Focus Pack required the printers to reproduce manufactured/sealed dates, batch codes and product ingredients onto PE material at a consistently high quality for all of its product lines.

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Two 53XL80 thermal transfer coders, which can print up to 80mm, replaced the previously used ink jet printers and were attached to Focus Pack’s vertical form fill sealing machines using bespoke frames designed for the purpose by Allen Coding engineers.

Operating at speeds from 15 to 45 bags of grass care product per minute, on an average print area of 53mm x 40mm, the thermal coders have enabled Focus Pack to speed up job set-up and to increase output.

Bobby Stark of Focus Pack explains: “We find the variable data field very useful when running the same type of job and using different batches of product.  The operator can easily enter a new batch number when prompted and selecting an existing format takes just seconds to carry out, which helps speed up production enormously.  Also the internal clock means we never have to change the date field.”