Printing on Plastic Rigid Containers

A variety of Videojet solutions are available for printing on plastic and printing on rigid plastic containers depending on the desired mark effect. Videojet inks for continuous inkjet (CIJ) printers provide quality marks on a wide range of plastics, including high adhesion inks and oil penetrating inks specifically for plastic printing. Laser systems, which deliver permanent but less-noticeable marks, are also an option. Videojet offers a wide laser range including CO2, Fiber and UV to best match laser wavelength with the plastic material.

Optimizing Code Quality on Plastic Packaging

Desired Contrast – Determine if a high contrast code or a less prominent code is more desirable for your product. Expiration information should be clearly visible to the consumer. By contrast, batch/lot information used for tracking purposes may be conveyed with a less obvious code.

Ink Adhesion – Many chemical products contain ingredients that can remove ink codes in the event of spillage. Videojet will help evaluate your product and packaging characteristics to identify the ideal solution for printing on plastic.

Location – Code placement can impact both contrast and permanence of a code.

Perform sample tests – Videojet can help determine if a technology meets your coding needs by testing for contrast, permanence and placement on your plastic containers.

Videojet can help you with printing on plastic

• Identify the ideal coding solution for your product or packaging
• Integrate the solution into your packaging line
• Capture customer attention with printing that aligns to your brand’s image.
• Showcase information that is vital to both customers and distribution partners.
• •Help you choose from a variety of ink colors to complement your brand and differentiate your SKUs
• Offer solutions designed to eliminate coding errors, jams and misapplied labels on cases
• Help you meet customer, distributor and regulatory requirements

Coding and marking solutions for rigid plastic packaging

• Continuous inkjet (CIJ) printers: Print dates and codes on both flat and curved surfaces of almost any packaging
• Laser marking machines:  Mark high-quality, permanent codes on a wide range of product and package surfaces with fewer consumables