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Reconsidering Ink Jet Coding for Secondary Packaging

From Videojet Technologies Inc.

Less than a decade ago, if someone recommended you scrap your print-and-apply labeling operation for one of those new-fangled piezo ink jet coding systems, you understandably would be justified in offering him a raised eyebrow--or the door.

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