 5 and the product recognition reading unit 6 can be considered as components of an input device 8 adapted to allow a user to make inputs.
- Within the housing 2 is also a pattern generator 9 for generating a pattern 15 on the basis of the user inputs, wherein the pattern 15 comprises a pattern and a print pattern within the pattern.
- FIG. 2 illustrates schematically and by way of example the pattern generation device 9 and further components of the device 1 which are located within the housing 2.
- 3 shows by way of example a printed and cut adhesive film 14 with a plurality of patterns 15.
- the photo data receiving unit 5 is adapted to receive photo data of the user as user input.
- the user may also select a product available in the drugstore area of the drugstore and hold it to the product identifier reading unit 6 so that a product identifier deposited on the product can be read by the product identifier reading unit 6.
- the product identifier may be a bar code
- the product identifier reading unit 6 may be a unit for reading a bar code.
- the input device 8 can also have associations between products or product identifiers on the one hand and default patterns on the other hand, it being possible to use one or more predefined patterns on the touch-sensitive monitor 3 on the basis of these associations and the read product identifier of the product selected by the user.
- the user can select one of these default patterns.
- the input device 8 may be adapted to allow the user to enter change requests, such as a desired text, a desired color, et cetera. Based on these user inputs, the pattern generator 9 can generate the pattern.
- the apparatus 1 further comprises a printing device 11 for printing the printing pattern on an adhesive film 14 and a cutting device 13 for cutting the adhesive film 14 along the pattern.
- the printing device 1 1 and the cutting device 13 are adapted to enable an automatic, direct transfer of the printed adhesive film 14 from the printing device 1 1 to the cutting device 13 without a between the printing device 1 1 and the cutting device 13 arranged transfer device is required.
- the printing device 1 1 comprises a first movement unit for automatically moving the printed adhesive film 14 in FIG a forward direction from the printing device 1 1 to the cutting device 13.
- the device 1 further comprises a control device 10, which is adapted to control the automatic transfer of the printed adhesive film 14 from the printing device 1 1 to the cutting device 13.
- the print pattern is preferably a color and / or black and white and / or grayscale pattern.
- the printing device 1 1 is a thermal sublimation printer.
- the thermal sublimation jerker 1 1 is preferably adapted to print a printing area of an adhesive film web with the printing pattern, to feed the printed area of the adhesive film web, that is to say the printed adhesive film, to the cutting device 13 and then to cut it off.
- the printed adhesive film 14 therefore corresponds to the respective printing area on the adhesive film web.
- the thermal sublimation printer 1 1 is, for example, the printer CX or printer DS40 from Citizen or another thermal sublimation printer.
- the printing device 11 and the cutting device 13 are arranged such that the adhesive film 14 can be moved linearly from the printing device 11 to the cutting device 13 in the forward direction, wherein the first movement unit of the printing device 13 and a second movement unit of the cutting device 13 are adapted, the printed adhesive film 14 only by means of a translation, without the adhesive film 14 to rotate to move in the forward direction.
- the printed by the printing device 1 1 and cut by the cutting device 13 adhesive film 14 is then finally led out through an output port 7 from the housing 2.
- FIG. Fig. 4 is an abstracted view, which also shows elements of the printing device 1 1 and the cutting device 13, which are basically not visible, since they are arranged within corresponding housings.
- the printing device 1 1 comprises a plurality of rollers 46, 47, 48, 63, of which at least one is driven by a motor to move the printed adhesive film 14 from the printing device 1 1 in the first direction to the cutting device 13.
- the rollers 46, 47, 48, 63 can therefore be regarded as rollers of a first movement unit 16, which can move the printed adhesive film 14 in the first direction from the printing device 1 1 in the direction of the cutting device 13.
- the printing device 1 1 further comprises a printing unit 41 for printing on the adhesive film roll unrolled from an adhesive film roll 40, wherein the adhesive film roll 40 is mounted on the roller 46 of the first movement unit 16.
- the printing unit 41 comprises two ribbon roll 42, 43 with a Ribbon 61 and a thermal print head 44.
- the thermal print head 44, the adhesive film and the ink ribbon 61 are moved so that the desired print pattern is printed on the adhesive film.
- the printing device 1 1 further comprises a cutting unit 45 for cutting the printed adhesive film 14 after it has been guided into the cutting device 13, that of the first movement unit 16, that is at least of the rollers 48 of the first movement unit 16, and second movement unit 18, that is, the rollers 21 of the second movement unit 18, is held.
