Markem-Imaje SmartDate X65 Thermal Transfer Printer

High-Quality Coding on Flexible Film Packaging up to 455 Packs per Minute

Designed for the most demanding, high-volume applications, the SmartDate X65 delivers high-resolution coding on flexible film packaging as fast as 455 packs per minute.

Its fully intuitive 10.1" user interface makes daily operations easy and straightforward while providing the most valuable information you need to optimize and improve your Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through MI Sigma reporting.

Benefits

Optimized Tracking of OEE Data
Coder can be configured to monitor your 5 most important production metrics directly from your home screen e.g., pack rate, throughput, availability.

Tutorials to Facilitate Daily Activities
Animated help and how-to tutorials provide guidance on setup and daily maintenance procedures to ensure consistent print quality.

Profile Configurator for Error-Free Operation
Configurable profile password function (operator, supervisor and engineer) manages access and limits human-related errors.

High-Performance Printing

Supports Your Marketing Campaigns
Promotional coding function allows for unique coding on each pack.

Eliminates Faulty Codes and Protects Your Brand
In addition to its dead-dot detection system, the easy-to-install SmartDate Detect-Plus system checks and confirms the presence, position and quality of the code on every pack and directly on the user 10.1" interface.

Achieves Superior Printing Speeds
Print speed can be set from 10 mm to 1800 mm per second allowing for up to 455 printed packs per minute at 300 dpi.

Cost-Effective Reliability

Zero Preventive Maintenance
Robust direct ribbon drive and cassette design contain no wear parts.

All-in-One Printer for Enhanced Flexibility
Both intermittent and continuous configurations with a 53 mm printhead are available on the same coder.

Up to 15% More Codes per Roll
Large choice of thermal ribbon  rolls based on your packaging type and needs.

Operations

User interface:
- 10.1" full colour 1024 x 600 touch screen
- Message selection
- Variable data entry
- Diagnostics
- System setup

MI Sigma functionality

Advanced health and availability monitoring

Configurable user home screen

Animated help tutorials:
- Ribbon fitting
- Printhead cleaning
- Printhead replacing

Simple print and image adjust

Parent/Child function to allow parent control for up to 7 children

Configurable password protection capability

WYSIWYG print preview of printed message, real-time display of remaining print capacity expressed in hours and number of prints

Full diagnostics (pack rate, speed)

Robust LED status indicators on the printer

Webbing diagram for fast ribbon changes

Hardware interface:
- Inputs: Print go and 1 configurable input
- Outputs: Fault, warning, and 2 configurable outputs

Software interface:
- USB for downloading images, settings and data files
- RS232, Ethernet communications standard
- Communications protocols for PCs, PLC and packaging machines, including full remote control web server

Print Features

Print speed:
- Intermittent: Up to 700 mm/s
- Continuous: 10 to 1000 mm/s (combined)
- Continuous: 10 to 1800 mm/s (shuttled)

Print area:
- Intermittent: 53 mm x 75 mm
- Continuous: 53 mm x 750 mm (combined)
- Continuous: 53 mm x 100 mm (shuttled)

Print features:
– Automatic printhead setup
– Detect: Dead-dot detection
– Quick change printhead
– Combined intermittent and continuous printing
– Easily change from left to right hand with no additional parts
– Gap between prints: 0.5 mm
– Automatic shift codes and serial numbers
– Multiple variable user input fields with alphanumeric texts
– High pack-rate mode

Ribbon saving mode:
- Radial ribbon save
- Interlaced mode
- Radial mode 1
- Radial mode 2
- Radial interlaced
- Whitespace
- Radial whitespace
- Step advance

Print specifications:
- Full true type font support, including non-Roman characters and symbols
- Printing of real-time clock, dates and auto updating best before dates

Barcodes:
ITF, Code 39, Code 128, EAN 128, EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC A, UPC E, RSS linear, PDF 417, GS1 DataMatrix, QR and Composite RSS

Other Characteristics

Thermal transfer ribbon available in a variety of grades and colors

Maximum ribbon length: up to 1100 m

Minimum ribbon width: 20 mm for SmartDate X65 combined and shuttled, 80 mm for SmartDate X65-128

Maximum ribbon width: 55 mm for SmartDate X65 combined and shuttled, 130 mm for SmartDate X65-128

Weight: Printer: 7.8 kg, Color controller: 4.5 kg

Power: 90 – 264 V with automatic switching; frequency 47/63 Hz; power 150 VA

Air supply: 6 bar/90 psi (maximum) dry, uncontaminated

Air consumption: Down to 0.4 ml/print at 2.5 bar

Operating temperature range: 0 to 40°C

Humidity: 10% to 90% non-condensing

Options

Detect-Plus code detection

Promotional coding

WEB Browser and Virtual Network Computing support

IP protection kit for installed SmartDate X65

Accessories

Mounting bracket

Encoders

Software

Included CoLOS Free 6.0 for design of simple messages

Material Types

Stick packs

Seal wrappers

Seal bags

Pouches

Metalized labels

High-barrier films

Decorative labels

Industries

Cosmetics

Pharmaceuticals

Snack food

Pet food

Food

Dairy

Confectionery

Beverage

Please contact Pro Pac or call 888-318-0083 for your printing and date-coding equipment.