People often ask me:
Why do the handwriting disappear after a few months?
Why does my other printer print without fading, and your printer print with fading?

Today, I will introduce to you two commonly used printers:
The first type of thermal printer. The second type of heat transfer printer.

Many people who are not familiar with printing principles are prone to making mistakes in their choices.

What is the difference between a heat transfer printer and a thermal printer?
1. Technical principles
Thermal printer: It prints the desired pattern by heating the print head and contacting chemically treated thermal media paper. Thermal printing does not require the addition of any ink, toner, or ribbon during use, resulting in relatively low usage costs.
Heat transfer printer: It is a printing head that heats the carbon strip and transfers the ink on the carbon strip to the paper to form a pattern. Due to the need for carbon tape and higher technical requirements for label paper than thermal sensitivity, there is a significant difference in overall cost for heat transfer printers.

2. Printing consumables
Thermal printer: intelligent use of thermal paper
Heat transfer printer: can print many types of media, such as PVC, PET, PP synthetic paper, and other materials

3. Storage time
Thermal printer: sensitive to heat, light, chemical solvents, and wear. After long-term storage in daily environments, the pattern will fade over time. The content storage time of ordinary thermal paper printers on the market is usually several months, and the thermal paper sold by MASUNG can be stored for a long time by breaking through technological barriers.
Heat transfer printer: It can provide pattern quality and durability that other printing technologies cannot match. Compared to thermal printers, the storage time is longer, usually around 5 years. The specific time is affected by the paper material and carbon tape quality. Masung heat transfer printing consumables have multiple patented technologies, and have resin based, wax based, mixed based carbon tapes to meet the needs of different customers.

Usage scenarios
Thermal printer: suitable for industries that require vouchers such as household, catering, supermarket retail, clothing, logistics, amount, medical, etc.
Heat transfer printer: suitable for various industries such as manufacturing, automotive, power communication, medical, textile, chemical, pharmaceutical, retail distribution, transportation and logistics, government agencies, etc.

The two printers compared this time are both developed by Masung Interested friends can learn more about them.

MS-LB400_Thermal/Thermal Transfer Label Printer