ID Coders & The Different Versions Of These Machines

By Keren Kipfer


Number markings on the labels of products can help in traceability of these products, and this is used in a number of industries particularly in all types of foods and many beverages. There are special machines that help in this process adding these codes and identification numbers. The objective of this ID technology is to provide data and information and make tracing of products easy in case of possible future concerns. The printers that apply these IDs onto product packages are known sometimes as ID coders and sometimes as ID printers. Manufacturers can have choices of these machine types because there several to choose.

Data that helps in the identification process, like production or expiration dates as well as serial numbers and other data are the pieces of information printed by these id coder machines. Surface types like plastic packaging, cardboard boxes, glass, Mylar and other packing material types can be difficult to print on, but these machine coders will do the printing easily. Fast printing and inks that dry rapidly are accomplished by these ID coders. When there are product concerns, easy tracing and tracking can be done, and this is provided by the number coding on the labels.

These id coders and printers can be the CIJ type or the continuous ink jet coder or the DOD type, which is the drop on demand coder. The CIJ printer produces a stream of small ink droplets which are the means to print the numbers on the product labels. Unused ink droplets are cycled back and reused in printing. DOD printers use a print head with open nozzles and electrical pulse is used in the printing process. Each of these machine printer types has its advantages and also disadvantages, and it's only for the buyer to choose which is to his benefit.

The DOD machine type is the modern and more innovative type of machine printer although the CIJ technology and printers have been in existence for several years already. Prints and markings on the labels often need to be printed with high resolution, and this is provided by the DOD technology. With the DOD type of machine printers, ink is only dispersed when needed, while with CIJ, ink is continuously circulated in the printer. High resolution prints can be expected with DOD technology despite the process being simpler. The designing process of the print head fine nozzles is more demanding, however, and the cost of these machines is often higher.

These id printing machines are great to have but one can also have the refurbished id printing equipment and still produce great results in the prints. Buying these refurbished machines can save a lot for buyers. There are refurbished Domino coders, Willet coders, Video Jet coders, and other brands from many companies that sell these. These refurbished machines will give a lot of savings to buyers and yet they get the same printing results. These companies not only sell the refurbished machines but they do repairs of machines likewise.

There are ID printing products companies, like PrintJet.net that sell refurbished machines and also sell generic ink, on top of the availability of refurbished machines. They have inks like Maxima ink, Domino ink, Videojet ink, Imaje ink and other ink brands. These id product companies carefully formulate their inks so that the end result is as high in quality as purchasing ink directly from the coder manufacturer, except, of course, the cost is much lower with generic inks.




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