Epson will demonstrate its latest on-demand colour labelling and thermal receipt printing solutions at Foodpro 2026, Australia’s premier food and beverage manufacturing trade event next week.

Visitors to stand AJ18 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre will see live demonstrations of how Epson’s compact, high-performance printers are helping food producers cut packaging costs, reduce waste and meet strict compliance requirements.

Addressing traditional labelling challenges

Food and beverage manufacturers face a perfect storm of regulatory complexity, margin pressure and consumer demand for transparency. Australian Food Standards Code requirements demand accurate allergen declarations, ingredient lists, nutritional panels and date coding on every pack, demands that multiply quickly when a producer runs multiple SKUs, pack sizes or seasonal variants.

Traditional pre-printed label workflows force manufacturers to hold costly inventory for each variant, react slowly to recipe changes, and risk writing off obsolete stock when regulations shift. Epson’s on-demand colour label technology eliminates these pain points by printing exactly what is needed, when it is needed, directly on the production line.

At Foodpro, Epson’s stand AJ18 will demonstrate how food manufacturers can bring label production in-house, slash changeover times from hours to minutes, and gain the agility to respond to market trends without committing to large minimum order quantities from external print suppliers.

Products on display

Epson products on display at Foodpro 2026 include:

• ColorWorks CW-C4010 compact 4-inch desktop colour label printer (pictured above), built around Epson’s PrecisionCore TFP printhead technology. It delivers pigment-based DURABrite ink at resolutions up to 1200 x 1200 dpi, producing labels that resist water, smudging and fading, all critical in refrigerated and wet food production environments.
• ColorWorks CW-C6510A, which takes Epson’s on-demand colour technology to an 8-inch print width, making it ideal for large primary labels, outer-case identification, bulk nutritional declarations and promotional branding on larger pack formats.
• TM-L100 compact thermal printer designed specifically for liner-free label and receipt applications. Measuring just 140 x 148 x 207 mm and weighing 1.9 kg, it fits where space is tight on packing benches, in commercial kitchens, or directly beside processing equipment.
• TM-m30III cube-format thermal receipt printer measuring just 127 mm on each side and weighing 1.3 kg. Despite its compact footprint, it prints at up to 300 mm per second and supports 80 mm and 58 mm paper widths with automatic width detection.

Visit Epson on stand AJ18 at Foodpro 2026 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre 26-29 July.