Field guide
Packaging coding machines
Choose the coding process around the package and its journey.
A printer choice starts with a sample of the actual packaging, a drawing of the code area and a record of what happens after printing. Curved bottles, coated board and flexible film create different trials. Compare the required message and changeover routine before interpreting any headline output figure.
Start with industrial inkjet line selection for the station specification. Use the substrate trial record when the technology is already shortlisted and you need a reproducible adhesion record. The hot-foil review covers physical type and foil transfer; it explains which changeover decisions differ from digital coding. Once a continuous inkjet printer is the method, the viscosity and make-up record covers the stop flush, the matching make-up, and the nozzle purge.
Choose your next check
- Continuous inkjet printer viscosity control and maintenance
A repeated clean stop can drop CIJ ink viscosity. Videojet 1580 and 1550 manuals name the flush, the tank-high fault, and the quick start that avoids it.
- Hot Foil Coding Machines: Film and Packaging-Line Checks
Review physical type changes, coding foil, film contact and machine timing before approving a hot-foil coding installation.
- Industrial Inkjet Printing for Packaging Lines
Choose an inkjet approach by substrate, code position, line motion and restart behaviour, then define the sample and integration checks.
- Inkjet Substrate Compatibility: Film, Glass and Cartons
Build a sample record for film, glass and carton coding that separates wetting, drying, adhesion and downstream durability.
- Laser Marking on Plastic Packaging: CO2 vs Fiber vs 355 nm UV
Compare laser marking on plastic packaging across PET, HDPE and laminated film, with sourced wavelength limits, failure modes and line-time checks.
- Thermal Inkjet Printer: Cartridge Inks, Throw Distance and Barcode Resolution
Choose thermal inkjet printer cartridge inks for cartons and film, check throw distance under surface motion, and separate barcode resolution from print quality.