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What is the difference between thermal printer and thermal transfer printer

Release Time:2020-07-10

What is the difference between thermal printer and thermal transfer printer? Under what circumstances should you choose a thermal printer? You need to know these things about thermal label printer! Hongxing Yongli label printer supplier finishing to provide:

　　

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First, printing supplies are different:

Consumables used by thermal machines: thermal paper; (The quality of thermal paper is similar to the price bar code printed by electronic scales in supermarkets, I believe everyone has seen it); Thermal printers can only use special thermal paper. Thermal paper is coated with a coating that changes color when exposed to heat, similar to photosensitive film, but this coating changes color when exposed to heat. Using this characteristic of thermal coating, thermal printing technology has emerged.

Thermal Transfer Barcode Printer

Consumables used: adhesive label paper, PET, PVC, wash water label, tag and other label media, but also can use thermal paper printing;

Second, the length of time the label is different:

Label paper shelf life time: thermal machine printed media storage time is not long, generally for half a year! (The actual shelf life depends on the storage location, luminosity, temperature and other environments)

The medium printed by the thermal transfer machine is stored for a long time, generally more than two years (depending on the quality of the label paper and carbon tape used)

Third, the scope of application of different printers:

Applicable location: thermal machines: supermarkets, clothing stores, logistics, retail and other enterprises that do not require high bar codes;

Heat transfer machines: manufacturing, automobile industry, textile industry, telecommunications, food sector, electronics industry, chemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, medical industry, public utilities, retail distribution, transportation and logistics, government agencies and other enterprises;

Fourth, the cost is different:

Cost comparison: The cost of thermal transfer machines is lower, and the consumables are also lower; the cost of thermal transfer machines and consumables are higher than the cost of thermal transfer machines.