Esselte Meto International Produktions Gmbh

Robert M Petigrew

Alan J Harry

Paul R Nailor

Fred Adelmann

Juergen Schoon

Peter Franzen

Vincent Geake

A device suitable for printing bar codes is disclosed, this device comprising a housing, means for holding a label supply roll, printing means for applying indicia to a label, means for supplying data to determine the nature of the indicia printed on the label, and means for supplying electrical energy to operate the device, characterised in that said print unit is an ink jet printer.

Bar code printing

A method of bar code printing is disclosed. The bar code is printed directly onto packaging material associated with the product, and in that the ink used to produce the bar code is such that indicia constituting the bar code can be discriminated regardless of the background onto which the bar code is printed.

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Foxton, United Kingdom

Robert M Petigrew