Direct Thermal Printer Ink

Direct thermal printers have no ink toner or ribbon.

Direct thermal printer ink.

With input of up to 100 discs these disc printers help take the guesswork out of production. Dependable inkjet technology is capable of delivering up to 100 discs per run. Precise image creation is made possible by six separate ink cartridges. First the print head heats the surface of a specially formulated label material.

They print purely by heat activation. Many thermal printers work without ink toner and ribbons using small heating elements to transfer the print onto paper while others use a wax ribbon to create prints. For these reasons direct thermal printing is not used for lifetime identification applications. It s ultra portable lightweight and extremely easy to use.

The mark 6 is a compact hand held thermal ink jet printer. For thermal printers to use colors they utilize more wax based cartridges. If the label is overexposed to heat light or other catalysts the material will darken and make the text or barcode unreadable. The majority of the ink used with thermal printers is carbon pigmented ink which does not work well with color.

Direct thermal printers do not use ink ribbon or toner to print. The final disadvantage of thermal printers is also related to heat.