Direct Thermal Labels

If you require labeling your products or other goods, then an inexpensive way of doing this is using direct thermal labels. These are labels which are either coated or uncoated and react in a special way when used in a thermal label printer.

Direct thermal labels do not require the use of ribbons as the print-heads in the direct thermal printers are capable of printing on the direct thermal labels directly. Since direct thermal labels are sensitive to heat, they lose their printing over a period of time.

Hence, they cannot be kept in the sun for longer periods or stored in hot or humid conditions. Moreover, they are prone to scratches and odd bumps, which may cause the printing to disappear. Therefore, direct thermal labels are used in situations where their requirement is for shorter durations.

Direct Thermal Printers are used in conjunction with thermal label printers for uses such as printing bar codes. The technology used in thermal printers makes it possible to print very accurate one dimensional and two dimensional bar codes on direct thermal labels.  Though thermal media images fade over time, they are used for a variety of purposes as the technology makes it possible for it to have an ample lifespan for normal use.

Besides barcode use, they are used for applications such as shipping labels, receipts, coupons, visitor and patient identification, parking tickets, coupons, event tickets, and many more applications mainly because they are inexpensive to produce and their durability is satisfactory over a required period of time.

While ordering for direct thermal paper, users should understand the difference between direct thermal labels and thermal transfer labels. While the former depends upon heated printheads for printing, the latter require thermal printers with appropriate ribbons and heating to transfer the image onto the printing medium.

For those who require direct thermal labels for their varied applications, the foremost industry leader in POS/retail supplies www.POSPaper.com has a variety of direct thermal paper to suit their requirements. Direct thermal labels are available in a number of sizes and shapes to suit your business requirements. For your needs, we have 4”x6” direct thermal labels with or without perforations and 4”x6” roll labels with 1” core. Moreover, we have 4” x 6.5” direct thermal labels with perforations that come with a 3” core.

You can also buy 4” x 4” direct thermal labels, 4” x 4” direct thermal labels with 1” core, 4” x 3” direct thermal labels with 3” core, or 4” x 3” direct thermal labels with 1” core. Also available are 4” x 2” direct thermal labels with 3” core and 4” x 2” direct thermal labels with 1” core.

POSPaper.com is currently the leader in POS/retail online supplies in the United States. We cater to a large number of industries such as hospitality, retail and banking, credit card processing and medical industries to fulfill their regular needs. Besides direct thermal labels, we stock a large variety of POS supplies, paper products, and accessories. We can get talking with you within no time to understand your POS/retail needs, so get in touch with us right away!