CARTONER WITH INK JET CODER

摘要

A cigarette cartoner apparatus (10) comprising a folding station (30) configured to wrap a carton blank (14) around a pre-arranged bundle of cigarette packets (36); means (26) for repetitively dispensing carton blanks along a pathway (28); a signal generator (220) adjacent a print location (216) along the pathway; at least one fluid jet print head (202) adjacent the print location; a controller (228) configured to operate the print head responsively to the signal generator; and a guide arrangement (110, 112) within the cartoner defining a contact-free path portion as the carton blank is progressed from said print location.