Thermal printhead for Zebra
Printheads wear down over time, and print quality suffers. You may think of occasional printhead replacements as a standard cost of business for a direct thermal or thermal transfer printer, but good news… if your business uses Zebra desktop or industrial barcode label printers, CSSI can offer you a cost-saving way around this expense!
Benefits of the Zebra Printhead Protection Program
There are many benefits to the program:
- Reduce downtime with longer-lasting printheads which reduce wear on your thermal transfer printer or direct thermal printer
- Eliminate unexpected printhead replacement costs
- Take advantage of CSSI’s experts as a single source for your label printing needs
- Enrollment and support through the program is easy
- There are no barcode label order minimums
- You don’t need to ship back your Zebra label printer, further reducing downtime
High quality barcode labels and ribbons
Certified Zebra supplies have been thoroughly tested to ensure minimal thermal printhead wear. Also, Zebra labels are reliable, resulting in consistent print quality, fewer bad labels, tears, and misprints.
Service and availability
CSSI can offer you the extremely wide variety of printing supplies and Zebra labels. Custom thermal labels? No problem – we will work with you to design and approve the optimal label for your process. We can even create inventory programs to reduce your label lead times.
Barcode label expertise
CSSI has decades of support in label specification and procurement. Combine that with our partner Zebra’s industry-leading position in barcode and RFID tag printing, and you are putting together a winning team!
THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING LIMITATIONS
1.Since thermal transfer printers require ribbon, supply costs are higher than direct thermal; however, thermal transfer printheads last longer than direct thermal printheads.
2.Single-pass thermal transfer ribbon can be wasteful if little is printed on it.
3.Thermal transfer ribbon is a poor candidate for recycling.
4.To obtain optimum print quality in thermal transfer printing, the ribbon and media substrate MUST be compatible. Otherwise, the heat from the printhead could melt the ribbon onto the label causing internal printer problems.
