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Real-world insights, best practices, and practical advice to help you improve marking performance on the production line.
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Understanding Barcode Verification – and Why You Need It
Learn how barcode verification helps manufacturers catch coding errors, meet industry standards, reduce costly shipment rejections, and improve product traceability through nine key quality checks.
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Print and Verify: Designing Code Assurance that Auditors (and Retailers) Love
Traditional coding workflows typically involve printing a barcode and relying on occasional manual inspection to check quality. While this approach may catch obvious issues, it can still allow defective codes to pass through production.
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10/08/2024
Explore the future of product identification at PACK EXPO 2024, with insights on emerging technologies, evolving compliance standards, and changing customer expectations shaping how manufacturers improve automation, traceability, adaptability, and customer experience.
09/24/2024
Don’t Buy Without Considering Laser Marking – Here’s Why
Laser marking offers manufacturers permanent, precise marks without inks or consumables. See how advances in automation, software, and integration are making lasers an increasingly attractive alternative to traditional industrial marking technologies.
08/27/2024
Five Tips for Laser Marking Integration
Learn five key considerations for integrating laser marking into your production line, including cost, technical compatibility, safety, material testing, and quality control. See how proper planning can help improve marking consistency, reduce long-term operating costs,...
08/07/2024
Bag Marking Success Stories
Bag marking can be challenging across flexible packaging and demanding production environments. See how two manufacturers improved efficiency, reduced labor, and lowered marking costs with solutions built for their operations.
07/08/2024
Laser vs. CIJ
In this blog, we compare laser marking and continuous inkjet (CIJ) technologies, covering print quality, durability, maintenance, and operating costs to help you determine which solution is best for your production needs.
06/25/2024
How to Stop Fake Goods with Laser Coding
Learn how permanent laser marking can help manufacturers combat counterfeiting with durable, difficult-to-replicate codes. Explore overt and discreet marking strategies that support product authentication, traceability, and brand protection.
06/14/2024
How to Select the Right Automated Labeling Machine
Avoid common mistakes when choosing a print-and-apply labeling system. Learn what to consider around cost, scalability, ease of use, integration, and safety so you can reduce downtime and support long-term production needs.
05/24/2024
Laser vs. Inkjet
In this blog, we compare laser and inkjet marking technologies, highlighting their advantages, applications, and key differences in durability, speed, versatility, and cost to help you choose the right solution for your production needs.
04/22/2024
Is it Time to Modernize Your Marking?
In this blog, we highlight how three manufacturers upgraded their marking and labeling equipment to reduce downtime, lower operating costs, and increase production capacity.
04/01/2024
Defect marking drives lithium battery quality improvement
See how high-speed inkjet printing and 2D codes help lithium battery manufacturers identify coating defects earlier, improve quality control, reduce scrap, and support more efficient production.
03/28/2024
Perfecting pipe and plastic product identification
Learn how to choose the right inkjet coding solution for pipes and plastics by evaluating material compatibility, print quality, ink durability, production speeds, and system integration.
03/22/2024
Direct Case Coding or Labeling?
Direct case marking can reduce consumable costs, manual labor, and coding errors. See three real-world examples where manufacturers replaced labels with direct printing and achieved significant savings and efficiency gains.
02/07/2024
Case Coding Best Practices
Learn how flexible case coding and labeling systems help manufacturers meet varying big-box retailer requirements, maintain barcode accuracy, avoid costly chargebacks, and improve production efficiency.
01/25/2024
Smarter Packaging With QR Codes
Learn how serialized QR codes can improve product traceability, prevent counterfeiting, strengthen customer engagement, and support sustainability efforts, plus how to integrate them into your packaging.
01/17/2024
Marking Technology for Building Products Showdown
Valvejet, CIJ, TIJ and PIJ each offer different advantages for building product marking. See how they compare in harsh environments, across challenging materials, and when meeting demanding coding requirements.
01/15/2024
Overcoming Rubber and Tire Marking Challenges
Learn what to look for when replacing legacy tire and rubber marking systems, from dust-resistant valvejet printing and specialized inks to custom integration, high-speed performance and more reliable traceability.
12/15/2023
Overcome Metal Marking Challenges with Valve Inkjet Technology
Harsh metal manufacturing environments demand reliable marking technology. Learn how valve inkjet printing withstands dust, oil, and extreme temperatures while delivering durable, high-quality marks with less maintenance.
11/01/2023
Labeling vs. Marking
Direct case printing may cost less, but it is not always the right fit. Learn when labeling provides better barcode quality, flexibility and traceability.
10/10/2023
Marking and Coding Tips and Tricks
Reliable marking takes more than dependable equipment. Learn how the right technology, automation, maintenance and ink can reduce errors and unplanned downtime.
08/25/2023
CIJ vs. DOD
In this blog, we compare continuous inkjet (CIJ) and drop-on-demand (DOD) valvejet printing technologies, examining their differences in print quality, speed, maintenance, and performance to help you determine which is best suited for your industrial...
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