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Which print technology best meets your
requirements?
Thermal technology includes direct thermal and
thermal transfer printers. Many support both direct and transfer operation.
These clean, quiet, versatile printers have become commonplace in the widest
range of applications and environments. Direct thermal and thermal transfer
printers offer a variety of performance, functionality and features to meet
varied needs.
Thermal transfer technology:
- Creates images by using heat to transfer ink from a ribbon
to a label, uses a wide selection of paper and synthetic label materials
with matched ribbons, including colored ribbons,
- Produces permanent images with unparalleled staying power
for long-term archival applications, and
- Generates bar codes that are scannable in both infrared and
visible light spectrums.
Direct thermal technology:
- Applies the same basic process but does not require a
ribbon,
- Uses heat-sensitive label materials, typically paper
stocks, � Produces images that are sensitive to ultra-violet light, heat
and many chemicals, and
- Is ideal for short-lived applications, such as food
processing, shipping or clinical laboratory sample tracking.
Typical applications for thermal and direct
thermal printing systems include:
- Internal improvement:
- Capital asset management
- Inventory control
- Labor tracking, time & attendance reporting
- Work-in-process
- Materials handling
- File tracking
- Component/product marking
- Laboratory sample tracking
Compliance:
- Shipping container/pallet labeling
- Component/product labeling
- Nutritional labeling
- Contents identification
- Regulatory and safety labeling
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