- the first and second movement units 16, 18 are preferably controlled so that initially only the first movement unit 16 is activated to move the printed adhesive film 14 to the second movement unit 18, in which case both movement units 16, 18 are activated such that both movement units 16, 18 synchronously move the printed adhesive film 14 further into the cutting device 13.
- the controller 10 is aware of the distance that the printed adhesive sheet 14 is to be moved toward the cutter 13 to move the printed adhesive sheet 14 to the second moving unit 14, so that the printed adhesive sheet 14 immediately before the rollers 21 of the second movement unit 18 is located. Based on this predefined distance, the first movement unit 16 can be controlled such that the printed adhesive film 14 is moved to the second movement unit 18 so that it is initially located immediately in front of the rollers 21 of the second movement unit 18, after which both movement units 16.
- the movement of the printed adhesive film 14 by means of the first movement unit 16 to the second movement unit 18 is preferably carried out with a maximum speed of the first movement unit 16.
- move the first movement unit 16 and the second movement unit 18 advance the printed adhesive film 14 in synchronism with a second speed into the cutting device 13.
- This second speed may be equal to the first speed with which the first movement unit 16 moves the printed adhesive film 14 to the second movement unit 18 or the second speed may be different from the first speed.
- the second speed is equal to the smaller of the two maximum speeds of the first movement unit 16 and the second movement unit 18.
- the control device 10 is preferably adapted to control the printing device 1 1 such that after the movement of the printed adhesive film 14 by means of the first movement unit 16 to the second movement unit 18 in the first direction after the second movement unit 18, the printed adhesive film 14 for further movement has detected, the printed adhesive film 14 is cut off by means of the cutting unit 45.
- the printed adhesive sheet is preferably moved slightly in the forward direction, so that the printed adhesive sheet is surely held by the second moving unit 18 of the cutter 13, whereupon the cutting unit 45 of FIG Printing device 1 1 cuts off the printed adhesive film. Thereafter, the cut-off printed adhesive sheet is further advanced by the second movement unit 18 to the detection mark 32 for detecting the orientation mark.
- the printed adhesive film 14 has an orientation mark 17, which has been printed by the printing device 1 1 on the adhesive film 14.
- the cutting device 13 comprises a detection unit 32 for detecting the orientation mark on the printed adhesive film 14, the cutting device 13 being adapted to optimize the alignment of the printed adhesive film 14 within the cutting device 13 before the cutting operation on the basis of the detected orientation mark 17.
- the second moving unit 18 for moving the printed adhesive sheet 14 in the forward and reverse direction of the cutter 13 and a cutting unit 31 of the cutter 13 orthogonal thereto can be controlled so that the position of the cutter unit 31 is relatively prior to the cutting operation for cutting along the pattern corresponds to the orientation mark very exactly a predetermined position.
- both the cutting unit 31 and the detection unit 32 are mounted on a same head 33 of the cutter 13, which head 33 is movable along an axis 34 by a motor orthogonal to the forward / backward direction.
- the second movement unit 18 moves the printed adhesive film 14 and the head 33 moves the detection unit 32 in such a way that the detection unit 32 is arranged above the inner corner 50 of the orientation marking 17.
- the detection unit 32 includes a light source such as a laser and a light detector such as a photodiode, wherein the second movement unit 18 moves the printed adhesive sheet 14 and the head 33 is moved with the detection unit 32 such that one from the light source of the detection unit 32 outgoing light beam hits the inner corner 50 of the orientation mark 17.
- the cutting unit 31 has a defined, very exact orientation relative to the printed adhesive film 14, in particular to the printing pattern. Thereafter, the cutting device 13 is controlled so that the adhesive film 14 is cut along the pattern of the corresponding pattern 15, wherein the adhesive film 14 is on a support, in particular on a paper support or on another carrier medium, and the cutting device 13 is preferably adapted is to cut only the adhesive film 14, but not the underlying carrier.
- the labels produced by the printing and cutting can then be output through the discharge opening 7. The customer can remove a sticker from the printed and cut adhesive film 14 and stick it to the desired product.
- the cutter 13 does not use a detection unit for detecting an orientation mark on the printed adhesive sheet to position the printed adhesive sheet and the cutting unit of the cutter relative to each other.
- the cutting device does not have such a detection unit.
- the printing device may be adapted not to print an orientation mark on the printed adhesive film.
- the cutting device 13 comprises between the second movement unit 18 and the printing device 1 1 a guide structure 49 for guiding the printed adhesive film 14 from the printing device 1 1 to the second movement unit 18, wherein the guide structure 49 has at least two converging surfaces 62.
