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View Experiencing Long-Term Health Issues With Your CIJ Printer?

Experiencing Long-Term Health Issues With Your CIJ Printer?

2 mins |Kirsty Burrage

CIJ legacy printers are prone to long-term health issues and need regular maintenance check-ups. By taking out a Continuous inkjet (CIJ) printer and replacing it with a Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) printer, you eliminate chronic conditions, improving your overall line health immediately and indefinitely.

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View UKCA mark deadline fast approaching – are you ready?

UKCA mark deadline fast approaching – are you ready?

2 mins

The UKCA is a new product mark that must be used in place of the CE mark in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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View Manufacturers left in a Sticky Situation due to Label Shortages

Manufacturers left in a Sticky Situation due to Label Shortages

2 mins

When whispers of label shortages began during 2021- many thought that the problem would be resolved within a matter of months. However, like the labels, the problem has stuck, and lead times can span up to 3 months, causing problems for manufacturers across the globe.

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View Box Labelling or Direct Printing – Which is Better?

Box Labelling or Direct Printing – Which is Better?

4 mins

Where would we be without cardboard boxes? They are the mainstay of worldwide logistics, with hundreds of billions of them being shipped all over the globe every year.

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View 5 Reasons Why Offline Coding is Ideal for Luxury Packaging

5 Reasons Why Offline Coding is Ideal for Luxury Packaging

2 mins

Coding luxury products online may be preferable, but due to the very nature of luxury packaging it isn’t always the best way to ensure high-quality, consistent results – even for highly automated manufacturing and packing operations.

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View Coding and Marking Extrusions

Coding and Marking Extrusions

2 mins

Manufacturers of extruded plastic, rubber and aluminium construction parts require reliable, easy-to-use coders that can meet the legibility, adhesion and colour requirements of their customers.

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View Rewind, Play, Fast Foward: Coding Past, Present and Future

Rewind, Play, Fast Foward: Coding Past, Present and Future

This year, Rotech Machines, the coding integration and feeding systems specialist, celebrates its 20th anniversary. To mark this milestone, company director Richard Pether looks back through the decades on coding technologies and what is instore for the future.

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