Label Printer Applicator

Generic packaging printing

Baked Goods

The baked goods industry provides an essential service to Australian families, with operations that typically operate at times when the rest of the industry is sleeping. Production environments are often dry, but flour laden.  The industry demands equipment that is reliable, and able to be self-serviced with access to technical service out of normal working hours if required.

Baked Goods Packaging

The primary or secondary packaging of bakery products need to be coded with barcodes, best before dates, batch codes, company information, nutritional panels, company graphics and text. This packaging is typically paper, cardboard or plastic film.

Product Identification and Product traceability technologies in baked goods

Several technologies are suited to code onto paper stocks — lasers, small character Continuous Inkjet Printers (CIJ) and large character Drop on Demand (DOD) inkjet printers all reliably code high resolution text, barcodes and graphics on porous and non-porous surfaces, such as bags, trays, board.

Lasers are well suited to code bag ties, and have also been specifically developed to code flexible film without puncturing holes in it, while thermal transfer overprinters (TTO) are also well suited to code onto flexible films.

Many baked goods manufacturers take advantage of having a generic company branded film and use Thermal Transfer Overprinter (TTO) to print the product specific variable information, including barcodes and date code information, on to the generic film.

Matthews can provide a tailored solution for your bakery business and its needs. Browse through the technology links on this page, or call us on 1300 CODING to discuss your unique circumstances. You can also e-mail us to ask questions about what will suit you: tap into our experience from multi-nationals to small family businesses in the bakery goods sector.

Common technologies used in baked goods

Label Applicator (LA)

Label Applicator (LA) labelling systems apply pre-printed pressure-sensitive labels onto products.

Label Printer Applicator (LPA)

LPA prints onto thermal transfer labels or thermal direct labels, then automatically applies those labels to an item. Ideal for printing barcode labels.

Large Character Drop On Demand (DOD)

DOD inkjet printers, most suited to printing on to secondary packaging, are simple to operate, require minimal maintenance and are very robust and reliable.

Laser

Lasers are a very fast way to print high quality permanent codes on a vast range of substrates.

Small Character Continuous Inkjet (CIJ)

CIJ is a non-contact printing technology that can be used for coding on a variety of substrates even at high line speeds.

Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO)

Thermal Transfer Overprinters (TTO) are typically used for coding on to flexible packaging films and self-adhesive labels.