Are you looking for Stock or Custom products? Direct Thermal or Thermal Transfer? Which thermal barcode label, tag and or ribbon best suits your needs? We guarantee that you can find an affordable solution for your thermal barcode and custom label and tag needs at LabelRack.com. There is a reason that we are the leading online authority when it comes to custom labels, shipping labels, thermal transfer label, pre printed bar code labels. We offer a wide variety of stock size labels, and colors as well as ribbons. There are two main ways that you can approach printing: thermal transfer and direct thermal transfer. Each methods uses a printer that has a thermal printhead that applies heat to the surface being marked. No ribbon is used in direct thermal printing process, which creates the image directly on the printed material. Another fact that you should know, is that the process of direct thermal media is more sensitive to light, heat and abrasion, which reduces the life of the printed material. Thermal transfer printing uses a ribbon which is heated by a printhead to transfer the ink to produce durable, long-lasting images on a wide variety of materials. Material (paper, synthetic, thermal transfer, direct thermal tags) Adhesive (permanent, removable, ultra removable) Application (on cardboard, metal, plastic, frozen goods) Number of colors (1 color spot to CMYK)
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