Xerox phaser 8400

Xerox phaser 8400

A thermal transfer printer is a printer which prints on paper (or some other material) by melting a coating of ribbon so that it stays glued to the material on which the print is applied.

The most frequent usage of TT printers in industry is for barcode labels (as labels printed with thermal printer tend not to last long), or for marking clothing labels (shirt size etc).

Barcode printers

Barcode printers typically come in fixed sizes of 4 inches, 6 inches or 8 inches wide. Although a number of manufacturers have made differing sizes in the past, most have now standardised on these sizes. The main application for these printers is to produce barcode labels for product and shipping identification.

The printers use a fixed width thermal print head, pressing onto a paper or plastic label, over a driven rubber roller called a platen. Farbdrucker: xerox phaser 8400.