Linx IJ470
Large character marking printer
Making printing one less thing to worry about
The Linx IJ470 directly addresses the real challenges lean production managers face. As a result, it helps you manage constant pressure to meet deadlines, shifting priorities, and the need to keep lines running without disruption.
Although marking and coding may seem like a small part of your operation, failures can quickly disrupt production. Therefore, the Linx IJ470 prevents these issues by reducing costs, avoiding interruptions, and easing day‑to‑day demands. Consequently, you stay focused on the priorities that keep production moving.
Production managers worldwide helped shape the Linx IJ470; therefore, it reliably solves key challenges such as downtime, coding errors and rising operating costs.
Introduction to the Linx IJ470
Making printing one less thing to worry about
No more worries about costs of outer coding
Reduce operating costs
- Eliminate labels: Print high-resolution text, logos and barcodes directly onto boxes and cartons without contact, so you cut costs and reclaim warehouse space.
- No ink wasted: The ReFRESH system automatically recycles ink for reuse, ensuring efficient ink usage while reducing refills.
No more worries about lost production time
Eliminate unplanned downtime
- Start instantly: Oil-based inks enable immediate printing at any time, so production never waits for warm-up.
- Operate in tough environments: The stainless steel and anodised aluminium enclosure resists corrosion and dents.
- Maintain print quality automatically: The ReFRESH system cleans the print nozzles, so you achieve consistent results without manual intervention.
No more worries about rework, rejects or fines
Correct codes, made easier
- Integrate easily: Connect the IJ470 to line control and message creation software, so you reduce coding errors.
- Automate message creation: Populate messages from external databases to ensure the correct code prints every time.
- Create and edit messages: Use the intuitive touchscreen to set up and update messages in seconds.
- GS1® code ready: Create GS1 Data Matrix codes using the built-in code creation tool on the printer interface. Read more about GS1 codes
No more worries about coding capability
Production flexibility
- Increase print area: Connect up to four printers and control them from one interface, so you increase print area or print on both sides of cartons.
- Maintain code durability: High-adhesion inks keep codes legible even after extensive handling. Additionally, you can choose red or black, mineral oil or mineral oil‑free inks.
“We developed the Linx IJ470 to solve a common challenge in secondary packaging—how to deliver reliable coding without adding cost, complexity or waste. For our customers, this means they can print directly onto boxes with confidence, reduce waste and operating costs, and keep production running efficiently without compromise.”
Mariusz Dabrowski, Business Unit Manager, Linx Printing Technologies
Talk to Our Large Character Marking Printer Experts
Not sure which large character marking printer is right for your production line? Linx specialists can help you choose a case coding printer based on your packaging material, line speed, print height, code type and compliance requirements.
Eliminate Labels
Linx IJ470 Large Character Marking Printer
Data Matrix and QR codes |GS1 compliant 2D codes | On-screen GS1 code creation tool |High-definition codes | Simple secondary coding | Black and coloured inks
Download the Linx IJ470 large character marking printer brochure for full specification
“The Linx IJ470 printer provides a more sustainable approach to coding by eliminating the need for labels and the waste they create. Therefore, by printing directly onto boxes, our customers can significantly reduce material usage and environmental impact while maintaining reliable, high-quality coding on every pack.”
Mariusz Dabrowski, Business Unit Manager, Linx Printing Technologies
Technical Specifications
| Print area: | 70 mm (H) x 2000 mm (L) |
| Character height range: | 1.4 mm – 70 mm |
| Resolution: | 180 dpi, 7 ink dots/mm |
| Print capabilities: | Text, Symbols, Numbers, Graphics, Logos, Barcodes (EAN128 including GS1-128, ITF-14 including I2of5, EAN 8, EAN13, UPC-A, UPC-E, Code 128 A, B & C, Code39, Dotcode, Dotcode GS1, QR, QR GS1, Data Matrix, Data Matrix GS1, PDF417, Micro PDF417, DataBar RSS14, GS1 DataBar Expanded) |
| Screen: | 8” high-response TFT-LCD touchscreen |
| Memory: | 8GB on-board memory |
| Inks: | Linx Black ink LC8520, Linx Black Mineral Oil-free ink LC8600, Linx Red Mineral Oil-free ink LC8620 |
| Connections*: | 1 x Product detector input, 1 x DB15 interface integrated shaft encoder input, Job select inputs, 24VDC output, 3 configurable inputs and outputs, 1 x DB9 interface , Ethernet, RS232 |
For full technical specifications, please download the product brochure
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FAQs-Linx IJ470 Large Character Marking Printer
Yes. Each printhead provides a maximum print height of 70 mm. However, multiple printheads can be connected to one controller to increase print area or print on both sides.
The Linx IJ470 is ideally suited to porous and semi-porous substrates, such as cardboard outer cases.
Three inks are available: black mineral oil-based ink, and both black and red mineral oil‑free inks. Because these inks are oil-based, no warm-up is required.
Yes. The IJ470 can be integrated with message creation platforms such as Clarinet®, so centralised code management is supported.