Thermal transfer technology

An extremely versatile technology, thermal transfer is based on placing a thermal transfer ribbon between a heated printhead and the substrate to be marked. The heat passes through the ribbon and releases the ink, which adheres to the substrate and cools rapidly, resulting in permanent print.

The key advantage of this technology is its programmability. A programmable printer can be used as a barcode printer (including RSS), graphics printer or a simple batch or date coder with the advantage of auto codes for time and expiry dates. Other attractions include:

• high print quality in both directions, giving first-class print quality of text, barcodes and graphics
• choice of font styles and sizes at the touch of a button
• large print area, allowing pack coding and marking in the same operation
• prints on a wide variety of packaging materials
• clean technology that can be used in all production environments

Thermal transfer machines

We can offer you both online and offline thermal transfer printing options:

• for online printing, the versatile Bell-Mark EasyPrint II
• for offline printing, fitting the  EasyPrint II to one of our offline overprinting systems
• for offline printing of labels and tags (see desktop thermal)

All our thermal transfer printing options come with Rotech’s expertise and experience with these machines and their installation, service and maintenance to ensure you get the technology that suits your needs.

Why not contact us to arrange for an on-site or factory-based demonstration of our thermal transfer printing options?


Looking for consumables or spares for your thermal transfer machines?
We can supply them for a wide range of brands
 (e.g., Bell-Mark, Allen Coding, Domino, ICE, Markem and Videojet)

Thermal Transfer Ribbons / L'Oreal

“We have been impressed with the reliability of the printer and high levels of service provided by Rotech. They understand the demands of food manufacturing such as short respond times and readily available spare parts.”
Lise Madsen, Managing Director – Honeyrose Bakery Ltd