Quality: The 8018 thermal transfer overprinter ensures consistent high-quality digital technology, delivering clean and crisp codes without the need for manual adjustments. This reduces the risk of expensive product recalls, waste, and incorrect codes.

Real-time Coding: The device allows for real-time changes in information, enhancing production accuracy. It automates the printing of dates, times, best before dates, lot and batch codes, customer logos, and other variable information, suitable for both continuous and intermittent motion lines.

Efficiency: The 8018 reduces ribbon waste through digital ribbon control, allowing more prints per roll and eliminating manual type changes, which reduces human errors. This digital technology boosts productivity and profitability.

Print Features: The printer supports various print speeds for intermittent (100 mm/s to 225 mm/s) and continuous (20 mm/s to 450 mm/s) operations. It offers a print area of 32 mm x 40 mm with a resolution of 8 dots/mm and supports real-time clock printing, user-entered data, automatic shift code rollover, and serial numbers. It also supports logos, fixed barcodes, and imported bitmap images with optional software.

Operations: The device includes a dockable LCD handheld user interface, CoLOS® Create image design software, and a USB memory stick for image downloading. It supports nine languages and displays ribbon remaining. It includes diagnostics and password protection features.

Specifications: The printer operates within a temperature range of 4º to 40º C and relative humidity of 20-90% non-condensing. It requires a voltage of 90 V – 260 V and has a current consumption of 1A @230 V – 2A @100 V. The printer weighs 8.5 kgs, with additional weights for the power supply, user interface, and bracket.

Other Characteristics: The printer uses thermal transfer ribbons available in various grades and colors, with a maximum ribbon length of 450 m and a width range of 22 mm to 33 mm.