Epson will exhibit on-demand colour labelling and thermal printing technology for food and beverage manufacturers at Foodpro 2026, with systems designed to support compliance, reduce label waste and enable in-house label production.
The company will demonstrate four printers for packaging, labelling and production environments, focusing on printing labels as needed rather than relying on pre-printed stock. Epson says this approach can help manufacturers reduce label inventory, respond more quickly to recipe changes and regulatory updates, and manage multiple product variants.
The company says the technology addresses labelling requirements under the Australian Food Standards Code, including allergen declarations, ingredient lists, nutritional panels and date coding.
The ColorWorks CW-C4010 desktop colour label printer is designed to print allergen warnings, ingredient updates, nutritional information and date codes at the point of packing. It supports a range of media, including paper, synthetic labels and glossy films, with individual CMYK ink cartridges allowing colours to be replaced separately as they are depleted.
Also on display will be the ColorWorks CW-C6510A, which provides an 8-inch print width for larger primary labels, outer-case identification, nutritional declarations and promotional branding. Epson says the printer also enables export-focused manufacturers to produce multilingual labels, including English, Mandarin, Arabic and Japanese, on demand from a single media roll instead of maintaining separate stocks for each market.
The TM-L100 thermal printer is designed for liner-free labels and receipts. Epson says removing the silicone-coated backing paper reduces label waste and disposal costs while helping minimise adhesive contamination in recycling streams. The company also says printing ingredient and allergen labels on demand from a single media roll can reduce reliance on pre-printed label stock.
Completing the display is the TM-m30III thermal receipt printer, which supports QR codes, Data Matrix and GS1-128 barcodes for traceability labels, batch tickets and logistics documentation. Epson says it can be used for kitchen order tickets, production dockets, dispatch confirmations and customer receipts.
Epson says its printing systems support integration with manufacturing execution systems (MES), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and warehouse management systems (WMS) through industrial connectivity standards, REST APIs and label design software, enabling labels, receipts and dockets to be generated automatically from production data.
Foodpro 2026 will be held at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 26-29 July, with Epson exhibiting at stand AJ18.
