We've had something of a flurry of orders for our popular
Semi range of overprinting systems lately. It therefore seemed a good time to write a few lines about the advantages that these machines bring, but first a little bit of background to the range. A Semi is a system where the pack has to be manually presented to the printing system which is triggered either via a foot switch or a photocell.
The key advantage of this arrangement is cost, making it ideal for a start-up or low volume operation where the daily requirement for printed packs is fairly modest - usually no more than a couple of thousand. The printer can be
hot foil,
thermal transfer or
thermal inkjet and all that is required in addition to the printer is a framework to hold it, a platen to position the product on and a trigger. This means that systems can be provided from as little as £3000 for a hot foil Semi and are often supplied ex-stock - another advantage if a product lauch is looming.
Printing offline can be useful if the product is to be hand packed or if the method of packing does not easily lend itself to having a coder fitted and, of course, having the packs pre-printed means there is one less thing to worry about when the product is being packed.
All Semi systems offer an upgrade route to one of our
fully automatic systems where packs are fed from and collated back into a stack - the coder is simply transferred over from its Semi framework.
If you have an urgent need to code some packs, or if you are simply looking for a cost effective method of coding,
why not drop us a line or give us a call?