Food and beverage businesses often need clear date information on packaged products. A handheld 12.7mm inkjet printer can provide a convenient method for marking expiry dates, manufacturing dates, batch codes, and other identification details. The portable design allows operators to work with different packaging formats without moving everything to a large fixed printer. Depending on the compatible ink and surface, the printer may be used on cartons, boxes, containers, bags, and other packaging materials. It can support small production runs, manual packaging operations, and supplementary coding tasks. The machine is particularly useful where flexibility and portability are important parts of the production workflow.