
Thermal Printheads Partners
Thermal Printheads Descriptions
Questions or Comments?Call Us
1.800.731.7440
About Thermal Printheads
Thermal printing is a non-impact method of coating images on paper and synthetic film. The process applies heat from a thermal printhead onto thermal material. The thermal material used in the thermal printing process may be paper of varying grades or synthetic film (eg. Polypropylene or polyester), with a special chemical coating applied to one side to make it sensitive to heat. | |
A thermal printhead has a large number of tiny resistors (up to 1,000), which individually react to convert an electrical impulse into heat. The heat from the printhead creates a reaction with the chemical coating to produce an image. | |
Thermal printheads eliminates the need for mechanical parts, messy ribbons or toners, and inking devices needed to create the image. | |
Thermal printers only have one or two moving components, they are very reliable and economical to operate. | |
Thermal printheads are usually much smaller and lighter than the printing elements used by other imaging processes, so thermal printers are suitable when compact size, portability and on-demand printing are needed. |
Please do not hesitate to e-mail or call us at 800.731.7440. if you are unable to locate the Thermal Printheads manufacturers or models you are looking for or if you have a question.