Quality coding is essential to allowing drinks manufacturers to meet the regulations and protect their brands. Legible, durable codes that show clearly even on dark materials help businesses beat the counterfeiters and protect their margins. Inks that penetrate condensation to mark both glass and plastic bottles are available with continuous ink jet (CIJ) models, and these are particularly well-suited to cold fill applications and applications where bottles are stored outside before being brought inside to fill, causing condensation.

For coding onto dark materials such as wine or beer bottles, white, yellow, or blue inks are available to provide contrast and therefore enhanced legibility. Laser coding offers particular advantages for premium drinks brands. Lasers print permanent, quality codes onto a range of substrates, including glass, coated metal, labels, plastic and even wood or card.