Pij printer’s piezo inkjet achieves print position accuracy of ±5μm (normal flexo deviation ±25μm) through the dense nozzle arrangement (e.g. 1,200/inch), as well as the migration of the printed fonts ≤0.01mg/kg (EU standard ≤0.05mg/kg) in food packaging. As per the report of the Smithers Peel Institute in 2023, following a beverage firm’s embrace of Epson PrecisionCore PIJ system, the rate of label print quality rose from 98.2% to 99.9% (defect reduction by 85%), while the production rate attained 15,000 bottles per hour (speed increase by 60%). The rate of waste ink is condensed from 12% to 0.5% (regulated by drop volume to 3 picoliters ±0.2).
High-speed manufacturing for high-volume orders: Xaar 2001+ PIJ printhead manages 8 grayscale levels (drop volume 3-42 picoll), achieves 100 m/min corrugated box printing line speeds (40 m/min for typical flexo printers) and trims order lead times from 7 days to 8 hours (91% gain in efficiency). A scenario of an Internet packaging company illustrated that PIJ machinery processes 200,000 variable data labels (barcodes and promotional information) daily, reducing the cost of a sheet from $0.03 to $0.007 (77%), and the capability of self-cleaning of the ink path system (30 minute interval) reduces the downtime to 2 minutes/day (15 minutes for standard equipment).
Environmentally friendly material compatibility Reduces compliance risks: FujifilM Dimatix SG1024 PIJ systems use water-based inks (VOC emissions ≤1g/m³, solvent-based inks 50g/m³) that are FDA compliant for food contact materials. After being adopted by a pharmaceutical company, the scratch resistance of pharmaceutical packaging was improved to 4H pencil hardness (from 2H), and the ink adhesion test passing rate increased from 89% to 99.8%. Its UV-LED curing module (395nm wavelength) takes only 60W power (traditional mercury lamp 1,200W), cutting printing energy per square meter by 0.8kWh to 0.12kWh (85% reduction).
Smart control attains resource efficiency: The Konica Minolta KM1024i pij printer tunes the color difference of printing Delta-E to ≤1.0 (industry standard ≤2.5) through a closed-loop ink supply system (±0.05kPa pressure fluctuation) and real-time image detection (600dpi resolution, 500fps frame rate). An example of a cosmetics packaging plant shows that PIJ equipment can load specialty media such as metal foil and embossing paper (0.1-1.2mm thickness), shortening the new proof cycle from 14 days to 4 hours (saving 78% costs), and the utilization rate of ink is 99.3% (the original 82% screen printing).
Sustainable production drives industry innovation: Ricoh MH5420 PIJ solution uses bio-based ink (45% renewable raw materials) with a 98% return rate on the ink bottle (35% traditional ink barrel recovery rate) to reduce the carbon footprint of a single million A4 prints by 82%, from 120kg to 22kg. As pointed out in the “Packaging Industry Green Paper”, the world PIJ printer penetration level of food packaging manufacturing in 2023 can be up to 38% higher (28% growth rate per annum), and with modular design, the maintenance cost can be only $0.02 / thousand pages (offset press $0.15 / thousand pages), reshaping the cost-effective and green packaging production model.