Germany-based MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection will start offering its own consumable material (thermal transfer ribbon, thermal printheads and cleaning material) for its new thermal transfer printer (TTO).
MULTIVAC marking & inspection sales concerned person Matthias Lüdtke said the wax ribbons are suited for textured surfaces, such as paper labels, in order that the color pigments can be fully absorbed.
"The smoother the surface of the packaging film, film labels or varnished label surface, the higher the proportion of resin in the ink ribbon has to be. It is a question of finding the right balance every time," Lüdtke said.
The print quality with the thermal transfer printing process depends very much on the interaction between the printer, the consumable material and the substrate to be printed.
This is the reason that MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection has developed its own thermal transfer ribbons in four grades - Standard, Standard Plus, Extra and Premium - for its new TTO thermal transfer printer with different ribbons in proportion of wax and resin.
