25mm ribbon for hot foil coder

1. What is the ribbon

The composition of the 25mm ribbon for hot foil coder is very simple, which is made of nylon silk woven tape base after soaking and dyeing with ink. A good ribbon should be durable and elastic. It can print for a long time without linting, continuous thread and lotus leaf edge. Its main performance is that the belt base surface is flat, there is no protruding fiber knot, the warp and weft density organization is uniform and tight, the cutting edge is straight and uniform, and there is no burnt phenomenon. Touch by hand: good base, soft and delicate, with a sense of smoothness. Good elasticity and recovery when pulling. The bad ribbon base is badly broken and drawn, the hand feels hard when touching, the cutting edge is uneven, the belt edge is severely burnt, the elasticity is small when pulling, the recoverability is poor, the printing is often entrained, and it is easy to have lotus leaf edge, resulting in needle blockage, tape jam and other phenomena.

2. Difference between ribbon and carbon ribbon

Ribbon is a special consumable for bar code machine, which is covered with a layer of toner. When printing, the hot toner of the printing hair will be transferred to the self-adhesive label. This process is called heat transfer. The ribbon is generally a common consumable for general-purpose printer, that is, needle printer. The ribbon is used with needle printer and cloth! Carbon tape is used for fax machine! Carbon belt is the belt of fax machine, which is in the shape of roller. The ribbon is made of cloth.

3. Classification of color bands

From the printing principle, the current ribbon can be divided into three types: the traditional striker ribbon, the thermal transfer ribbon, and the thermal sublimation ribbon that gradually appeared and popularized in the later stage. The former is mainly used in office equipment such as needle printer, English printer, punch in machine and attendance machine. The thermal transfer ribbon is mainly used in office equipment such as fax machine and bar code machine, and the thermal sublimation 25mm ribbon for hot foil coder is used in office equipment such as thermal sublimation printer and digital printer.