Article: Ink-jet technology, provides security solutions: ink-jet printing provides brand owners with a versatile and affordable solution to securing their products through track-and-trace and authentication methods.(smart packaging)

Packaging converters and printers choose to work with ink-jet because of its versatility. It can be used to produce short runs economically, and printing can be done immediately, because no platemaking or other cumbersome preproduction work is needed. What's more, improvements to ink-jet inks and components are bringing the technology within reach of some companies that could not find a use for it in the past.

Ink-jet printing is certainly useful for many applications, but one, in particular, is becoming increasingly interesting to end-users concerned with brand protection. With special software, an ink-jet printer can be programmed to write a different mark on ...

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