Industrial coding and marking systems for product identification, traceability, and packaging compliance.
Curtis Packaging Machinery helps customers evaluate Squid Ink printing and marking equipment for products, primary packages, cartons, cases, and other packaging applications.
The appropriate technology depends on the package material, required print content, production speed, print location, environmental conditions, and the equipment with which the printer must integrate.
Squid Ink Coding and Marking Technologies
High-Resolution Inkjet Printing
High-resolution printing systems can apply barcodes, graphics, logos, date codes, lot information, and other variable data to corrugated cases, cartons, and additional packaging materials.
Continuous Inkjet Printing
Continuous inkjet systems provide non-contact printing for applying small-character codes to products and packages moving through a production line.
Thermal Inkjet Printing
Thermal inkjet equipment produces clean, high-resolution variable information on suitable porous and nonporous packaging surfaces.
Large-Character Printing
Drop-on-demand systems can apply large, readable identification and traceability information to cases, cartons, and industrial products.
Laser Coding
Laser systems create permanent marks on compatible packaging materials without requiring ink or other printing fluids.
Software and Print Validation
Printing software, controls, and validation systems can help manage messages, reduce coding errors, and verify that the required information has been applied correctly.
Planning a Coding or Marking Application
Curtis can help evaluate:
- The product or packaging material being marked
- Required text, barcodes, graphics, and variable data
- Print size, resolution, and location
- Production-line speed
- Available mounting and installation space
- Environmental and cleaning conditions
- Controls and data-integration requirements
- Product handling before and after printing
- Inspection and code-verification requirements
Curtis can also help coordinate the printer with conveyors, labelers, inspection equipment, case packers, and other packaging-line machinery.
Discuss Your Coding and Marking Application
Tell us what you need to print, the material being marked, and the required production rate. We’ll help identify the practical equipment and integration options.