Thermal Printing GROUP 2 Michael Barre, Orion Fliessbach, Wesley Lockley, Jessica Zelasko

Key Terms ZINK ZINK Thermal Printing Thermal Printing Dye Crystals Dye Crystals Thermal Head Thermal Head Platen Platen Thermochromism Thermochromism

ZINK Imaging Spinoff of the Polaroid Corporation. Spinoff of the Polaroid Corporation. New form of Thermal Printing. New form of Thermal Printing. Breakthrough printing technology. Breakthrough printing technology. Prints inkless color images. Prints inkless color images. ZINK-(Zero-Ink) ZINK-(Zero-Ink)

What Is Thermal Printing? A Thermal Printer (or direct thermal printer) produces a printed image by selectively heating coated thermochromic paper, or thermal paper. A Thermal Printer (or direct thermal printer) produces a printed image by selectively heating coated thermochromic paper, or thermal paper.

What’s Inside A thermal head generates heat and prints on paper. A platen—a rubber roller, that feeds paper. A spring that applies pressure to the thermal head causing it to contact the paper. And controller boards for controlling the mechanism.

Thermochromic Paper Made of transparent Dye crystals, makes paper like like standard printer paper. Made of transparent Dye crystals, makes paper like like standard printer paper. When heated crystals change to gas then back to a solid state(thermochromism), producing color. When heated crystals change to gas then back to a solid state(thermochromism), producing color.

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