Various Types Of Thermal Transfer Ribbon

الجمعة، 28 سبتمبر 2018

By Diane Howard


Information delivery was eased and hastened by the invention of printers. Currently, in existence are numerous varying printer types employed in printing on different media types. Different printer types utilize different technologies in achieving their objective. The thermal transfer printer is one important printer type. Its working is dependent on applying heat on resin, wax-resin or wax ribbons thermal transfer ribbon to produce images on different materials.

Thermal print-head usually applies heat, which in turn melts the resin or wax onto label or paper surface. This effect creates the desirable image. There are various types of ribbons and they all have different properties that make them suitable for different applications. It is important to know the properties associated with the various types of ribbons before choosing which one to use.

The resin-enhance wax ribbons is the first kind. It is also called the full wax. Normally, wax-based ink is used to coat it. With this, it normally melts at a low temperature. It is the commonest type because of its properties. It is greatly used on uncoated and coated paper stock. The image created has much lower durability. Also, full wax ribbons cost less. Among many other locations, one can purchase them easily from malls, retail stores, and home depots.

Wax resin ribbon is the second type. It is a resin and wax based hybrid. This type has a moderate melting temperature. These ribbons yield clear and sharp images. Furthermore, the images can be developed on a broad spectrum of materials. Far-reaching testing and research of wax resin ribbons has been carried out to confirm their capacity.

Wax-resin ribbons are suitable for making both weatherproof and standard thermal transfer labels. The images produced are of a higher quality that those produced by full-wax ribbons. The images offer adequate resistance against moisture and temperature changes and occasional heavy handling. They cost moderately and are good for shelf labels, prescription pharmaceutical, shipping, and barcode.

Pure resin is applied to make full resin ribbons. They have much higher melting temperatures. On melting, they dissolve into the material on which the printing is being done. With this, an extremely lasting finish is created. Normally, the quality of the end product is very high. Therefore, a person needs to ensure that the situation calls for use of this material in order to use it. Or else, it may be a needless overkill and waste of resources.

Among the three listed ribbon types, full resin ribbons cost the highest. They are in the same way the most durable. It is their durability that makes them ideal for utilization in faux stocks and additional applications that do not use paper. It is advised that full resin ribbons are used on textile or garment labels, labels for vehicles, very flexible packaging, and highly susceptible medical and chemical uses.

In general, it is possible to find all the three types of ribbons in one store. There are also online stores that specialize in selling these products to consumers all over the world. Online stores can have them shipped to any location around the globe upon purchase.




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