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Take a look at the difference between thermal transfer and thermal printing

Today I will bring you all about the differences between the thermal transfer and thermal printed self-adhesive labels, let’s take a look!

Like thermal printers, we can often see them in supermarkets that are used for receipt printing, or POS cash register printing. After installing thermal paper, you can print directly without ink or ribbon. In contrast, the cost of ribbons is relatively low.Bar code printers get the printing effect by heating the print head thermal transfer ribbon, and sometimes it can replace the thermal printer. It is suitable for printing warehouse storage labels, supermarket price labels, medical drug labels, logistics express labels, and product labels, etc.About the difference between thermal printing and thermal transfer:

 

 

1. The first is about the bar code printer printing mode

Our thermal transfer barcode printer is dual-mode, which can use both thermal transfer printing mode and thermal printing mode;However, the thermal printer is a single mode, which can only perform thermal printing.

2. Secondly, the storage time of the printed label is different

Labels printed by thermal transfer barcode printers can be stored for a relatively long time, which can be more than one year; but labels printed by thermal printers can only be stored for 1-6 months.

3. The final cost of consumables is different

Thermal transfer bar code printers need to use ribbons and the cost of labels is relatively high; thermal bar code printers only need thermal paper. In contrast, the cost is relatively low, but the print head it uses The loss is still relatively large.

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Post time: Nov-22-2022