Changes in Ink Jet Technology.(Brief Article)

For inline, high-volume printing, ink jet printing continues to be cost-effective for most packaging operations.

In the past, there have been numerous reasons why ink jet printing saw only limited success if bar codes were to be printed directly onto cartons. The porosity and generally poor reflective quality of corrugated, motion caused by conveyors and the variable locations of cartons on the conveyor were a few of the challenges.

Now, based on standards established by the Uniform Code Council (UCC) for shipping containers, ink jet technology does a passabl