Packaging anti-counterfeiting needs combination of ink and software technology

Today, the Chinese market is still strongly poisoned by fake and shoddy products: The macroeconomics of the country have been affected by counterfeiting, and the brand image and reputation of the company have been damaged. Sometimes it even endangers the personal safety of consumers.

In the fields of food, wine, and medicine, due to the particularity of products, the dangers of counterfeit products are self-evident. People have never relaxed and guarded against counterfeiting but have had little effect. At present, the use of anti-counterfeit labels on products is the most widely used anti-counterfeiting measure. Anti-counterfeiting labels are not only expensive, but can only temporarily alleviate the appearance of counterfeit products, because soon after the products are on the market, counterfeiters can imitate this type of packaging, and manufacturers are once again caught in the encirclement of counterfeit products.

The progress of coding technology has already surpassed its identification function. Through high-tech ink, powerful software and advanced printing equipment, food and beverage and pharmaceutical companies can also use printing technology to achieve anti-counterfeiting.

Special ink

The coding technology can print various information on the surface of packaging, including barcode, product identification, production date, etc. The information can reach up to five elements. If the manufacturer can edit and change the printing text at any time, the counterfeiter will Have to give up because they can't print the right information on counterfeit products. The special inks developed by Zanasi's Chemical Department and used with large-character inkjet printers and small-character inkjet printers can support manufacturers in changing character and text information. More importantly, manufacturers use this ink without affecting the packaging design. This is because the information currently printed using these special inks is invisible in the sun and can only be seen through ultraviolet light.

Zanaxi's inks have a methanol content of zero. In addition, according to the EU RoHS Directive 2002/95/CE, all inks do not contain heavy metal pigments and pigments.

software support

Today's two-dimensional bar codes are widely used in the industrial field because of their higher reliability and greater information storage. Zanasi relies on professional research and development. Its coding equipment can not only print ordinary barcodes, but also easily handle complex barcodes such as two-dimensional barcodes. In addition, since the bar code calculator can change up to eight digits at the same time as the information layout is set, the Zanaaki printer can print unique barcodes for each single box.

In addition, Zanasi also developed special software that can use multiple data (production date, hours, minutes, seconds, production line and sub-factory number, customer code, etc.) to create encrypted data on each product package. digital. These numbers do not seem to have any meaning or logic on the surface, but they can essentially be read with special vision software. In this way, manufacturers can ensure that only designated individuals can use software to identify whether their products are genuine.

The above anti-counterfeiting solution can be realized by all printers developed by Zanasi. Customers can choose different inks according to different packaging materials, can choose different printing resolutions, set different inkjet printer solutions, such as large character system solution (NZ nozzle), small character system (Z4000 and Z5000 Series) or high-definition systems (Modulprint and Z640 systems) and more.

With a multi-nozzle large-character system or a high-definition system or a small-character integration system, customers can realize unique product identification solutions. Zanasi can use the specific software to connect the printer and the customer's equipment to each other according to the customer's requirements.