Printer for Printing on Kraft Paper Bags

[xprinting]

Hello, I am looking to start printing goody bags like in the attached photo any suggestions on printers that would work for this type of project and that I would be able to feed multiple bags in the feeder? I would like to print in color and black/white.

Thanks in advance!

 

[MailGuru]

As long as you're just talking B&W, this can be done quite easily with any high speed b & w ink jet addressing system with a shuttle or friction feed such as a (Kirk-Rudy, MCS, Video-Jet, Buskro, etc.)

 

[xprinting]

I would like to print in color and black/white....

 

[dabob]

What quantity are you talking about . . . 25 or 2500 or 25000????

 

[xprinting]

Around 25-50

 

[MailGuru]

Color on Kraft won't look very good

 

[dabob]

Color on Kraft won't look very good

Your right . . . it will all start off brown instead of white . . . . good luck

 

[xprinting]

On the brown Kraft bags, I would do black. On the color Kraft Paper bags, I would like to do color.

 

[MailGuru]

At that small of a volume, I would think just about any desk top office color laser with a straight thru paper path would do the trick (Oki, HP, Cannon, etc.)
It may be frustrating, and, you may have to fight it, and, remove some jams, but, for only 50 finished bags, it's probably do-able.
Just make sure you feed it sealed-end first.

 

[xprinting]

I would like to start off small and move up, so the next best thing from a laser jet printer (which I tried and it jammed even through the manual feed) would be great, as I would like to start a small business doing them..

 

[MailGuru]

Two questions:

(1) What's the average physical size of the bag?
(2) On the sealed end of the bag, is it a square bottom, or a "V" bottom?

 

[xprinting]

They are 6x9 and I actually have both with the square bottom and v bottom.

 

[MailGuru]

The V bottom should run on anything that runs envelopes (Versant 2100, Versant 80, Xante, etc.) The square bottoms may pose a problem, however. I only see those running on something like an cartridge-based inkjet device

 

[xprinting]

Wonderful! I will look into those. Thank you so much for your help!!

 

[Stephen Marsh]

Should you be aware of (yes) and concerned with (possibly) any regulatory and legal obligations for food packaging, even if indirect contact/packaging?


Stephen Marsh

 

[xprinting]

Yes and Yes and still doing my research!

 

[Yroc]

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Color on Kraft won't look very good

Whatever, I think it's cool, and so do customers...

 

[xprinting]

Yroc... Love it!!

 

[msaeger]

I have had customers show me ones they printed on a Ricoh 7110 but that may be too much for what volume you are talking.

 

[Shawnd]

Which brown bags does Ricoh give their blessing to using on the 7110?