- the two converging surfaces 62 are oriented to guide the printed adhesive sheet 14 toward an input opening of the cutter 13, with one of these converging surfaces 62 disposed above the input aperture and another of the converging surfaces 62 below the input aperture.
- the two converging surfaces 62 run below or above the input opening along the input opening.
- the apparatus further comprises a guide means 50, that is, in this embodiment, a rail system 50 for guiding a relative movement between the pressure means 11 and the cutter 13 along the first direction.
- the rail system 50 allows a guided moving apart and moving together of the printing device 1 1 and the cutting device 13. The divergence For example, it may be useful to facilitate access to the cutting device 13 and / or the printing device 11, for example for maintenance activities such as replacing the ink ribbon rolls or the adhesive film roll.
- the printing device 1 1 and the cutting device 13 are pushed together.
- the device comprises a detection unit 51, which is adapted to detect whether the Printing device 1 1 and the cutting device 13 have a predefined distance from each other in the first direction.
- the detection unit 51 is a contact sensor or touch sensor attached to the cutter 13 so as to be touched by the printer 1 1 when the cutter 13 and the printer 1 1 are positioned to each other as predefined.
- the sensor may be, for example, a microswitch.
- another detection unit which, for example, comprises a distance diode, detects a contact electrically and / or magnetically, et cetera.
- the cutting device 13 comprises a release unit 52 for releasing the printed and cut adhesive film 14 from the cutting device 13, in particular from the
- This release unit 52 may, for example, a movable element, such as a movable pin, which can lift the printed and cut adhesive film 14 from the surface to release them from the surface.
- the movement of the element for lifting off the printed and cut adhesive film 14 from the surface in the dispensing area 60 can be effected, for example, electrically and / or magnetically.
- the release unit 52 can also be designed differently in order to release the respective printed and cut adhesive film 14 from the surface in the discharge area 60 of the cutting device 13.
- the release of the printed and cut adhesive film 14 from the area in the discharge area 60 of the cutting device 13 may be useful because during the cutting of the printed adhesive film 14 along the pattern electrostatic charging of the printed adhesive film 14 can take place, which in turn to a sticking of the printed and cut adhesive film 14 on the surface in the output area 60 of the cutting device 13 can lead.
- an embodiment of a method for producing stickers, in particular in a self-service area, for example a drugstore will be described by way of example, with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. 5.
- a customer can make 8 customer inputs by means of the input device.
- the customer can for example enter photo data, texts, desired colors, et cetera.
- the customer may select a desired default pattern from a number of default patterns. This selection can also be made by means of a product selection, wherein the customer first selects a product, after which the customer can be shown one or more default patterns that match the selected product. If the customer is shown several default patterns, the customer can select one of these default patterns by means of the input device 8.
- a pattern based on the customer inputs is generated by the pattern generator 9, the pattern including a pattern and a print pattern within the pattern.
- a photo of the customer included in the photo data is integrated into a default pattern, and the default pattern may be further changed by colors and / or text input by the customer in step 101.
- the pattern produced in this way is transmitted to the printing device 11, which in step 103 prints the printed pattern onto the adhesive film.
- step 104 the printed adhesive film is automatically transferred from the printing device 1 1 to the cutting device 13, wherein initially only the first movement unit 16 of the printing device 1 1 moves the printed adhesive film at a first speed to the second movement unit 18 of the cutting device 13, after which both movement units 16, 18 move the printed adhesive film 14 in synchronism further in the first direction in the cutting device 13 into it.
- step 105 the cutter 13 cuts the adhesive sheet along the cut pattern to produce the sticker, and in step 106, the generated sticker is discharged through the discharge opening 7.
- the input device 8 preferably provides a graphical user interface which can be operated by the customer by means of the touch-sensitive monitor 3.
- the generated sticker can Label, which is to be stuck on a product to be purchased, such as a shower gel container, a Müsliverpackung, et cetera, in which case a sticker is generated, which is suitable for the respective product, that is for the respective product packaging.
- a product to be purchased such as a shower gel container, a Müsliverpackung, et cetera
- the device 1 can also be designed to produce stickers that are not tuned to specific products or product containers. That is, the device 1 can also be configured to produce stickers that are independent of particular products and can be glued to, for example, cars or other objects.
- the device 1 makes it possible to generate personalized stickers, that is to say stickers which have been designed by means of the customer inputs.
- the photo data receiving unit 5 is adapted to read in photo data by means of a data carrier such as a USB data carrier.
- the photo data receiving unit may also be adapted to receive the photo data in a different manner.
- the photo data can be received directly via a wired or wireless data connection from a camera, in particular a smartphone with a photo function.
