Thermal Bar Code Label Printers

Thermal Barcode Label Printers are the most popular equipment used today to quickly and easily print adhesive labels and tags in large quantities.
Direct Thermal prints the label by Directly heating specific areas of a temperature sensitive layer on the top of the label.
Thermal Transfer heats a ribbon which Transfers ink selectively to the label, which has no temperature sensitive coating.

Thermal barcode label printers are used in manufacturing to print barcode item labels for in-house parts inventory and production tracking. They are also used by clothing manufacturers or retailers to print a hang tag with complete product information and a barcode for price lookup at the point of sale.

Thermal barcode label printers are also used to print UPC (Universal Product Code) bar code labels to cover an incorrect barcode already preprinted on an item's retail packaging. They are also used for identification for the healthcare industry, from a 1D barcode on a patient's wristband to a 2D bar code label with detailed information about specific medication in an individual container.