Pharma Package Coding

Pharma Coding Success

Content, Batch and Date Codes Required: What Ink for Foils, Plastic Pouches or Drams?

Pharma packaging and testing firms are switching to Inkjet technology for the coding of variable information on kits, materials and reagents, as well as retail products and institutional products. Pharma manufacturers and packagers are required to mark information on their packaging such as lot/batch numbers, expiration dates, and barcodes.

The variable data is important for regulatory compliance, as well as tracking individual units as well as batches of units, quality control, and aiding in the sale of the products. Coding this information directly onto packaging saves labeling costs, and reduces errors.

Low Cost Thermal InkJet Systems for Efficiency, Savings

Low cost thermal inkjet systems, such as the Markoprink X1Jet, can reduce costs from labeling, and bring huge savings and efficiency for small batch and variable data requirements. Contact Case Printing Solutions to get a total cost of ownership savings estimate and find the right printer and ink for your application.

Choosing the right ink for your foil, pouch or dram – Pharma requires quality codes:

Key thoughts when choosing which inkjet ink for pharma packaging data, date coding and QR coding.

Type of substrate being marked? ie., foil, plastic film, polystyrene
Color of ink required? ie., black, blue, red, green
Printing frequency? ie., continuous, intermittent
Length of time for ink to dry? ie., less than 2 seconds
Proximity of printer relative to substrate? ie., within 5mm

Case Printing Solutions offers Fast Dry Solvent Ink with Long Decap (CPS – 800 – LD) as an all-around ink solution for foils and films. The ink was formulated to address nozzle clogging during intermittent print applications, as frequently occurs in small batch variable data coding. Best of all, you can count on Case Printing’s Fast Dry Solvent Ink to print readable bar codes, date codes, QR codes on the first product after startup, and on every package thereafter.

Other advantages of Case Fast Dry Solvent ink with Long Decap include:

Ability to print on glossy labels
Longer shelf life, so the ink doesn’t dry-out in the print nozzles
Improved smudge resistance, compared to other solvent black inks

The Fast Dry LD solvent black ink can be printed from virtually all cartridge inkjet coders (based on the HP inkjet technology) found on our list of approximately 30 printer companies. To test the print quality of Fast Dry LD Solvent Ink on your specific substrate, we will gladly produce print samples for you on your substrate.

Save vs Labeling

Labels = Labor Costs

Save costs with off line printing vs labeling

Save on product labeling. Your biggest cost is labor. As you scale up production, the inefficiencies of manual labeling will hurt throughput. With in-line digital direct coding, you can minimize your up-front capital costs and still save every month on labor and supplies

Send us a substrate, we’ll find your ink.

Vials and Plastics: Solvent Inks for Direct Printing on Pouches, Drams, Films and Tubes

Solvent thermal ink jet inks print directly on plastic pouches and dram cups. No more secondary labels. TIJ solvent-based inks are designed for printing on metals, foils, plastic film, hard plastic, glossy boxes, and other non-porous surfaces. TIJ solvent-based inks provide aggressive dry times and permanence onto difficult substrates, when compared to water-based pigment inks.

When in doubt, send us your material and we will make a print sample to test the ink-substrate compatibility.

Variable Data: Compliant Coding

Your details change with every product batch. No matter what state you’re in, or even Canada, you have to be compliant with batch to batch and date code labeling of your product.

Case Printing Solutions Will Help you be Compliant

Our Direct printers connect to a computer, so switching over for product and batch changes is easy, and immediate. No long swap over times, no left-over labels and possible mix ups.

Low Cost TIJ Date Code Solution

Case Printing Solutions offers coding solutions designed to perform across a wide range of packaging styles and materials such as pulp, plastic,and foam. The full product line –based on HP THERMAL INKJET TECHNOLOGY -includes both industrial inks and printers. Collectively these solutions give the farms and egg packers the ability to adapt to future line changes.

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