Characteristics and functions of small character inkjet printer

2026-01-07 Click： 7

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The small-character inkjet printer is the most used marking equipment among all inkjet printer types. Non-contact high-speed coding is used in many FMCG, food, daily chemical, medicine, building materials and other industry fields to provide product identification work. It has made important contributions. As the times change, Xiaobian shows you what innovations have been made in the characteristics and functions of the small-character inkjet printer.

1. The uniqueness of the small character inkjet printer is an important guarantee for its long-term success.

With the popularization of laser marking applications, many old customers of Qianli will ask us a sales question, that is, can our factory replace the original small character inkjet printer with laser machines?

Under normal circumstances, simple application scenarios can be replaced, but in some special industry application field scenarios, they cannot be replaced. Let's give an example to illustrate.

For example, the marking equipment used in cable factories is still mainly small-character inkjet printers or micro-character inkjet printers. Depending on the thickness and speed of the cable, there will be differences in the above configuration. Due to the special nature of the cable material, using lasers often cannot achieve high-contrast marking information, and in terms of recognition effect, it is not as good as ink inkjet printers.

For example, if some optoelectronic factories, 3C products, PCB circuit boards and other product manufacturers use the heat of laser machines to burn, it will damage the product surface, which may lead to abnormalities in product performance or quality. Specific requirements can be made based on actual code coding and identification requirements. Targeted judgment can be made as to whether a small character inkjet printer can be replaced with a laser.

For example, in some food manufacturers, the product surface is not completely flat, and the product packaging materials are diverse. If you switch to a laser machine, some products will not be able to complete the coding work. This is unacceptable to the factory and will be directly applied. The production and circulation of products is highly adaptable to small character inkjet printers, which is also an important reason for their long-term prosperity.

2. The cost of using small character inkjet printers is decreasing year by year, and it has also become part of its competitiveness.

Different from the starting price of laser machines, which are often 30,000 to 40,000 yuan, the starting price of small character inkjet printers with black ink is often more than twice as low. For some factories that are not very strong, the cost of equipment procurement is also an important factor.

In addition, the small-character inkjet printer has richer experience in case implementation, which can quickly prove its feasibility and usability to customers and reduce unnecessary trial and error costs for customers.

In order to improve product quality, some brands will abandon small character inkjet printers and use laser inkjet printers for product identification work in some links. This phenomenon also exists. Overall, according to market research data analysis, the current share of small character inkjet printers is still about 20% larger than that of laser printers.

When it comes to using costs, laser machines are undoubtedly lower and can be used by plugging in. Traditional ink printers not only require bottles of ink consumables, but also require matching diluents and solvents. In addition, during a certain period of use, maintenance is also needed, cleaning the whole machine and replacing the filter, which is also an increase in cost for the company.

Under the update iteration of inkjet printer products, lower-consumption, more economical, and more stable equipment has been gradually pushed into the market. How to reduce comprehensive use costs has also become an important research topic for inkjet printer manufacturers, including post-use and maintenance, including consumables, maintenance, repairs and other costs, will be taken into account.

To sum up, the characteristics and functions of small-character inkjet printers have gradually become clear. In some use scenarios, high-speed ink coding must be completed. Faced with fierce market competition and industry status, how to break through and how to innovate will be the core development direction in the next three to five years.

Including the R & D and upgrading of the software side, the compatibility with industrial intelligent manufacturing and the industrial Internet, the development of capabilities at the data management level, and the integration and customization of automated supporting equipment, all need to continuously meet customers 'increasing identification needs.