The Numex Handy Coder 14mm is a hand-held roller coder for printing MFG and EXP dates and batch numbers on cartons and packaging. It has a black ribbed print drum with red rims and a top handle, a separate holder with a white ink roller, a cover and a clear case of interchangeable letter, number and symbol characters. Codes are set from the character case and rolled onto the pack surface for date and batch marking.