http://www.safecardid.com/blog/dye-sublimation-printing-vs-thermal-transfer-printing/ Safe Card ID - ID Card Printers and Photo ID Systems Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.safecardid.com/blog/dye-sublimation-printing-vs-thermal-transfer-printing/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Thermal Transfer Printing | Betty´s Design Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:46:51 +0000 http://www.safecardid.com/blog/?p=760#comment-800 [...] Thermal printing is when resin or ink is melted off of a plastic card printer ribbon and is directly transferred to the retransfer film or the surface of the card. To melt the ink, a print head is used. The print head has heated pins that are aligned across a ceramic plate. In the correct sequence, the pins in the print head receive instructions to heat and release ink at just the right moment. The desired digital image created in the software is recreated on the card or ribbon. [...] [...] Thermal printing is when resin or ink is melted off of a plastic card printer ribbon and is directly transferred to the retransfer film or the surface of the card. To melt the ink, a print head is used. The print head has heated pins that are aligned across a ceramic plate. In the correct sequence, the pins in the print head receive instructions to heat and release ink at just the right moment. The desired digital image created in the software is recreated on the card or ribbon. [...]

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