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2. Thermal-transfer printing - Wikipedia

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   Thermal transfer is a popular print process particularly used for the printing of identification labels. It is the most widely used printing process in the world for the printing of high-quality barcodes. Printers like label makers can laminate the print for added durability. Thermal transfer printing was invented by SATO corporation.

3. Thermal printing - Wikipedia

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   Most thermal printers are monochrome (black and white) although some two-color designs exist. Grayscale is usually rasterized because it can only be adjusted by temperature control. [3] Thermal-transfer printing is a different method, using plain paper with a heat-sensitive ribbon instead of heat-sensitive paper, but using similar print heads ...

4. Thermographic printing - Wikipedia

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   This is called thermal printing and was used in older model fax machines and is used in most shop till receipt printers. This is called direct thermal. This is called direct thermal. More complex is thermal transfer printing that melts print off a ribbon and onto the sheet of paper.

5. Thermal paper - Wikipedia

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   Thermal paper (often supplied in roll form, and sometimes referred to as an audit roll) is a special fine paper that is coated with a material formulated to change color locally when exposed to heat. It is used in thermal printers , particularly in inexpensive devices such as adding machines , cash registers , and credit card terminals and ...

6. Label printer - Wikipedia

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   thermal transfer printers use heat to transfer ink from ribbon onto the label for a permanent print. Some thermal transfer printers are also capable of direct thermal printing. Using a PVC vinyl can increase the longevity of the label life as seen in pipe markers and industrial safety labels found in much of the market place today. There are ...

7. Dye-sublimation printing - Wikipedia

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   Using a mechanism which is a variant of the thermal-transfer printer, the most common direct process lays down one color at a time, the dye being stored on a polyester ribbon that has each color on a separate panel. Each colored panel is the size of the medium that is being printed on; for example, a 4x6 in (10x15cm) dye-sub printer would have ...