Gaining the British Retail Consortium (BRC) global certification for food safety and quality was a real turning point for Joseph Dobson & Sons Ltd, giving them the scope and credibility to expand the business. This has seen the company invest in new premises, new technologies and automated processes to sit successfully alongside some of its traditional sweet-making machines.
“The V-Series can easily cope with our high production speeds while producing extremely high
quality, clearly defined print. In addition, the economy mode on the ribbon drive enables us to use
every millimetre of film, eliminating wastage and significantly reducing our consumables’ costs...”Stephen Walshaw - Managing Director
“The V-Series can easily cope with our high production speeds while producing extremely high
quality, clearly defined print. In addition, the economy mode on the ribbon drive enables us to use
every millimetre of film, eliminating wastage and significantly reducing our consumables’ costs...”
Stephen Walshaw - Managing Director
For Joseph Dobson & Sons, coding has become akey part of their production process, which was originally being handled manually using another brand of ink jet printer. Confides Stephen, “Using the previous system was a very slow and messy process; if you didn’t get the tubes aligned onthe old printer, you’d end up with ink spray everywhere. We needed technology that would fit into our new automated packing and bagging lines and most importantly, print clear sell by and batch codes without interfering with production output.”
The company turned to Domino, initially trialling its V120i Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO) printer, but soon decided to increase its investment to three additional V220i models. The V-Series TTO printers are installed on a series of high speed, multiform feeding and sealing lines which print sell by dates and batch codes ontothe bagged sweets.
Domino’s V-Series i-Tech Ribbon Drive offers four ribbon save settings, including an ‘economy mode’ which facilitates a saving on ribbon usage of up to 60%. In addition, down time related to ribbon break is virtually eliminated thanks to its unique ‘dancing arms’ which constantly monitors ribbon tension.
“The V-Series printers are perfect. They can easily cope with our high production speeds while producing extremely high quality, clearly defined print.
