INDUSTRY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What does CIJ stand for?
CIJ stands for Continuous Ink Jet. The printer creates a stream of small ink droplets and selects some of the droplets to print, becoming the characters that land on the product. The unused droplets are cycled back into the printer to eventually become part of the ink stream again.
Q2:What is the working principle of CIJ?
The CIJ printers charge the individual ink drops that make-up a message. Each drop, with its specific charge, flies through a magnetic field generated inside the printhead. The amount of charge place on the drop determines the amount of deflection it has in this field. The drops that get deflected a little make up the lower lines of code or the lower drops of a single line character. The drops that do not get any charge do not get deflected and land inside the printhead and go back into the ink system.
Q3:What applications are recommended for CIJ?
CIJ printers can be used for print on Paper products, plastics, metal, glass and others. Typical applications include Milk containers, Soda cans, pharmaceuticals, small cardboard boxes, cabling, and small component marking.
Q4:What is the difference between CIJ and contact coders?
CIJ printers do not ever touch the product. CIJ printers spray the ink through the air one drop at a time in a pattern that, when a moving product passes, prints the code as programmed in the printer. Typical distance from the printer’s print head to the product is a 3/16 of an inch.
How far away from the product can Videojet CIJ printers print?
For the majority of Videojet CIJ printers, the recommended distance from the end of the CIJ print head to the product that it is printing on is 3/16” or about 4mm. When the print head is less than 3/16” from the product, the code gets smaller and the printed drops are closer together. When the print head is further than 3/16” the print height becomes taller, the printed drops are farther apart, and the drops land with less accuracy.
CODEJET FAQ
| What are the Print Characteristics and Specifications for the CodeJet C-260· High quality print with superior drop placement· Up to 1600 characters/second and 900 feet/minute (single line, 7 high, 10 characters per inch)· Print heights of 0.08 to 0.78 inches (2mm to 21mm, 1/16” to over 3/4”)· Up to 32 dot high font with single line of text· Omni directional print capability
Font Height Speed ** |
| One Line 7×5 2-7 mm 1600 |
| Two Line 7×5 4-14 mm 400 |
| Three Line 7×5 6-21 mm 177 |
| * Minimum/ Maximum character heights in mm’s** Characters per second |
WHAT ARE THE FEATURES AND BENEFITS OF CODEJET C-260 PLUS – 5 LINE
Features & Benefits
- Up to 5 line, 5 dot high and 4 line, 7 dot high print capabilities
- Font sizes of 5, 7, 9, 11, 15, 24, 32 and 34 dots high
- Prints graphics, logos, bar codes, 2D codes & alpha numeric text
- Create your own logo with Note Pad or “Hot Links” and download with ease
- User friendly, sealed Qwerty Keyboard with a WYSIWYG screen
- Pump driven (no factory air necessary)
- On the go, no mess fluid replenishment
- Automatic self cleaning print head at startup & shut down
- Simple to use, programmable interface, for message creation & editing
- Direct function keys for message editing & real time clock information
- 2 meter flexible & crush resistant umbilical
- Store hundreds of messages into memory with 200 characters per message (changing messages is as easy as the push of a button)
- Splash resistant & dust proof stainless steel design
- High quality small character printing for visible product identification or discreet security coding
- Automatically advancing clock features such as: expiration, manufactured date & time and more
- Number serialization (incrementing and decrementing)
- USB Download Capability
- Comprehensive range of ink, including low environmental impact and substrate specific for a variety of applications and industries