Independent Ink offers inks and printers specifically matched to the requirements of the pharmaceutical industry including pills, blister packs, medical paper, Tyvek, plastics, PET, HDPE, boxes with plain, gloss or matte finishes and outer cartons.  Date & Time functions, Expiration Date, Sell By or Best Use By dates, Shift Codes, Rollover Time, Barcodes linear and 2D, Datamatrix, GS1 codes are all easily accomplished with the printers and software offered.  At Independent Ink, we understand the importance of providing total solutions for each kind of industrial printing job. We have the specific items you need to accomplish your printing tasks.

Primary Packaging Applications

Blister Packs, Metal Foils, Medical Paper, Tyvek

• Excellent adhesion qualities with resistance to alcohol
• High resolution printing of small fonts and 2D barcodes allows coding in confined areas
• Excellent print quality even at high speeds

Plastics including HDPE, PET                

• Bottles, including labels
• Caps
• Excellent adhesion and abrasion resistance.  Inks are available to meet requirements for alcohol resistance.
• Films

Metal Foils

•           Form Fill and Seal packaging
•           Label printing, before and after application
•          Cup and tray covers

Glass

• Excellent adhesion qualities on glass
• Excellent cold storage characteristics
• Excellent print quality including high speeds
• Pigmented inks for good visibility and contrast on brown and green bottles

Secondary Packaging Applications

The FlexCode range of Thermal Ink Jet printers based on Lexmark^TM technology offers high resolution printing, excellent quality and low Cost per Print to meet or exceed the text, graphics and barcode , linear and 2D, requirements of regulators and the modern distribution chain.

Ink jet printing of variable information on outer carton packaging reduces costs by reducing carton inventory, allows larger runs and reduced cost of "generic" cartons, permits just in time packaging and reduces setup and changeover time.

The III range of aqueous and solvent based inks allows printing on a wide range of substrate from corrugated boxes and trays to coated and varnished boxes.

 If your particular application is not listed, please contact us online or call us at 310.523.4657 to discuss the inks and printers you need.