Method and device for producing packages provided with images

Abstract

Method for producing packages provided with images, characterized in that successively in a single operating run:packaging material is supplied;images are arranged on the supplied packaging material; andpackages are formed from the packaging material provided with images. Also device for producing packages provided with images, characterized in that the device comprises:supply means suitable for supplying packaging material;arranging means suitable for arranging images on the supplied packaging material; andforming means suitable for forming packages from the packaging material provided with images. It is thus possible up to the very last moment, so right up to the moment before forming of packages from a packaging material, to determine the desired images on the final packages. From for instance a single roll of plastic film a number of different types of package can thus be formed for different products with images which can still be freely selected right up to the moment before forming.

Claims

1-14. (canceled)

15. A method for producing packages provided with images, characterized in that successively in a single operating run: packaging material is supplied, whereby the packaging material is a plastic film; images are arranged on the supplied packaging material by means of digital printing, for instance inkjet printing or electrographic printing; and packages are formed from the packaging material provided with images by means of thermoforming.

16. The method of claim 15, characterized in that the images are determined and arranged and positioned on the supplied packaging material such that a formed package is provided with a unique image.

17. The method of claim 16, characterized in that the unique image comprises a date, for instance a date of manufacture, packaging date or use-by date.

18. The method of claim 16, characterized in that the unique image comprises a number, for instance a serial number.

19. The method of claim 17, characterized in that the unique image comprises a number, for instance a serial number.

20. The method of claim 18, characterized in that the unique image comprises a lottery number.

21. The method of claim 19, characterized in that the unique image comprises a lottery number.

22. A device for producing packages provided with images, characterized in that the device comprises: supply means suitable for supplying packaging material, wherein the supplied packaging material is a plastic film; arranging means suitable for arranging images on the supplied packaging material by means of digital printing, for instance inkjet printing or electrographic printing; and forming means suitable for forming packages from the packaging material provided with images by means of thermoforming.

Description

[0007] It will be apparent that the invention is not limited to the given exemplary embodiments, but that diverse variants self-evident to a skilled person are possible within the context of the invention.