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Robinson Packaging appoints Lubna Edwards as sustainability lead

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Plastic and paperboard packaging manufacturer Robinson has appointed Lubna Edwards as group sustainability and marketing director.

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ePac expands European operations into France

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ePac Lyon is the latest move in the flexible packaging specialist’s plans to establish sites in local markets across mainland Europe.

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GEA introduces SmartPacker TwinTube to UK market

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GEA, one of the largest suppliers of packaging and processing solutions for food, has launched its new SmartPacker TwinTube vertical packaging machine onto the UK market.

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3PL and Social Chain announce partnership

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3PL, has been appointed by Social Chain to provide ecommerce order fulfilment solutions as the Manchester-based company continues to scale globally.

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SharpEnd delivers Tap the Can drive for LYFT

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SharpEnd is behind a new connected packaging campaign for nicotine pouch brand LYFT.

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Trade label printer Baker Labels has transitioned its pre-press Studio department to use HYBRID’s software system, including the products Packz, Proofscope and Cloudflow.

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Kingsmoor benefits from fresh investment drive

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Kingsmoor Packaging has been boosted with an investment programme as it re-engages with key markets following lockdown.

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Deadline extension | UK Packaging Awards 2020

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The deadline for entries to this year’s UK Packaging Awards is being extended for another two weeks.

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Datalase appoints Macsa ID as preferred supplier of laser marking systems

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Macsa ID has signed an agreement to become preferred supplier of laser marking systems to case and product packaging coding solutions specialist DataLase.

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Delta Global launches intelligence platform to streamline supply chains

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Delta Global has created a new data intelligence platform to provide greater transparency and reduce costs and waste in the packaging and fashion supply chain.

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Driving for excellence - SSI Schaefer Welcomes Formula 2 Driver Mick Schumacher as Brand Ambassador

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SSI Schaefer has announced its new brand ambassador, Mick Schumacher. The reigning Formula 3 champion, who is competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship this year, has entered a long-term ...

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Video – Solving Labeling Problems

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Printing and applying labels so secondary packaging has usually involved some compromises.

Our super new CrossMerge concept shows that (at least a lot of the time) you can have it all.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Printing and applying labels so secondary packaging has usually involved some compromises.

Our super new CrossMerge concept shows that (at least a lot of the time) you can have it all.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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The Evolution of Print – Apply Labeling

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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Print and Apply – Finally as Simple as it Sounds. 

Many of our customers are faced with the same demands when it comes to labeling their secondary packaging:

• more output from packaging lines.
• higher efficiency and less downtime.
• best possible barcode quality for GS1 compliance.
• minimize the total cost of ownership.

Traditionally, labels would be applied to the side of a shipping case or tray, using a pneumatic or servo driven tamp arrangement. This method has provided excellent service over the years and it is still the most common process in use today.

Using a tamp applicator, while being simple and reliable, does have some drawbacks, though.

The label can only be printed while the tamp pad is in its home position. This means that there are parts of the application cycle where the printer is forced to be idle – reducing the maximum output of the labeler.

These systems usually need plant compressed air to operate them. With many of our customers looking to reduce their overall plant air usage, this is not ideal.

There can also be safety considerations with reciprocating parts operating at high speeds – it is difficult to ensure there are no pinch points.

PowerMerge

To address some of these issues, ID Technology introduced PowerMerge.

Rather than using a tamp system to deliver the label to the product, as the label leaves the print engine, it travels on a driven belt where it is controlled by a flow of air (from a fan, not plant air) to the product.

PowerMerge provides some great advantages:

Once a label is printed and on the belt, the next label can start its own print process. This virtually eliminates and seat time in the print-apply, increasing output considerably.

Gaining time in the sequence also means that the printer can run at lower print speeds, even while maintaining high outputs. This provides better print quality and longer life of printer components.

However, while PowerMerge is often a big step forward compared to tamp applicators, it does have a couple of drawbacks.

• the label is fed with the narrow side across the web – this means that more material has to pass through the printer for each print cycle.
• this orientation gives fewer labels per roll.
• not the ideal orientation for the best barcode quality.

Introducing CrossMerge

CrossMerge brings our PowerMerge concept to another level.

Labels feed from the printer ib the most efficient orientation and then change direction to allow them to be wiped onto the product.

For our customers, there are some huge advantages of CrossMerge.

• Like, PowerMerge, the print speed is disconnect from the application speed, allowing the printer to run at a slower speed than is usual – while still proving higher outputs.
• Lower speed causes less wear (and consequently maintenance requirement) and provides the best print quality.
• Improved ISO/ANSI barcode verification scores.
• Up to twice as many labels per roll (4×2 label compared to conventional wipe-on labeling).
• Up to twice as many labels printed before printhead replacement needed.
• Unlike labelers with delicate near-edge printheads, CrossMerge works great with both thermal transfer and direct thermal labels.
• ID Technology’s lifetime limited warranty if you use our labels.

