Markem-Imaje has introduced a white Touch Dry ink for use with its 5940 G inkjet coder.
This is a pigment-based white Touch Dry hot melt ink for industrial, non-food grade applications. It was developed for printing on film, but may also be used on other substrates, such as black film, textiles, non-woven materials, coated corrugate and black re-usable plastic containers, subject to testing prior to production line roll-out.
Launched in 2021, the 5940 G coder is applicable for a broad range of substrates. It has thus far been deployed by manufacturers including specialists in fresh produce, frozen foods, snack foods, dairy products, confectionery, wines and spirits, pet foods, breakfast and cereals, biscuits and cakes, and meats. 5940 G runs proprietary Touch Dry inks that instantly dry on contact. The inks, which are free of odours and volatile organic compounds (VOC), are safe to handle and minimise environmental impact during printing. Touch Dry inks do not spread along corrugated fibres nor lose resolution, it is claimed.
The new white ink enables customers to mark on substrates that are black or dark in colour in instances where black ink does not provide sufficient contrast and when light dye-based inks, such as yellow or orange, are not prominent.
Greg Kasprzak, marketing team leader at Markem-Imaje, said, ‘5940 G has proven to be a hugely successful coder. This is in no small part thanks to its reliability across a wide spectrum of manufacturing needs, consistently delivering crisp codes on a huge range of secondary packaging, including corrugated.
‘With the introduction of this new, white Touch Dry ink, an even greater range of coding applications are available to the end user, particularly where the end material poses challenges because it is dark in colour.’
