24Mm Thermal Print Head Thermal Transfer Printhead

Why do Thermal printheads wear out?

​Heat, cooling and pressure are the main reasona thermal printheads fail. As thermal transfer ribbon (TTR) is fed past the printhead, samll resistor elements, known as dots ara headed by applying an electric current to them. The heat from the dots is then transferred to either the direct thermal paper (media) or thermal transfer ribboon. The heat from the dot pattern produces the text, barcode or image on the label. Because the dots must be heated and cooled very rapidly, and there is friction as the ribbon or paper passes against the printhead, the printhead will eventually wear out. As the printheas ages, the output will become lighter or sections of dots may stop heatiing and cause voids in the print.
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FEATURE AT A GLANCE

     Shanghai Dikai Coding Technology Co., Ltd was founded in 1995, Dikai has dedicated itself to comprehensive coding solutions provider with R&D, innovation, manufacturing, sales & service of quality coding machines & consumables. Our headquarters is located in Shanghai, China. So far we have 13 branch offices in China, subsidiaries in Mexico and Brazil were established in 2023, EUR & US Service Agent building in progress, we also have many certificated distributors overseas.

    Our main products are: Thermal Transfer Overprinter, Ink Roll Coder, Hot Stamper Machine, Laser Printer, Thermal Inkjet Printer and related consumables. Adhering to the company philosophy of “Lead, Extreme, Efficient”, Dikai has been committed to flexible packaging coding solutions in long term. Dikai has accumulated more than 40 authorized patents and owns one US invention patent. We developed “one-stand” intelligent coding solution also, it can help customers to manage and use the manufacture data for identification, verifying, product promotion and logistic tracing. All these solutions are widely applied to industries of food, medicine, seeds, medical equipment, daily tissue, daily chemicals, wood industry, etc.

    The Dikai D-series TTO was launched as a flagship product in Germany INTERPACK in 2005, cumulative sales quantity has reached 15,000 sets till 2019, it gains more than 50% of TTO market share in China. We built an excellent team with 28 years of experience in customer service and technical support. Besides, we are aiming at constructing a worldwide distribution network. With intelligent solutions, we hope can become your reliable partner and bring add value to you in near future.