This type of printer has a heated printing head. Miniature heating elements are spaced evenly across the width of the printing head to reproduce variable information on the label.

Two methods of reproduction are possible:

Thermal Transfer
This method uses a transfer ribbon containing black or colour ink. This single-use ribbon permanently reproduces the data, logos or bar codes on the labels.

Thermal Imagery
This printing method uses the same heated digital printing head that reproduces the image by heating the label paper imbued with a heat-sensitive coating. 

This method is generally used to print labels with a short lifespan such as those for weighing products, identification labels on transport boxes, show tickets, numbered lots, and more. 

This method is less expensive than the thermal transfer method since the ink is incorporated into the paper.

Uses for this Type of Printer
These printers use labels in rolls that can be distributed one by one as they exit the printer, put back in rolls, or stacked in sheets.

This type of printer can also be incorporated into an assembly-line labelling system that applies the labels on the products. In some cases, the labelling system is linked to an electronic scale that can put data, such as the weight and price, on the label.

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