Linx 8940
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The Linx 8940 Spectrum is a printing system engineered for exceptionally high-contrast coding on challenging substrates such as plastic cabling, extruded materials, and coloured glass. Designed for demanding environments and high-speed production lines, this advanced printing system delivers crisp, opaque codes even at speeds up to 10 m/s, making it ideal for cable, wire, and extrusion applications.
the Linx 8940 Spectrum ensures consistent print quality, clean nozzle performance, and reliable restarts after extended shutdowns of up to 28 days. Its robust sealed printhead requires minimal cleaning (typically once per week), helping manufacturers maximise uptime and maintain production efficiency.
Key Benefits of Linx 8940
Extended uptime & low maintenance
- Best-in-class pigmented inkjet printer with extended service intervals of up to 8,000 hours or 12 months with a range of Linx pigmented inks, twice that of alternative pigmented printers
- Patent-pending PureFlow® powerful filtration system purifies ink without losing opacity
- Premium print quality with patent-pending Vortex® unique mixing tank, ensuring heavy pigment is dispersed for superior marking
Reliability
- Linx’s trusted 8900 printing system series for optimum performance, including in extreme environments. Up to one month shutdown with no need to flush on startup
- Sealed printhead has no delicate parts and typically once a week cleaning, even when running the printer 24 hours a day, seven times fewer cleans in comparison to other pigmented printers
- AutoFlush zero-waste automatic printhead cleaning system leaves the printhead clean, ready for perfect start-up every time
- Local UK Support: Our dedicated UK-based service team provides rapid assistance and expert guidance, reducing downtime and boosting confidence.
Easy to Use
- 10-inch easy-to-use touch-screen interface, customisable home screen for fast message creation and editing while printing
- Self-service wizard to guide servicing processes
- Mistake and mess-free one-touch fluid cartridges
- Linx PrinterNet® ready for enhanced monitoring and remote control
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8940 Printer Ink Management
PureFlow
PureFlow is another patent-pending innovation – a specialist filter designed to purify heavy pigmented ink, without losing any colour.
PureFlow is a powerful filtration system which refines all of the ink in the Spectrum tank, a continuous filtration reduces the risk of blockages in the printhead, and delivers high-contrast, quality marking with every code.
Vortex
Patent-pending Vortex, our latest innovation made specifically for ensuring brilliant white print with brilliant print quality.
Vortex is a robust mixing tank with unique contours to collect the heavy pigment sediment in the ink. The continuous, fast mixer of the Vortex system re-disperses the pigment into the ink delivering a high-contrast, opaque print every time.
Applications of 8940
The Linx 8940 industrial inkjet printing machine can be used in a number of different industries and on a wide variety of substrates. The innovations and benefits are particularly suited to-
Beverage
Reliable marking on bottles/jars with high uptime.
High-speed production lines with changing message requirements can be served by the Linx 8940 industrial continuous inkjet printer with its line speeds of up to 10m/s, and live message creation and editing during printing.
Automotive
Excellent opacity, even on challenging substrates.
Marking even on small components. High-opacity inks in white, grey, and blue provide high-contrast codes in extreme conditions, and with strong adherence for traceability.
Extrusion
Clear, durable contrast codes.
Ideal for plastic and metal pipes and extruded parts. Unique innovations provide assurance that the production line will not need stopping, minimising downtime and keeping your extruder running.
Wire and Cable
Metre marking and fast line speeds.
Designed for fast wire and cable applications, the Linx 8940 has ‘metre marking’ for measuring the wire and cable and coding the message at the correct intervals.
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Resources
Brucom Case Study
Nordic Plastics Group Case Study
Wire & Cable Coding White Paper
Coding and Marking on Beverage White Paper
Mrs Darlington’s Case Study
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Technical Specifications
Printing Capability
- Up to 6 lines of text, symbols, numbers, barcodes
- Data Matrix and QR codes
- Character height from 1.8 mm to 17 mm
- Maximum print speeds of up to 10 m/s
- Rotated character (‘tower’) printing
Programming Features
- Screen with icons, drag-and-drop field positioning, and zoom function for longer messages
- Custom date and time editor to create different date formats as required
- USB port for copy and back-up of message and printer settings, and for easy transfer of messages between printers, and downloading of output and line stoppage logs
- Message store of up to 1000
- Real-time output measurement on screen
- Output and line stoppage logs
- Screen saver shows real-time on/off target indication
- Customisable top screen for most frequently used features
Physical Characteristics
- 10” colour touch screen
- Stainless steel enclosure
- IP65 (washdown) as standard
- 2m conduit as standard, with 4m option
- Weight 24.7kg
- No factory air required
- Ethernet port, with optional RS232 and Parallel I/O ports for easier integration with line equipment
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FAQ- 8940 Printer
The Linx 8940 Spectrum delivers superior contrast on dark or challenging substrates because it is purpose-built for hard-pigmented inks something standard printing system, including all other CIJ brands, aren’t optimized for. The 8940 Spectrum’s purpose-built design makes it one of the strongest performers in the UK market, delivering outstanding stability, superior contrast, and significantly reduced operator intervention.
Its patented Vortex® mixing system keeps heavy pigments fully dispersed, while the PureFlow® filtration system continuously cleans and recirculates ink to prevent settling and blockages. This ensures consistently opaque, high-contrast codes with minimal cleaning and long service intervals (up to 8,000 hours/12 months). Paired with high-opacity inks, the 8940 Spectrum achieves reliable print quality in harsh environments.
The Linx 8940 Spectrum is a printer- for cables and wires using challenging pigmented inks. Its patented Vortex® mixing and PureFlow® filtration systems keep pigments fully dispersed, delivering strong, opaque codes with minimal cleaning and long service intervals—up to 8,000 hours or 12 months. It can reliably restart after long shutdowns, making it ideal for non-continuous operations.
The Linx 8940 Spectrum excels where pigmented inks are required for high-contrast results, offering greater reliability and less maintenance than typical CIJ models in these demanding applications.