Problem: This client in Virginia had requirements to upgrade older small character continuous inkjet printers. The older coders were not reliable and were costly to maintain. Since there were four printers, those maintenance costs added up quickly. Solution: The local PIN distributor demonstrated new small character continuous inkjet printers that boasted automatic nozzle seal technology,…
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Candy Industry Solutions
Problem: The customer was using laser printers to mark on decorative tins and paper board packaging. The laser removed the paint of the decorative surface making the packaging less attractive. The laser could not mark on the bottom of the tin because it was unpainted, and the laser was not powerful enough to burn into…
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Problem: A popular powdered mix company was producing some of the country’s finest drink and baking mixes but had been receiving complaints from their customers about the inferior quality of the product identification on each of their bags. Unfortunately, the customer had originally outfitted their VFFS baggers with in-line inkjet coders, which were simply not…
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Problem: The customer was using small character CIJ printers to print two lines of text on two liter and five liter bags of smoothie and shake mixes sold to a major fast food restaurant chain. The fast food chain changed their print specifications to eight lines of text in mixed font sizes and multi-lingual product…
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Problem: This customer was utilizing a thermal transfer overprinter for their printing application. However, the printer’s performance was unreliable and the current vendor provided poor service and support. The downtime was eating up of this manufacturer’s efficiencies. Solution: PIN Distributor, Mammoth Labels & Packaging, provided a new thermal transfer over-printer to print continuous codes onto the…
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Problem: This customer was hand applying labels to jars of oysters requiring multiple workers. Demand often called for the increase in the number of workers and increased production costs. Solution: PIN Distributor, Industrial & Shippers Supply, teamed up with multiple vendors to implement automation to the process. The solution consisted of a new small character continuous inkjet printer…
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Problem: The beer brewer was using a mechanical hot stamp to apply a simple, one-line date code on preprinted beer bottle labels prior to the labels being applied to the bottles. The hot stamp had become unreliable and produced uneven print quality. It also required manual type changes for each new date. It was difficult…
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Problem: When this major poultry packer was having continuous problems with a wellknown competitor’s thermal thermal transfer overprinters, they were given an ultimatum – trade up to the extremely expensive new premium model of the manufacturer’s TTO printers or lose service and support for the old models already installed and needing constant repair. That was…
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