Trialprint

Trialprint is a printing system for Trialpack Systems that permits printing on both sides of the blister cover foil and blister specific labelling using thermal transfer printing technology.

The Trialprint printers operate during each EAS machine cycle permitting full blister area images.

The Trialprint printing system option allows flexible printing of information such as patient compliance instructions and investigator information on the full surface of the inner and/or outer side of the cover foil. The printing system uses intermittent operation thermal transfer printers with 300 dpi resolution. It is available in three configurations:

• A single printer permanently installed to print on either the inner or the outer side of the blister cover foil.
• A single printer which can be configured to print on either the inner or the outer side of the blister cover foil.
• Two printers permanently installed to print on the inner and the outer side of the blister cover foil.

The nominal print area of the printer is sufficient for the full 100 mm width of the EAS packaging material web. In order to print across the complete blister length printing is done during each blister machine index (blister row).

Trialprint system operation:

• The images are created with the print image editor module of the Trialpack Designer PC software.
• When generating a production file the Trialpack Designer renders the image in the printers resolution and automatically splits the image in a bitmap file for each blister row.
• The bitmap files are transferred to the robot controller together with the Production Data file.
• The robot controller downloads the files to the printer controller through a serial interface when initialising the production run.
• During production the robot controller is calling up the downloaded images in the right sequence through the serial interface.

The Trialpack Designer Print Image Editor is a module within the Trialpack Designer II which is called up from the blister design screen.

It provides the ability to create and handle the following objects:

• Rectangle
• Circle (oval)
• Line
• Text module
• Import external picture, such as a logo

For the objects rectangle, circle (oval) and line it is possible to modify the line thickness and the fill pattern. It is also possible to rotate every single object in 90 deg increments.

Copyright by Fleximation AG 1998/2005. Last updated 14. May 2005.