- the photo data receiving unit may also be adapted to receive the photo data via cloud services such as facebook, dropbox, CEWE MYPHOTOS, et cetera.
- the printing device which is a thermal sublimation printer, prints on an adhesive sheet disposed on a support medium such as a paper base, the corresponding pattern, after which the printed adhesive sheet is automatically transferred to the cutting device, which can also be regarded as a sticker cutter.
- an orientation mark applied to the adhesive film is detected by sensors, that is to say by the detection unit of the cutting device, and serves for the readjustment of the adhesive film, that is to say for vertical and horizontal alignment of the adhesive film.
- a digital clipping mask that is the pattern, is transferred to the cutting device, the digital clipping mask representing the outline of the sticker.
- the cutting unit of the cutting device preferably has a drag knife which is moved along the contour of the sticker, that is to say along the cutting pattern, in order to cut the adhesive film along the cutting pattern.
- the drag knife is moved so that only the adhesive film is cut, but not the carrier medium.
- the cutting device may be adapted to cut out any patterns that are offered by templates, that is, by the default pattern, the customer, the customer can select one of these templates. After cutting, the cutting device outputs the finally generated sticker.
- the sticker can be removed by the customer residue-free from the carrier material. If the customer has selected a product to which he wants to apply the sticker, it can now be applied by the customer himself. As a result, products available in the drugstore can be personalized in a simple manner by the customer himself.
- the printing unit has an adhesive film roll
- the printing device it is also possible for the printing device to print individual adhesive film sheets, so that cutting is not required.
- the printing device preferably has no cutting unit.
- a single unit or device can perform the functions of several elements listed in the claims.
- the fact that individual functions and elements are listed in different dependent claims does not mean that a combination of these functions or elements could not be used to advantage.
- the printing device may also comprise a different number and / or arrangement of components.
- the rollers for moving and guiding the adhesive film may be arranged differently within the printing device.
- a different number of roles can be used.
- the printing unit, the adhesive film roll and / or the cutting unit can be arranged differently.
- the components within the printing unit, that is, the ink ribbon rollers and the thermal print head may be arranged differently.
- the first moving unit first moves the printed adhesive sheet to the second moving unit, after which both movement units move the printed adhesive sheet forward synchronously so that both moving units surely grasp the printed adhesive sheet, then the Forward movement stopped and the printed adhesive film is cut off by means of the cutting unit.
- the cutting along the pattern then takes place by a corresponding forward and backward movement of the printed adhesive film by means of the second movement unit and a corresponding reciprocating movement of the cutting unit of the cutting device.
- the cutting along the cut pattern can be done before the printed adhesive film is cut off by means of the cutting unit. In this case, also the first moving unit is moved back and forth correspondingly for cutting along the cutting pattern.
- the first and second moving units are synchronously controlled so that the printed adhesive sheet is moved back and forth in accordance with the cutting pattern.
- the printed adhesive film can first be moved by means of the first movement unit to the second movement unit, after which both movement units move the printed adhesive film synchronously further forward to the detection unit for detecting the orientation marking.
- the first and second moving units can be synchronously controlled so as to move the printed adhesive sheet back and forth according to the pattern, and the cutting unit of the cutter can be controlled so that the cutting unit is preferably orthogonal to the forward and backward Backward direction according to the pattern moves back and forth.
- the cutting unit cuts off the printed and cut adhesive film.
- the control of the device for generating stickers can be carried out by means of a single control device or by means of a plurality of control devices.
- the cutting device 13 and the printing device 1 1 may have their own local control devices to control the individual components of the cutting device 13 and the printing device 1 1, these local control devices in turn can communicate with a central control device, the local control devices of the cutting device 13 and the pressure device 1 1 controls or synchronizes the local control devices. It is also possible that the local control devices communicate directly with each other. In this case, no central control device could be present.
- the control functions described above can therefore be realized by means of a single control device or by means of a plurality of control devices.
- the control of the device for generating stickers according to the method for generating stickers can be used as program code of a computer Program and / or implemented as corresponding hardware and is in particular a programmable logic controller.
- a computer program may be stored and / or distributed on a suitable medium, such as an optical storage medium or a solid-state storage medium, distributed along with or as part of other hardware.
- the computer program can also be distributed in other forms, for example via the Internet or other telecommunication systems.
- the invention relates to a device for generating stickers, in particular in a self-service area, for example a drugstore.
- the device comprises, as a printing device for printing a printing pattern on an adhesive film, a thermal sublimation jerk and a cutting device for cutting the adhesive film along a cutting pattern, wherein the adhesive film is automatically moved from the printing device to the cutting device.
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