Ecofriendly Inkjet Printing Of Plastic Filmoberschleissheim August 4 2011 Ndash For Variable Marking Of Pharmaceutical Products Schreiner Medipharm Has Developed A Specialty Label That Makes It Possible To Also Print Plastic Films With Waterbased Inks Using Inkjet Systems This Offers Pharmaceutical Manufacturers An Ecoconscious Efficient And Costeffective Alternative To Solventbased Inksschreiner Medipharm Develops Specialty Label For Customized Variable Printing By Means Of Inkjet Printersin The Pharmaceutical Industry Transparent Films Are Frequently Used To Mark Glass Containers Up To Now Waterbased Inks Have Not Been Suitable For Printing Plastic Films With Inkjet Systems As These Inks Cannot Be Absorbed By The Material Schreiner Medipharm Has Found A Solution To This Challenge By Applying A Waterabsorbing Coating To Parts Of The Plastic Label This Makes Variable Marking With Inkjet Printers And Waterbased Inks Possible The Drying Time Is Less Than One Second In Addition The Label Can Be Designed So That The Barcode Is Located Underneath A Laminate And Thus Protected After Labeling This Avoids Mechanical Abrasion And The Intrusion Of Moisture For Instance By Disinfectants For Containers With Very Narrow Radii An Additional Version Has Been Developed On Which The Section With The Barcode Slightly Lifts For Easy Readabilitythe Plastic Specialty Label Allows Fast Costeffective And Highquality Marking By Means Of Inkjet Printing The Products Can Be Customprinted Using Existing Inkjet Systems Without Requiring Any Process Changesfor Further Information Contactschreiner Medipharm A Business Unit Ofschreiner Group Gmbh Amp Co Kgbruckmannring 2285764 Oberschleissheimgermanyphone 49 89 315845400fax 49 89 315845422infoschreinermedipharmcom