Printing on Retail-Ready Packaging

Industrial Coding and Marking Solutions for Marking & Coding on Retail Packaging

Retail ready packaging (RRP) is a high-growth segment of the food and consumer goods industry. The appeal of shelf-contained units is the ability to get products to shelf faster by removing the time needed to unpack product or set up displays.

Coated cardboard creates its own set of marking challenges where typical solutions for printing on corrugate are not sufficient. For small and medium codes, the Videojet thermal ink jet (TIJ) with MEK-based inks adhere to coated cardboard surfaces, alternatively, laser systems can be used to ablate the surface, leaving behind high resolution codes. Labeling with Direct Apply™ is yet a third option which functions exceptionally well for trays and other low profile packaging.

Thermal InkJet Printers Laser Marking Printers Case Coding and labeling printers

Continuous Inkjet Coding Printers for Printing on Retail-Ready Packaging

  • Purpose-built MEK cartridge for adhesion on a variety of non-porous substrates
  • Cartridge Readiness SystemTM helps provide consistent code quality
  • Code Assurance features minimize potential coding mistakes

Laser Marking Printers for Printing on Retail-Ready Packaging

  • 10W CO2 laser marking with CLARiTY™ touchscreen controller, engineered to minimize coding mistakes
  • High performance delivers crisp codes on moderate line speed applications
  • Line set-up wizard aids fast product changeovers, maximizing uptime
  • Virtually no maintenance and limited consumables

  • 30W CO2 laser marking with CLARiTY™ touchscreen controller, engineered to minimize coding mistakes
  • Extended mark speed capability of up to 150,000 products per hour, ideal for high line speed applications
  • High speed variable coding and data buffering, combined with the largest mark window in the industry, help increase throughput and performance
  • Integration features for fast install and set-up

  • 60W CO2 laser marking with optional CLARiTY™ touchscreen controller, engineered to minimise coding mistakes
  • Fastest laser marking system with mark speed capability of up to 2,100 characters per second
  • High-speed serialisation for pharmaceutical and tobacco applications, delivering unique and serialised codes at high production speeds
  • Widest marking field reduces the number of lasers that are required to cover multi-lane / wide web applications, reducing investment and running cost

  • 7230 10-Watt and 7330 20-Watt fiber lasers for marking permanent quality codes on robust, high-density materials
  • Light, compact and adaptable laser marking solutions offering high-speed marking, with complex data, easy operability and industry-leading integration capabilities
  • Designed for demanding production schedules in the Parts-Marking, Food, Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Pharmaceutical industries

  • 50-Watt fiber laser marking high contrast at high speed
  • Quality marking on robust plastic and metal materials
  • Maximum single line speed: 440m/min (1440 ft/min)

  • 100-Watt fiber laser marking high contrast at high speed
  • Quality marking on robust plastic and metal materials
  • Maximum single line speed: 600m/min (1968 ft/min)

Thermal Ink Jet Printers for Printing on Retail-Ready Packaging

Case Coding and Labelling

Videojet 9550 Print and Apply Labeler

  • Direct Apply GS1 bar code labels up to 150 packs/min
  • Automatic, precise mechanical control virtually eliminates downtime
  • Single intuitive interface simplifies operation
  • Built-in Code Assurance reduces operator errors