What Is Thermal Printing And Why Is It So Famous?
Thermal printing can be defined as a digital printing process used to create a printed image by heating thermal paper (thermochromic paper). There are two types of printing techniques such as thermal transfer and direct thermal transfer. Both printing techniques use a print head that applies heat to the marked surface. Instead of heat-sensitive paper, it uses a heat-sensitive ribbon to produce durable and long-lasting prints. Thermal printing has many advantages such as ease to recycle printed papers, easy printing ability, and low maintenance costs. The printed papers can be easily recycled as images disappear after a few days. Thermal printing offers fast printing and high quality of image, and printers used in thermal printing are easy to use, durable, and lightweight. Thermal printing is used for various applications in retail, logistics, transportation, healthcare, and hospitality. Thermal printing is mainly used to label shipping products and to record live rhythm strips on...