# Industiral Inkjet Printing **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383 "2023-02-27T19:25:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/1 "2023-02-27T19:25:58Z")
Does anyone have any experience or recommendations for an industrial inkjet printer? We may opt for inkjet printing over printed labels as the material, foam, doesn't hold the labels well. Google came up with Keyence, Linc Systems, and Sneed. Any advice? ---
**Author:** ![MMaynard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mmaynard/32/3366_2.png) [@MMaynard](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MMaynard)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/2 "2023-02-27T19:27:42Z")
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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/3 "2023-02-27T19:28:24Z")
We had used Videojet, back in the day. [https://www.videojet.com/us/homepage.html](https://www.videojet.com/us/homepage.html) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/4 "2023-02-27T19:44:29Z")
Rea Jet is popular, too. They seem to have access to a wide variety of odd and special purpose ink formulations. ---
**Author:** ![andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/5 "2023-02-27T19:57:47Z")
Keyence, Linx, Domino, Markem Imaje, Superior Coding ---
**Author:** ![andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/6 "2023-02-27T20:06:44Z")
What's your budget like, do you want top of the line, fancy features, easy maintenance? What are key things you are looking for? Also depending on the product United Barcode Systems may be another option. ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/7 "2023-02-27T20:20:38Z")
Budget will probably be low to mid-range. We aren't going to be doing anything fancy, and we would want reliable operation with low maintenance. The products are foam parts for seating. Honestly, I'm not even sure that this is the best way to go yet. The labels we use for other purposes do not stick to foam well, but I haven't tried higher tack labels either. ---
**Author:** ![andrews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@andrews](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/andrews)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/8 "2023-02-27T20:31:24Z")
Also keep in mind what kind of ink you need. Anything other than black ink tends to be a pain. And the print head generally has to be pretty close to the printing surface. ---
**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/industiral-inkjet-printing/70383/9 "2023-02-27T20:38:50Z")
Some of the ones I've seen so far have a maximum of 10mm print distance. Black would work best for us as well.