| Thermal label printers are quickly becoming a must | | | | ink or toner. Instead, these thermal label printers use |
| have desktop accessory. Not to mention that these | | | | heat-sensitive, chemically treated media that blackens |
| devices are the most common label printers thanks to | | | | as it is being passed underneath the thermal print head. |
| their range of benefits and wide variety of applications, | | | | Because of their durability, thermal label printers are |
| including supply chain management, retail price marking, | | | | used mostly in healthcare, laboratory and cold storage |
| packaging labels, blood and laboratory specimen | | | | environments. |
| marking and many more. The thermal label printers are | | | | When shopping for thermal label printers, customers |
| the ideal solution for labeling and organizing everything | | | | have to choose from a wide range of label printers |
| at home or at the work place. | | | | types such as: |
| In general, thermal label printers are the ideal solution | | | | - Desktop thermal label printers. These devices |
| for printing bar codes because of their ability to create | | | | are designed for light to medium usage and are |
| precise edge definition and excellent accuracy. The | | | | extremely quiet and economical. |
| two types of thermal label printers available for | | | | - Commercial label printers can hold a roll of |
| purchase are: | | | | stock up to 8" wide and are designed for |
| - Direct Thermal, a mechanism that uses heat | | | | medium-volume printing. |
| sensitive paper. The life of direct thermal labels varies | | | | - Industrial portable label printers. Just like the |
| between 6 and 12 months. Because these labels are | | | | name suggests it, these technologies are used for |
| not heat and sunlight resistant and can be damaged by | | | | heavy-duty operation in warehouses and factories. |
| chemicals, they are usually used for short duration | | | | - RFID readers can print and encode at the |
| applications. | | | | same time on tags enclosed in paper or printable |
| - Thermal Transfer is a mechanism that uses | | | | synthetic materials. |
| heat to transfer ink from the ribbon onto the label for a | | | | - Label printer applicators are common in |
| permanent print. The three grades of ribbon to be | | | | manufacturing facilities that require the labeling of |
| used with thermal label printers are wax, wax/resin | | | | cases and pallets. |
| and resin. Wax and wax/resin are smudge resistant | | | | - Personal thermal label printers are designed for |
| and suitable for matte and semi-gloss paper labels | | | | home, small office or small businesses usage. |
| while resin is scratch and chemical resistant and | | | | The crisp, clear and portable thermal label printers are |
| perfectly suitable for coated synthetic labels. | | | | very popular with low volume users thanks to their low |
| The main feature of the direct thermal printers is that | | | | costs. Today, these devices have almost completely |
| they are extremely economical because they use no | | | | replaced other types of label printers. |