Method for high speed application of printing code indicia

摘要

A method for the high speed application of printing code indicia. The articles to be imprinted are carried by a conveyor consecutively past an imprinting zone wherein printing heads on an imprinting wheel intercept the article at an imprinting location. The articles are spaced uniformly a predetermined distance, the lateral movement of the articles is restricted through the imprinting zone, a positive force is applied to the tops of the articles to immobilize the articles at the same time the imprint is applied and the speed of the circumferential rotation of the imprinting wheel is correlated with the speed of the conveyor and the number of printing heads carried by the imprinting wheel.