Printing media refers to the materials that can be printed by barcode printers. From the shape of the media, there are mainly strips, cards, and labels. From the materials, there are mainly paper, synthetic materials, and cloth.
The material that determines the type of carbon ribbon used is mainly the material of the medium, which are introduced below: Papers are classified into high-gloss, semi-gloss and matt according to the surface gloss. * Highlight: Mirror copperplate, glossy pink paper, etc. * Half-gloss: coated paper. * Matt paper: offset paper. * Special papers include aluminum foil paper, fluorescent paper, and thermal / thermal transfer paper.
In general, resin-reinforced wax-based ribbons or hybrid-based ribbons (IMC W103 and M203) are used for printing high-gloss paper media, especially mirror-coated paper. Although it is called a copper plate, the surface is a synthetic film. , Should be treated as a synthetic material, use M203 carbon ribbon. Available types of semi-gloss paper are resin-reinforced wax-based and general wax-based ribbons (IMC W103E and W103). The matt type can only be printed with W103. Synthetic materials are divided into materials: * PET (polyester) * PVC (polyvinyl chloride) * BOPP (polypropylene) * PE (polyethylene) * PS (polypropylene) * POLYIMIDE (polymilled vinylamine) * metallized PET There are mainly laser rainbow film, brushed film, golden (high-gloss, matt) silver (high-gloss, matt). Compared with paper materials, these materials are stronger and more beautiful, have a wider range of application to the environment, and have higher requirements for carbon ribbons. Mixed-based and resin-based carbon ribbons are mainly used. The specific carbon ribbon depends on the use. For the requirements and use environment, if only anti-friction is required, only M203 can be used. If there are other requirements, such as anti-corrosion and high temperature resistance, R303 must be used, but at this time, the label can only be PET (180 ℃) And POLYIMIDE (300 ° C).
The above is just a general case, but there are many types of materials with great differences in the middle. In order to obtain satisfactory printing results, multiple tests should be performed according to their respective conditions to find a suitable carbon ribbon.
