Thermal Transfer Over-printer, The Right Choice For The Pharmaceutical And Snack Industry!

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Coding and marking solutions for the primary packaging of the pharmaceutical industry involves printing information such as batch code, manufacturing date, expiry date and price, while the available space on which to print is considerably small.

On the other hand, snack food and confectionery manufacturers face a wide range of challenges when it comes to marking and coding solutions. The process of manufacturing snacks and confectionery deal with extreme temperature ranging from hot ovens and frying tanks to freezers. Additionally, the products have to be protected from being contaminated and ensure that they remain edible until consumption, therefore, the packaging plays an important role.

All the information regarding manufacturing date, best before dates, price, ingredients and much more to be printed is to be done on flexible packaging and pouches.
While there are a wide variety of printers available for coding and marking in the pharmaceutical and snack industry, it is not easy for companies to choose the appropriate technology that would suit their specific needs. The right choice depends upon the ...
... company's top priorities regarding legibility, cost, speed, ease-of-use, cleanliness and security.

Coding, labelling and marking pharmaceutical and snack food products require unique product identification for complete supply chain traceability, retail sale, as well as clear, fine and precise print to enhance overall branding.
The trend towards product promotions using interactive QR codes on product packaging to engage consumers requires equipment that can perform consistently in difficult processing environments.

Control Print Limited offers pharmaceutical and snack food manufacturers a huge range of creative solutions on primary pharmaceutical packaging like ampules, vials, tubes as well as flexible films used in bags and pouches for snack manufacturing.

Control Print's Thermal Transfer Overprinter is based on Thermal Transfer Technology which is preferred for the Food, Dairy, Pharma and Snack Industry for continuous or intermittent printing on flexible packaging and pouches.
Thermal Transfer technology utilizes a thermal printhead consisting of individual ceramic resistors that are selectively heated to transfer the desired image from a coated ribbon directly onto the substrate.
Read on to find the key features of this inkjet coder.

Excellent print quality
● This inkjet coding and marking solution give a high-resolution printing experience with a printhead width of 32 mm.
● The high-speed printing techniques can attain a printing speed of 200 prints per minute.
● Control Print's Thermal Transfer Overprinter's non-hazardous ribbons contain no liquid hence is mess-free.

Ease of operation
● It’s equipped with a touchscreen display and a built-in WYSIWYG graphic interface, making it absolutely user friendly.
● It has automatic errors detection for easy troubleshooting.
● This printing technology requires minimal operator training to run the equipment.

Minimum uptime and low maintenance
● The Thermal Transfer Overprinter supports quick & Easy ribbon change.
● The shorter shutdown procedures minimise wastage of time, this leads to excelling in production speed of intermittent and continuous motion.

Multiple Ink Ribbons
● A large selection of colour ink ribbons can be used with Thermal Transfer Overprinter since it provides excellent ink adhesion even with condensation.
● A length of 500 metres of ribbon length, with a width of 25mm-33mm, is conducive for large print matters.

Control print limited has more than 30 years of industry experience and a team of engineers combined to ensure their system performs efficiently in any production environment. For further enquiries, visit the website at controlprint.com