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Though lot coding can feel like an overbearing chore that companies must put up with, now is actually an exciting time to get more involved with the subject. With the advent of handheld solutions for lot coding, we can print faster and more conveniently than ever before. While traditional printers are bulky and full of wires, these handheld solutions are portable and easy to use. Though this article will focus primarily on handheld inkjet printers, all the options have advantages that are well worth your consideration.

If you have a large number of product items that require barcodes, lot numbers, graphicss, or other printed information, you could benefit from an inkjet conveyor printer. These handy machines are set in one location on a warehouse or factory floor. From that station, workers slide product units onto the conveyor and watch it print the desired information, one after another. Read along to learn more about what are inkjet conveyor printers used for.

When you live in a world like ours—one where people expect the goods made on one continent to end up on another by the end of the day—it becomes more and more necessary to track every product as it passes down the supply chain pipeline.

Business owners armed with a full grasp on how to choose lot coding equipment will avoid many of the pitfalls and mistakes people make when they enter into the process with only a basic understanding. By reviewing the information in this article and doing more research, you’ll quickly pick up the language and way of thinking needed to choose lot coding equipment.

It’s hard to believe there was a time before the United States could regulate the safety of its food and drugs. The history of the Food and Drug Administration feels like the story of a country coming to its senses. When the FDA was first developed, it was a revolutionary, creative leap forward for a nation that desperately needed a way to cut through a market full of hucksters.

It would be wrong to definitively say one technology is an improvement on the other, but there are advantages of inkjet printers over laser printers. Many of these advantages derive from inkjet’s longevity. Simply put, this technology has been available for a long while. It has gone through enough changes and tweaks so that the versions we now have are efficient and comparatively inexpensive.

Thermal Inkjet Coding Technology Breakthrough: Extended Reach Ink Cartridge for Date Coding Concave and Hard to Reach Surfaces.

Since its introduction into coding and marking many years ago, thermal inkjet (TIJ) technology has steadily expanded its market presence with incremental technology and ink innovations. Originally, thermal inkjet coders were only used as case coders due to the limited ink options - essentially, only water based inks for porous surfaces like master cases. The last few years have seen an expanding of applications due to new ink cartridge innovations allowing for more aggressive, solvent based inks. These new inks made it possible to install TIJ coders into all types of applications from bottle coding to various types of plastics and much more! While ink formulations contributed to an increase in potential installations and applications for the technology, the throw distance was still a limiting factor.

Product packaging design can be a time consuming and cumbersome project. Not only do businesses need to make sure the package is secure and keeps the product safe, but they also need to make sure that the branding of the package is on point. The packaging is the first part of the product that the consumers see, therefore businesses need to take advantage of the branding opportunity this presents. For a deeper look at how to boost your brand through product packaging, continue reading below.

Your favorite bag of chips, frozen vegetables, favorite bag or box of candy, or pre-packaged cookies all have at least one thing in common—flexible plastic packaging. What exactly does that even mean? Well, lucky for you we are going to tell you everything that you need to know when using flexible plastics as packaging for your business. When producing and distributing any product, packaging is a large factor, and products use flexible plastics in many scenarios.

There’s no need to condense the growth and production of your product to just one location. With today’s technology, there are so many advancements that allow business owners to go outside their usual realm. One specific advancement is the handheld inkjet printer. This piece of equipment has brought so much change to product production and is a great asset to have. For a quick look at some of the advantages of owning a handheld inkjet printer, continue reading below.