How thermal transfer ribbons work

The thermal transfer imaging method was invented by Mille in 1953. With the development of microelectronics technology, photolithography technology, semiconductor heating element technology and laser technology, especially the development of high-sensitivity thermal transfer imaging functional material technology, thermal transfer As a kind of non-contact printing computer peripheral hardware output device, the printer has become a special type of printer with a high market share. The thermodynamic principle of imaging is to drive the semiconductor electric heating head or laser to transmit heat to the imaging material of the support through computer signals, so that the imaging material is thermally melted and transferred to the image receiving medium to form characters and images. The thermal transfer imaging material is coated on the belt base, which is called thermal transfer carbon ribbon or thermal transfer ribbon.