Versatile, lightweight, and easy to transport, plastic is one of the world’s most popular packaging materials. More than 80 billion tons of plastic packaging are produced each year to hold food, beverages, medicines, and other consumer products. Plastic packaging comes in the form of bottles, jars, trays, pouches, and rigid containers, and is used by a wide range of industries to keep products fresh and appeal to consumers’ senses.
Whether a company uses plastic to package eggs, CBD products, or pet food, plastic packaging must display clear product codes that comply with government regulations and distributor policies. Common display codes and markings include:
Batch number
Expiration date
Serial number
These markings allow companies to track their goods throughout the supply chain to perform recalls and other quality assurance processes. However, creating these codes can be tricky for those new to plastic packaging. Codes are only valuable if they are legible and durable enough to withstand the entire product life cycle. Meeting these needs requires a high-quality printing solution that can meet the unique operational needs of a business.
Below, we’ll look at how to print on plastic using today’s most popular industrial coding option, TIJ online printers
First, TIJ online printers print on plastic packaging with extreme clarity. Its inkjet technology can precisely control the droplet size and jet position to ensure that codes and marks such as batch numbers, expiration dates, and serial numbers are clearly legible. Whether on a smooth plastic surface or on a textured plastic material, it can present sharp text and graphics to meet government regulations and distributor policies for clear product codes.
Secondly, TIJ online printers have excellent durability. Throughout the life cycle of a product, plastic packaging may experience various environmental conditions such as friction, collision, temperature changes, etc. The special ink used by TIJ printers has good adhesion and durability, and can maintain the integrity of the code under these harsh conditions. Even after long periods of transportation, storage, and sales, the printed information will not blur, fade, or fall off, providing a reliable basis for the company's quality assurance process.
Thirdly, TIJ online printers are highly flexible. For plastic packaging of different shapes and sizes, such as bottles, cans, trays, pouches, and rigid containers, TIJ printers can easily adapt. It can print on a variety of complex surfaces, including curved and irregularly shaped plastic packaging. At the same time, the printer can be customized according to the specific needs of the enterprise, and the printing parameters such as font size, color, printing speed, etc. can be adjusted to meet the printing requirements of different products.
In addition, the TIJ online printer is easy to operate and easy to integrate into the production line of the enterprise. It can be seamlessly connected with automation equipment and production management systems to achieve efficient online printing and production process control. Operators only need simple training to master the use of the printer, which reduces the training cost and manpower investment of the enterprise.