One of the (many) cool things about CrossMerge is that it can be installed on most existing ID Technology 252 or 255 labeling systems – make the most of your current investment.

Want to learn more? Contact me at david.holliday@ProMachBuilt.com or visit www.idtechnology.com

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The Art of Barcode Shaving

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Okay, I’m not suggesting that your barcodes are looking a little scraggly and in need of getting their chins cleaned up. Barcode shaving (also often referred to as pixel shaving) is a way of tweaking your barcodes to get the best, verified print quality.

In this article I want to dig a little into this process and how it relates to printing two-dimensional barcodes when using inkjet printers.

When producing 2D barcodes such as DataMatrix or QR code to GS1 standards, it is obviously important that the data is correct, the structure of the encoded data is correct and the quality of the printed code meets the quality standard.

Typical GS1 DataMatrix Code

Getting the data correct is really the job of the organization that’s printing the barcode, after all, it is their data.

The structure of a GS1 barcode is defined in the GS1 general specification. It’s relatively easy to check that the structure of the data is correct in some cases using a simple smartphone application – I’ve discussed this several times elsewhere.

In the GS1 system, quality for 2D barcodes, such as data matrix and QR codes, is defined in the ISO/IEC 15416 standard.

To verify the quality of a barcode against the standard, a number of measurements are taken using a calibrated verifier. All of these measurements each produce an individual grade which is then combined into one single overall score.

One of these parameters is called print growth. This measures the size of the elements in the barcode and ensures they haven’t crept above the size they should be.

With a 2D DataMatrix barcode, as an example, each of the little squares that makes up the symbol should be exactly the same size, both the dark and light squares.

Look at these two examples:

One of them looks to be printed nice and darkly you – would think that it will be easy for a scanner to read and that its verification score will be good.

In the other example, the barcode looks somewhat lighter. Intuition tells us, that this one would be more difficult to read in the dark version and possibly would score less high in the verification

As it happens, both barcodes are easy to read with most barcode scanners – I can read them just fine with the Barcode Check app on my phone.

However, if you look more closely at the darker example, you’ll see that the darker squares are somewhat larger than the white ones – this is print growth.

What is Print Growth?

When printing with an inkjet printer, the image is produced of a number of very small individual drops of ink. The examples I’ve used were printed on our ClearMark Thermal Inkjet printer, set at 300 dots per inch in both the horizontal and vertical axis. Since the barcode is 0.5″ square, each size is 150 drops or pixels and the individual small squares that make up the barcode are 7 x 7 pixels.

As the drops of ink are sprayed onto the product, they dry quickly (assuming the ink is compatible with the substrate), but not instantly. There is often some time for the drops to spread a little before they set permanently, causing the elements on the image to be slightly larger than intended.

This is why when inspecting a DataMatrix or QR Code that has been printed using inkjet, the small squares that are printed are often too large as the ink spreads.

This is print growth – you can see in the darker example, that the black squares are infringing on the white ones – causing the white squares to be smaller, or even rectangular, rather than squares.

Print growth will downgrade the ISO score of your barcode – possibly to the extent that it fails verification.

So What’s The Solution?

In these situations, Barcode (or Pixel) Shaving is your friend.

With each of the small squares in my example barcode, our ID Technology and Code Tech TIJ printers (and our Greydon Genesis inkjet printers), allow pixels to be removed (shaved) from around each square. So I could make the elements of my barcode 6 x 6 pixels (instead of 7 x 7), but still centered in the same location. This allows the ink to spread a little in each barcode element, but still stay within its assigned overall area.

Using barcode shaving on our printers allows them to be fine-tuned to ensure the best verification scores for both DataMatrix and QR Codes. This is huge for customers who need to comply with GS1 standards, such as those in the medical of pharma industries.

Is it easy to set up?

Yes, this is easy to use on both our Code Tech and ClearMark printers.

Here is the setting screen on ClearMark. You simply set the amount of shaving as a percentage. There is a little trial and error involved, but the setting is saved with the message to remember for next time.

So Shaving is Good?

Yes – this feature can be the difference between passing or failing barcode verification. It is often well worth the time to spend a few minutes fine-tuning your barcode settings, to avoid potential problems in the future.

Want to Learn More?

How can you start improving your own packaging coding? Contact us today at 888-438-3242 Option#3. You can also email me at dholliday@idtechnology.com We’ll get you in touch with one of our local experts right away.

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