Thermal-Transfer Printing

is a printing method in which an image or text is applied to a label (or other types of material) by melting a thermal transfer ribbon as it passes under a thermal transfer print-head.

The ink melts from the ribbon and transfers to the label/material.

Thermal transfer printing was originally developed in Japan as a method of printing the complicated Kanji characters.

It was then developed further to become a very versatile technology for industrial and retail printing and is used in label printers, in-line coding printers and print and apply systems all over the world.

There are 1,000s of applications for thermal transfer printing as diverse as printing a simple box end label or a car number plate ranging up to specialist applications like labels on rocket parts on the space shuttle.

Data Sheets

Thermal Transfer Ribbon (Full Wax)

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Thermal Transfer Ribbon (Wax-Resin)

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Thermal Transfer Ribbon (Full Resin)

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