Inkanto AWR 8 | Wax Ribbon

AWR®8 is the standard ribbon from the ARMOR wax range. It doesn’t make any compromise to quality and printing performance and therefore matches all criteria expected by a traditional wax application.

This product's +

An ink suitable for standard labelling applications.
Compatible with most blank and pre-printed labels.
The low energy required to transfer the ink helps to protect the print head.

Main usage

STORAGE

Labelling products and stock shelves

SHIPPING

Identifying a product throughout the logistics chain

Ribbon structure

Features

Printing quality and speed

Resistance

Recommended printing substrates

Storage

By respecting the following storage conditions, we recommend to use the ribbons within 12 months after production date.

Keep away from light
Temperature 5-35°C (40-95°F)
Humidity 20-80 %

Packaging

Double-wall corrugated box offering good compression resistance.
Rolls individually filmed for good protection during transport and storage.
Loose fill packaging material to hold the products during transport.
Identification and traceability information on the box and on each roll.
All packaging items are recyclable and comply with Directive 1994/62/EC.

Product specificity

The AWR 8 is one of the latest ARMOR innovation products. Its level of performance and price make it one of the fastest-growing products in its category.

Application

AWR 8 IN A SODA PLANT

A major drinks producer facing barcode reading problems with products leaving the packing line found a solution by selecting the inkanto AWR8 Wax ribbon.

At its 4 production sites in the USA, this premier manufacturer prints 10,000 labels daily to identify and trace the bottles of concentrated syrup used to produce soda.

During the logistics process the boxes of bottles bash into one another on the conveyor belts, exposing the printed labels to a stern test.
Faced with the lack of print resistance offered by another Thermal Transfer wax ribbon on the market, this producer selected the inkanto AWR®8, which offers greater print durability than the other ribbons within its category, plus the ability to print at high speed.

AWR®8 delivers high print quality across a wide range of printer settings and on all types of paper. So it was easy to deploy this new ribbon across the whole range of this producer's ZEBRA Pax printers while retaining the programmed print settings and the RAFLATAC label already in use.

DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS OF CERAMICS

This UK manufacturer sells its goods via a national distribution network and has selected inkanto Thermal Transfer Wax ribbons AWR®8 and AWR®470 to meet its requirements in terms of volume, competitiveness and print quality.
Barcode labels are applied to the ceramic products sold through their distribution network, and logistics labels are applied to their packing boxes. The labels are paper (UPM Rafflatac) with both permanent and removable adhesive, and are overprinted using ZEBRA 170 XiIII+ printers.

The selection criteria, that convinced this customer to replace the Direct Thermal technology with Thermal Transfer, include print speed and the quality/price ratio achieved with such large volumes, as well as extended print head life.

AWR 8 IN VEHICLE PASSENGER COMPARTMENTS

The company TPGTEX Label Solutions located in Texas sells its products to vehicle servicing centres, including a ready-to-use label printing solution which serves as a reminder for the next oil change.
The label is affixed to the interior surface of the windscreen, clearly visible to the driver. But such a location poses a hazard to the printed matter which is almost constantly exposed to UV; some inks fade away in this environment, with the information rapidly becoming illegible.

TPGTEX Label Solutions has chosen the inkanto AWR 8 Wax ribbon for its ease of use, print quality and UV resistance.
The AWR®8 is compatible with a wide range of labels made of rough or smooth paper with a mat or gloss finish.
On the blue scale, which measures the resistance of a pigment to the sun's rays on a scale of 1 to 8, the AWR®8 - like the other ARMOR black ribbons - obtains a rating of >7, guaranteeing excellent print durability.