Hold every carton, leaflet and foil to its approved artwork version and proof.

A printed carton for a medicine is not decoration. It is a control. One wrong dosage line, one old leaflet, one swapped label and a whole batch of tablets cannot be sold. The plant bears the cost. The packaging plant carries a quiet duty to hand over exactly what the customer approved, in exactly the quantity it was told to expect.

Management software for pharma packaging printers keeps the artwork version, the proof, the press job and the count of printed pieces on one record.

A drug maker sends a purchase order for cartons, leaflets or foil, quoting its own component code and an artwork version. Pre-press prepares plates or digital files from the approved artwork, with the die line and colour references that the customer’s own packaging team signed off for that specific component code. A proof is sent back, and the customer signs it. Only then is the job released to the press, sheetfed or reel. No signature, no print.

Printing, varnishing, die cutting, creasing and gluing follow, with inspection at each stage and a count of good pieces, rejects and returns that must agree with the sheets issued from the store. Sheets that fail are counted. They stay in a controlled bin until they are destroyed with a record. Leaflets are folded and counted. Foil is slit and wound. Everything is counted again. Finished goods go out in counted bundles with a lot label and a certificate. Line clearance on the press is signed before each new code so that nothing from the last job stays behind.