Printing system and method

A printing system comprising:

• a printing assembly configured to print a first ink of a first color and a second ink of a second color;
• and
• a controller configured to direct the printing assembly to direct the first ink toward first areas on a corrugated material surface and to direct the printing assembly to direct the second ink toward second areas on the corrugated material surface, the controller configured to direct the printing assembly to direct the first ink and the second ink toward the corrugated material surface to print a machine-readable data representation on the corrugated material surface for machine scanning of the machine-readable data representation while the machine-readable data representation is on the corrugated material surface,
• wherein the corrugated material surface is a porous surface of one or more of containerboard, a liner, cardboard, fiberboard, shrink-wrapped cardboard, or coated cardboard.