Label Printer Looks to Matthews to Solve Defect Marking Problem
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Application Brief Americas | Pittsburgh, PA | O: 800-775-7775 | www.matthewsmarking.com Asia | Beijing, China | O: +86. 10.8879.6525 | www.matthewsmarking.cn Europe/Australasia | M ölndal, Sweden | O: +46.3 1.338.7900 | www.matthewsmarking.se Germany | Aschau, Germany | O: +49.80.5295 110 | www.matthewsmarking.de Objective Tag and label printers must be able to detect defects on printing materials for rejection or replacement. Recently, one of the largest North American label printers came to Matthews to find a new way to identify defects on their film-based labels. Their existing process involved manual label inspection, but often the defect was too small to be detected by the Quality Assurance department. Those undetected errors resulted in numerous customer complaints and costly rejected product. Matthews’ Solution Matthews recommended a large printed mark be placed at the site of the defect, allowing the person who was manually inspecting the labels to identify it quickly, remove the bad label or replace the bad label. Matthews installed eight VIAjet™ L-Series high resolution thermal ink jet print heads, along with their universal print controller, MPERIA™. MPERIA™ was easily integrated into the customer’s existing vision system, resulting in real-time, accurate error notifications. Error notifications were then sent to the print heads to mark the defected product. Results Before the installation of Matthews’ equipment on the label application, visual inspection was slow and inconsistent, eye strain was a major issue and defects were often missed completely, resulting in costly product returns. After Matthews integrated MPERIA™ along with their printing system, inspection speed increased by 10%, eye strain was reduced, customer satisfaction improved drastically and product returns diminished saving the label printer thousands of dollars. Label Printer Looks to Matthews to Solve Defect Marking Problem Industry: Tag & Label Material: Proprietary film Message: Line mark for defects Line Speed: 60 fpm Ink: LS- 6022 Fast Dry Ink Quick Facts
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Americas | Pittsburgh, PA | O: 800-775-7775 | www.matthewsmarking.comAsia | Beijing, China | O: +86. 10.8879.6525 | www.matthewsmarking.cnEurope/Australasia | Mölndal, Sweden | O: +46.3 1.338.7900 | www.matthewsmarking.seGermany | Aschau, Germany | O: +49.80.5295 110 | www.matthewsmarking.de
ObjectiveTag and label printers must be able to detect defects onprinting materials for rejection or replacement. Recently,one of the largest North American label printers came toMatthews to find a new way to identify defects on theirfilm-based labels. Their existing process involved manual label inspection, but often the defect was too small to be detected by the Quality Assurance department. Those undetected errors resulted in numerous customer complaintsand costly rejected product.
Matthews’ SolutionMatthews recommended a large printed mark be placedat the site of the defect, allowing the person who wasmanually inspecting the labels to identify it quickly, removethe bad label or replace the bad label. Matthews installedeight VIAjet™ L-Series high resolution thermal ink jet printheads, along with their universal print controller, MPERIA™.MPERIA™ was easily integrated into the customer’s existingvision system, resulting in real-time, accurate error notifications.Error notifications were then sent to the print heads to markthe defected product.
ResultsBefore the installation of Matthews’ equipment on the labelapplication, visual inspection was slow and inconsistent, eyestrain was a major issue and defects were often missedcompletely, resulting in costly product returns. After Matthews integrated MPERIA™ along with their printing system, inspection speed increased by 10%, eye strain was reduced,customer satisfaction improved drastically and product returns diminished saving the label printer thousands ofdollars.
Label Printer Looks to Matthews toSolve Defect Marking Problem
Industry: Tag & LabelMaterial: Proprietary filmMessage: Line mark for defectsLine Speed: 60 fpmInk: LS- 6022 Fast Dry Ink
Quick Facts
