Choosing the Right Printhead for Your Packaging Business‌
How to pick the perfect single pass solution for boxes and bags

Many packaging companies struggle with finding printheads that balance speed, quality, and cost. With 15+ years helping 2000+ manufacturers upgrade their printing systems, we've created this simple guide to help you make the right choice, to get proper single pass packaging printer.

1. Start With Your Needs

Ask yourself following questions before starting to choose your single pass packaging printer:

• What materials do I print daily? (Thin paper bag / Corrugated board / carton box )
• What's my target output? (Boxes per hour, or per day)
• Any special requirements? (Food safety / Color accuracy / Max printing design size)

2. Our 3 Recommended Solutions for your Corrugated or Paper bag Single pass packaging printer

A) HP A4 Page-wide Nozzle - The Starter Workhorse
✔ Best for: Paper bags & lightweight packaging
✔ Runs about 40 bags/min (1800 bags / hour)
✔ Lowest upfront cost

B) HP Fi1000 A3 Print head - The All-Rounder
✔ Handles cardboard to 305mm per printhead, max can print to 1.8 meters with 6 pcs print-heads customized.
✔ 40m/min speed with crisp 1200dpi quality.
✔ Most popular choice for mid-sized businesses of Large cardboard or corrugated box printing manufacture.

C) HP 841 Print head Industrial - The Heavy Lifter
✔ Prints on thick corrugated boards, paper bags, napkins, Kraft bags, cardboard, stand-up bread bags, coffee bags etc.
✔ 40m/min continuous operation, 125mm width suit from desktop level to industrial level, 125mm ~500mm width.
✔ Built for 24/7 production lines. and one-year nozzles warranty.

3. Real-World Single Pass Packaging Printer User Examples

✔ E-commerce Packaging Co. (USA)
Used Fi1000 to print 200,000 boxes/month
Result: 30% faster than old system

✔ Printing Shop. (UK)
Chose 841 Industrial for shipping Paper bags
Now prints 27,000 bags/day(10 hours), and over 50 different designs as demand per day.

4. Try Our Selection Tool

Try our online configurator at [Contact us] or book a free consultation to discuss your specific needs.

Pro Tip: Most customers start with 1-2 print-head types and expand later as business grows. And for non-woven bag printing solution, FocusInc. also can provide another solution 891S series printer.